ἄσημος
ásēmos · G767 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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low, insignificant, inferior
Pertaining to being obscure or insignificant, with the possible implication of lacking in noble descent
ExamplesActs 21:39 But Paul said, “I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.”
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀγενής agenḗs · G36 · low, insignificant, inferior
- Both denote social insignificance or low status, with ἀγενής emphasizing lack of noble lineage (literally 'without kin/birth') and ἄσημος emphasizing lack of distinguishing marks or recognition (literally 'unmarked'), though both converge on the figurative sense of being ignoble or of no account.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Low, insignificant, inferior87.59
- Used by Paul in Acts 21:39 to describe his home city of Tarsus as no insignificant city.
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἄσημον (σῆμα a mark), unmarked or unstamped (money); unknown, of no mark, insignificant,…
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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