Quick Definition
illegitimate, bastard
Strong's Definition
a spurious or illegitimate son
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
KJV Usage: bastard
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νόθος, νοθη, νοθον, illegitimate, bastard, i. e. born, not in lawful wedlock, but of a concubine or female slave: Heb_12:8; cf. Bleek at the passage (Wis_4:3; from Homer down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νόθος nothos 1x
spurious, bastard, Heb_12:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** νόθος , -η , -ον ,
[in LXX : Wis_4:3 * ;]
a bastard, base born , i.e . born of a slave or concubine: Heb_12:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νόθος [page 428]
This NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Heb_12:8 ) is found in such passages as P Hib I. 32 .15 (return of sheep B.C. 246) ψιλὰ νόθα ῑ , 10 are shorn and half-bred, P Petr III. 59 (6) .6 (tax-return iii/ii B.C.) νόθοι ι̣δ̣̄ , and P Tebt II. 302 .24 (A.D. 71 2) τινῶν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ νόθων , certain bastards from the temple, in contrast to the legitimate (νόμιμοι ) priests : cf. Syll 734 (= .3 1106) .144 (Cos c. B.C. 300) ἂν δέ τις νόθος ὢν κρ [ιθ ]εὶς γνωσθῆι μετέχειν τῶν ἱερῶ [ν ], μὴ ἐξέστω αὐτῶι μετέχειν τῶν [ἱε ]ρωσυνῶν , and see also the sepulchral inscr. Kaibel. 120 .5f.
ἑξήκοντ᾽ ἔτε [σιν μετ᾽ ἐμῆς ἐβίωσα γυναικός ,
ἐ ]ξ ἧς ἔσχα τέκνα γνήσια κοὐχὶ νόθα .
The word is of doubtful origin.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
νόθος νόθος, η, ον "a bastard, baseborn child", i. e. one born of a slave or concubine, opp. to γνήσιος, Lat. legitimus, Il. , Hdt. , attic; νόθη κούρη Il. generally, "spurious, counterfeit, supposititious", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
νόθος, -η, -ον
[in LXX: Wis.4:3 * ;]
a bastard, base born, i.e. born of a slave or concubine: Heb.12:8.†
(AS)