Strong G884ἀχάριστος
ungrateful
- Transliteration
- acharistos
- Pronunciation
- ach-ar'-is-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀχάριστος, -ον
(χαρίζομαι), [in LXX: Wis.16:29, Sir.29:17, 25, 4Ma.9:10 *;]
__(a) ungracious, unpleasing;
__(b) ungrateful, thankless: Luk.6:35, 2Ti.3:2.†
(AS)
(χαρίζομαι), [in LXX: Wis.16:29, Sir.29:17, 25, 4Ma.9:10 *;]
__(a) ungracious, unpleasing;
__(b) ungrateful, thankless: Luk.6:35, 2Ti.3:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G884 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- unthankful2
First verses
- Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
- 2 Timothy 3:2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀχᾰριστ-ος, ον,
(χᾰρίζομαι) ungracious, unpleasant, οὐκ ἀχάριστα μεθ᾽ ἡμῖν ταῦτ᾽ ἀγορεύεις[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.236: irregular _comparative_, δόρπου ἀχαρίστερον (for -ιστότερον) 20.392)]; without grace or charm, οὐκ ἀχάριστα λέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.13; φωνή 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 75)]; -ότερον ἐπιμέλημα a more thankless business, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.37; ἀ. ἐξέτασις 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 1.)]
II of persons, ungracious, unfavourable, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 841 (-τως Bgk.), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.60 W.)]
II.2 ungrateful, thankless, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.7, 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 19, etc.; δῆμος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.91; προδότας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 880 (Lyric poetry), compare “Med.” 659 (Lyric poetry); ἀ. πρὸς τοὺς γονέας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.14; τινί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 138 (Lyric poetry))]; σπείρων εἰς ἀχάριστα sowingin thankless soil, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.2012 (Sulp. 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus))]. adverb -τως, ἀποπέμψασθαι εὐεργέτας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.23, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.6.)]
II.3 passive, unrequited, ἀ. εἶναι τὰ ἀνηλωμένα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.12.)]adverb οὐκ ἂν ἀχαρίστως μοι ἔχοι πρός τινος thanks would not be refused me by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.18.)]
II.4 adverb -τως with a bad grace, with an ill will, ἀ. ἕπεσθαι follow sulkily, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 7.4.14; τὰς χάριτας ἀ. χαρίζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.31.)]
II.5 ἀχάριστον, τό, antidote, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PGrenf. 1.52.1,12 (3rd c.AD), Marcell. Empir.20: also ἀχάριστος, ἡ, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor Trall. “Febr.” 7.)]
II.5.b name of an eyesalve, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 6.6.7, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.749.)]
(χᾰρίζομαι) ungracious, unpleasant, οὐκ ἀχάριστα μεθ᾽ ἡμῖν ταῦτ᾽ ἀγορεύεις[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.236: irregular _comparative_, δόρπου ἀχαρίστερον (for -ιστότερον) 20.392)]; without grace or charm, οὐκ ἀχάριστα λέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.13; φωνή 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 75)]; -ότερον ἐπιμέλημα a more thankless business, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.37; ἀ. ἐξέτασις 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 1.)]
II of persons, ungracious, unfavourable, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 841 (-τως Bgk.), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.60 W.)]
II.2 ungrateful, thankless, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.7, 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 19, etc.; δῆμος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.91; προδότας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 880 (Lyric poetry), compare “Med.” 659 (Lyric poetry); ἀ. πρὸς τοὺς γονέας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.14; τινί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 138 (Lyric poetry))]; σπείρων εἰς ἀχάριστα sowingin thankless soil, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.2012 (Sulp. 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus))]. adverb -τως, ἀποπέμψασθαι εὐεργέτας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.23, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.6.)]
II.3 passive, unrequited, ἀ. εἶναι τὰ ἀνηλωμένα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.12.)]adverb οὐκ ἂν ἀχαρίστως μοι ἔχοι πρός τινος thanks would not be refused me by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.18.)]
II.4 adverb -τως with a bad grace, with an ill will, ἀ. ἕπεσθαι follow sulkily, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 7.4.14; τὰς χάριτας ἀ. χαρίζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.31.)]
II.5 ἀχάριστον, τό, antidote, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PGrenf. 1.52.1,12 (3rd c.AD), Marcell. Empir.20: also ἀχάριστος, ἡ, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor Trall. “Febr.” 7.)]
II.5.b name of an eyesalve, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 6.6.7, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.749.)]