Strong G813ἄτακτος

disorderly

Transliteration
ataktos
Pronunciation
at'-ak-tos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G5021; unarranged that is (by implication) insubordinate (religiously): - unruly.

Detailed definition

ἀ-τακτος, -ον
(τάσσω), [in LXX: 3Ma.1:19 *;]
out of order, out of place (Lat. inordinatus), frequently of soldiers not keeping the ranks, or an army in disarray (cf. 3Ma.1:19); hence, metaphorically, irregular, disorderly (see previous word): 1Th.5:14.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G813 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • unruly1

First verses

  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:14
    Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄτακτ-ος, ον,
not in battle-order, of troops, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.93, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.105 (_comparative_).)]
2 not at one's post, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 39.)]
II undisciplined, disorderly, θόρυβος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.10; ποιεῖν τὴν πολιτείαν ἀτακτοτέραν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1319b15)]; irregular, πυρετός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 26; οὐδὲν ἄ. τῶν φύσει 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 252a11; φθορὰ ἄ.)]casual, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 556a12)]; of sensual excess, irregular, inordinate, ἡδοναί, Ἀφροδίτη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 660b, 840e)]; in Music, without rhythm, μελῳδίαι[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.13)]; in Medicine texts, irregular, σφυγμός[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.458.)]
II.2 uncivilized, lawless, βίος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 25.1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
II.3 in Mathematics texts, ἄτακτα προβλήματα indeterminate, not admitting of a definite solution, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in primum Euclidis librum commentarius” p.220 F.)]
B adverb -τως in an irregular, disorderly manner, of troops, ἀ. καὶ οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ προσπίπτοντες[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.108; ἀ. διώκειν [prev. author] 2.91; ἀτακτότερον προσπεσόντες [prev. author] 6.97, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.22, “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 6.4; ἀ. φέρεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.32; οὐθὲν ἀ. θεῷ πράττεται 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.65U.)]
B.2 irregularly, of fevers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.7; ζῆν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.31.)]
B.3 comparative ἀτακτοτέρως somewhat negligently, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 53.)]