ἄθεσμος
áthesmos · G113 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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lawless, unruly, not complying with law
Pertaining to refusing to be subjected to legal requirements
Examples2 Peter 2:7 and if He rescued righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the perverted conduct of unscrupulous people
2 Peter 3:17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unscrupulous people and lose your own firm commitment,
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
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἀναστροφήconduct, way of life 1
- πλάνηerror, deception 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 1 word
- ἄνομος ánomos · G459 · lawless, without the Law
- ἄνομος shares the core sense of being without law or acting contrary to law; both terms describe those who operate outside legal/moral boundaries, though ἄνομος emphasizes the absence of law while ἄθεσμος emphasizes violation of established law.
Contrasting words 1 word
- δίκαιος díkaios · G1342 · righteous, just, being in a right relation with
- δίκαιος describes one who is righteous, just, and law-abiding—the moral and legal opposite of one who is lawless or criminal.
In the other Testament 2 words
- רֶשַׁע reshaʻ · H7562 · wicked deeds, wickedness
- רֶשַׁע (resha') denotes wickedness and lawlessness, particularly as a violation of divine law; it is a standard Hebrew term used to translate concepts of lawlessness and criminal behavior in the LXX tradition.
- בְּלִיַּעַל bᵉlîyaʻal · H1100 · wicked, scoundrel, useless person
- בְּלִיַּעַל (beliya'al) denotes worthless or lawless persons who act without restraint from law or morality; frequently used to describe those who violate social and divine norms.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Lawless, unruly, not complying with law88.141
- This adjective denotes disregard for moral law, as in 2 Peter 2:7's description of righteous Lot as oppressed by the perverted conduct of unscrupulous, lawless people.
Word family 49 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (θεσμός), lawless (A. V. wicked); of one who breaks through the restraints of law and…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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