Strong G824ἄτοπος
wrong
- Transliteration
- atopos
- Pronunciation
- at'-op-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄ-τοπος, -ον
(τόπος), [in LXX: Job.4:8 11:11, Pro.30:20, al., for אָוֶן, etc.;]
1. out of place, not befitting.
2. marvellous, strange (of symptoms, Hipp.): Act.28:6; hence, in late Greek, with ethical sense,
3. improper, unrighteous (so in LXX, and for exx. from π., see M, Th., l.with; MM, see word): Luk.23:41, Act.25:5, 2Th.3:2.†
(AS)
(τόπος), [in LXX: Job.4:8 11:11, Pro.30:20, al., for אָוֶן, etc.;]
1. out of place, not befitting.
2. marvellous, strange (of symptoms, Hipp.): Act.28:6; hence, in late Greek, with ethical sense,
3. improper, unrighteous (so in LXX, and for exx. from π., see M, Th., l.with; MM, see word): Luk.23:41, Act.25:5, 2Th.3:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G824 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- amiss1
- harm1
- unreasonable1
- wickedness1
First verses
- Luke 23:41And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
- Acts 25:5Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
- Acts 28:6Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:2And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄτοπ-ος, ον,
out of place, out of the way: hence,
1 unwonted, extraordinary, of symptoms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.52: _comparative_, [prev. passage])]; ἄ. ἁδονά[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 842 (Lyric poetry), compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1149a15; ὄρνις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 276; πόθος [prev. author] “Ec.” 956.)]
2 strange, paradoxical, δοῦλοι τῶν αἰεὶ ἀτόπων slaves to every new paradox, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38; ἄτοπόν τι πάσχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.34; τῶν -ωτάτων μέντἂν εἴη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.26)]; ἄτοπα τῆς σμικρολογίας absurd pettinesses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175a; ἄ. ἡδονῆς καὶ λύπης μεῖξις [prev. author] “Phlb.” 49a)]; ἄτοπόν ἐστι, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 91, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 125; οὐδὲν ἄ. εἰ ἀποθάνοιμι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 521d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 11a37, +others, etc.)]
2.b of persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.149; ἄ. παιδευτής 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 493c; ἄ. καὶ δυσχερεῖς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.308; τὸν ἄτοπον φεύγειν ἀεί 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 203c)]; ἄ. φαγεῖν given to strange food, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.55.)]
3 unnatural, disgusting, foul, πνεῦμα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49)]; monstrous, ἀτοπώτατον πρᾶγμα ἐξευρών[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.7)]; later, wicked, wrong, [LXX+NT (LXX.Job.27.6, NT.Luke.23.41)]; of persons, opposed to χρηστός, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 1)]; of things, bad, harmful, [NT (NT.Acts.28.6.)]adverb -πως in an unfavourable position, κεῖσθαι, of planets, Vett. Val.63.12.
4 adverb -πως marvellously or absurdly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 95b, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1136a12, etc.)]; ἀ. καθίζων, ={ἀνυπόπτως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 180.)]
II non-spatial, τῆς ἰδέας μενούσης ἐν ἀτόπῳ αὐτὸ τόπους γεννῆσαν[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.5.8.)]adverb -πως non-spatially, opposed to τοπικῶς, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 33.)]
out of place, out of the way: hence,
1 unwonted, extraordinary, of symptoms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.52: _comparative_, [prev. passage])]; ἄ. ἁδονά[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 842 (Lyric poetry), compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1149a15; ὄρνις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 276; πόθος [prev. author] “Ec.” 956.)]
2 strange, paradoxical, δοῦλοι τῶν αἰεὶ ἀτόπων slaves to every new paradox, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38; ἄτοπόν τι πάσχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.34; τῶν -ωτάτων μέντἂν εἴη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.26)]; ἄτοπα τῆς σμικρολογίας absurd pettinesses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175a; ἄ. ἡδονῆς καὶ λύπης μεῖξις [prev. author] “Phlb.” 49a)]; ἄτοπόν ἐστι, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 91, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 125; οὐδὲν ἄ. εἰ ἀποθάνοιμι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 521d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 11a37, +others, etc.)]
2.b of persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.149; ἄ. παιδευτής 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 493c; ἄ. καὶ δυσχερεῖς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.308; τὸν ἄτοπον φεύγειν ἀεί 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 203c)]; ἄ. φαγεῖν given to strange food, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.55.)]
3 unnatural, disgusting, foul, πνεῦμα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49)]; monstrous, ἀτοπώτατον πρᾶγμα ἐξευρών[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.7)]; later, wicked, wrong, [LXX+NT (LXX.Job.27.6, NT.Luke.23.41)]; of persons, opposed to χρηστός, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 1)]; of things, bad, harmful, [NT (NT.Acts.28.6.)]adverb -πως in an unfavourable position, κεῖσθαι, of planets, Vett. Val.63.12.
4 adverb -πως marvellously or absurdly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 95b, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1136a12, etc.)]; ἀ. καθίζων, ={ἀνυπόπτως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 180.)]
II non-spatial, τῆς ἰδέας μενούσης ἐν ἀτόπῳ αὐτὸ τόπους γεννῆσαν[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.5.8.)]adverb -πως non-spatially, opposed to τοπικῶς, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 33.)]