Strong G823ἄτομος

instant

Transliteration
atomos
Pronunciation
at'-om-os
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G5114; uncut that is (by implication) indivisible (an atom of time): - moment.

Detailed definition

ἄ-τομος, -ον
(τέμνω), [in Sm.: Isa.54:8 (MM, see word) *;]
indivisible; of time, ἄτομον, a moment: ἐν ἄ., 1Co.15:52.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G823 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • moment1

First verses

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:52
    In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄτομος, ον,
uncut, unmown, λειμών[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 200; ἄ. πώγωνος βάθη 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 14.7; ἄ. λίβανος)]in lumps, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.68.1)]; ἄτομον, τό, ={ὑοσκύαμος}, uncertain in Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.68 (compare ἀταῖος).)]
2 Grammars, of words, not compound, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 22.)]
II that cannot be cut, indivisible, γραμμαί[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 206a17, compare “LI” 968a1; μεγέθη [prev. author] “Ph.” 187a3)]; especially of particles of matter, ἐτεῇ ἄτομα (i.e. σώματα) καὶ κενόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 9, 125, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 404a2, “Metaphorical” 1039a10; in full, ἄ. σώματα [prev. author] “Cael.” 303a21, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 14 “fragment” 5: _sing._, ἄτομόν ἐστι σῶμα στερεόν.. [prev. author] p.129.24 U.; also ἄ. φύσεις 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 5, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.7U.; ἄτομοι, αἱ, [prev. work] p.14 U., +others, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 5, +others, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.34.)]
II.2 of Time, οὐχ οἷόν τε εἰς ἀ. χρόνους διαιρεῖσθαι τὸν χρόνον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 263b27; κατ᾽ ἄ. χρόνον [prev. author] “Sens.” 447b18)]; ἐν ἀτόμῳ in a moment, [NT+2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 236a6, NT.1Cor.15.52; ἐν ἀ. ὀργῆς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Symmachus LXX.Isa.54.8.)]
II.2.b metaphorically, infinitely small, διαφοραί[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 3.)]
III in Logic, individual, of terms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 229d)]; of the εἶδος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1034a8, “de An.” 414b27.)]
III.2 individual, [Refs ([prev. author] “APo.” 96b11, +others:)]substantive ἄτομον, τό,[Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Cat.” 1b6, 3a38, “Metaphorical” 1058a18 (_plural_), 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.2.2, +others)]
III.3 of the summum genus, πρὶν εἰς τὰ ἄ. ἐλθεῖν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 994b21)]. adverb ἀτόμως, ὑπάρχειν immediately, without the intervention of a middle term, [Refs ([prev. author] “APo.” 79a33.)]