ἀθέμιτος
athémitos · G111 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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not allowed, forbidden
Pertaining to what is not allowed
ExamplesActs 10:28 And he said to them, “You yourselves know that it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner; and yet God has shown me that I am not to call any person unholy or unclean.
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disgusting, bad
Pertaining to being bad and disgusting on the basis of not being allowed
Examples1 Peter 4:3 For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of indecent behavior, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- κολλάωto join 1
- προσέρχομαιto come to, to approach 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἄνομος ánomos · G459 · lawless, without the Law
- Both describe violation of law; ἄνομος emphasizes being 'without law' or 'lawless,' while ἀθέμιτος emphasizes what is 'unlawful' or 'contrary to divine/social custom.' They overlap significantly in denoting moral transgression.
- ἀκάθαρτος akáthartos · G169 · defiled, ritually unclean
- Both can denote moral defilement; ἀκάθαρτος focuses on ritual/moral 'uncleanness,' while ἀθέμιτος focuses on what is 'unlawful/forbidden.' They overlap in contexts where the unlawful is also morally defiling.
In the other Testament 1 word
- טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ · H2931 · unclean, impure
- Both denote what is ritually or morally impermissible/defiling; טָמֵא covers ritual uncleanness and moral defilement in the Levitical system, while ἀθέμιτος emphasizes what is unlawful/forbidden, particularly in contexts of moral transgression.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Not allowed, forbidden13.144
- This adjective denotes what custom or law forbids, as in Acts 10:28's statement that it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner.
- Disgusting, bad88.143
- The adjective also denotes what is morally abominable, as in 1 Peter 4:3's list of the Gentiles' former conduct, including lusts, drunkenness, and wanton, abominable idolatries.
Word family 49 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon a later form for the ancient and preferable ἀθέμιστος (θεμιτός, θεμιστός, θεμίζω, θέμις…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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