Strong G814ἀτάκτως

idly

Transliteration
ataktōs
Pronunciation
at-ak'-toce
Morphology
Greek Adverb

Definition

Adverb from G813; irregularly (morally): - disorderly.

Detailed definition

ἀ-τάκτως
adv., [in Sm.: 4Ki.9:20 *;]
disorderly, irregularly: 2Th.3:6 3:11.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G814 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • disorderly2

First verses

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:6
    Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
  2. 2 Thessalonians 3:11
    For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: 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.)]