ἄπειρος
ápeiros · G552 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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inexperienced in, unacquainted with
Pertaining to the lack of knowledge or capacity to do something
ExamplesHebrews 5:13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.
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 1 groups
- μετέχωto share in 1
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἀμαθής amathḗs · G261 · uneducated, unlearned, ignorant
- ἀμαθής denotes someone who is unlearned or ignorant, overlapping with the 'ignorant' aspect of ἄπειρος, though ἀμαθής emphasizes lack of learning whereas ἄπειρος emphasizes lack of experience.
- ἰδιώτης idiṓtēs · G2399 · layman, ordinary person, amateur
- ἰδιώτης refers to someone who is unskilled or a layperson in a particular domain, sharing with ἄπειρος the notion of lacking expertise or experience in a given area.
In the other Testament 1 word
- פְּתִי pᵉthîy · H6612 · simpleton
- Hebrew pethi denotes someone who is simple, naive, or inexperienced, particularly in wisdom contexts (common in Proverbs). It shares the semantic core of lacking experience that ἄπειρος expresses.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Inexperienced in, unacquainted with28.15
- In Hebrews 5:13, “everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted (ápeiros) with the word of righteousness, for he is an infant,” describing a lack of practiced familiarity rather than a lack of native ability.
Word family 37 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀπειρον (πεῖρα trial, experience), inexperienced in, without experience of, with the…
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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