Strong's G112: ἄθεος (átheos) Meaning

Quick Definition

ἄθεος, ον Adj godless

Strong's Definition

godless

Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G2316 (θεός);

KJV Usage: without God

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἄθεος (G0112)

adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + θεός

12.2 · Supernatural Beings and Powers · Supernatural Beings

being without God pertaining to being without any relationship to God

EPH 2:12

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἄθεος, (Θεός) (from Pindar down], without God, knowing and worshipping no God, in which sense Aelian v. h. 2, 31 declares ὅτι μηδείς τῶν βαρβάρων ἄθεος; in classic authors generally slighting the gods, impious, repudiating the gods recognized by the state, in which sense certain Greek philosophers, the Jews (Josephus, contra Apion 2, 14, 4), and subsequently Christians were called ἄθεοι by the heathen (Justin, Apology 1, 13, etc.). In Eph_2:12 of one who neither knows nor worships the true God; so of the heathen (cf. 1Th_4:5; Gal_4:8); Clement, οἱ τόν ὄντως ὄντα ... Alex. protr, 2:23, p. 19 Pott. ἀθεους Θεόν ἠγνοήκλασι, Philo, leg. ad Gai. § 25 αἰγυπτιακὴ ἀθεότης, Hos_4:15 Symm. οἶκος ἀθεΐας, a house in which idols are worshipped, Ignatius ad Trall. 10 [ET] ἄθεοι τοῦτ᾿ἔστιν ἄπιστοι (of the Docetae); (others understand Ephesians, the passage cited passively deserted of God, Vulg.sine Deo; on the various meanings of the word see Meyer (or Ellicott)).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄθεος atheos 1x

an atheist; godless, estranged from the knowledge and worship of the true God, Eph. 2:12*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ἄ-θεος, -ον, in cl. slighting or denying the gods (Plat.; cf. MM, VGT, s.v.);

godless, ungodly (Pind.);

abandoned by the gods (Soph.)

In the NT (cf. Lft. on Ign. ad Trail, §3), of the heathen, without God, not knowing God (Cremer, 281): Eph 2:12.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄθεος. OGIS 569% (iv/A.D.) τῆς τῶν ἀθέων ἀπεχθοῦς ἐπιτηδεύσεως. For the popular cry αἶρε τοὺς ἀθέους, “Ανναν with the atheists,” directed against the early Christians, see the account of the martyrdom of Polycarp in Eus. #.£. iv. 15, 19: cf. 75. ix. 10, 12, map’ ᾧ ye (Maximinus) μικρῷ πρόσθεν δυσσεβεῖς ἐδοκοῦμεν kal ἄθεοι καὶ παντὸς ὄλεθροι τοῦ βίου. See also the Logion P Oxy I. 1 γεείοῦ ἐὰν ὦσιν [β΄ οὐκ] ε[ἰσὶ]ν ἄθεοι.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἄθεος (atheos) — without God. ἄθεος, ον,

__B without vision, τινός[Refs 3rd c.AD+] (assuming variant; ἀθέ[ατ]ος Volkmann). __B.2 unseen, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἄ-θεος, -ον, __1. in cl. __(a) slighting or denyiyig the gods (Plat.; cf. MM, VGT, see word); __(b) godless, ungodly (Pind.); __(with) abandoned by the gods (Soph.) __2. In the NT (cf. Lft. on Ign. ad Trail, §3), of the heathen, without God, not knowing God (Cremer, 281): Eph.2:12. † (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

2:12

G112 ἄθεος (átheos)