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G811 ἀσώτως (asṓtōs)

Greek
Adverb
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Quick Definition

ἀσώτως Adv prodigally, with prodigal living

Strong's Definition

dissolutely

Derivation: adverb from the same as G810 (ἀσωτία);

KJV Usage: riotous

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

advb. | ἀ- + σῴζω

88.97 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Sensible Behavior, Senseless Behavior

senselessly, recklessly (derivative of ἀσωτία ‘senseless deeds,’ 88.96) pertaining to senseless, reckless behavior In a number of languages ‘to live recklessly’ is ‘to live without thinking’ or ‘to live without being concerned.’

LUK 15:13

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀσώτως, adv., (adj. dowros,on which see dowria), dissolutely, profligately: ζὴν (Joseph. antt. 12, 4, 8), Lk. xy. 13 [A. V. riotous living 7.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀσώτως asōtōs 1x

dissolutely, loosely, Lk. 15:13*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ἀσώτως, adv.

(< ἄσωτος, prodigal, wasteful), [in LXX for סרר, Pr 7:11*;]

wastefully: Lk 15:13 (EV, in riotous living; but not necessarily dissolute; cf. MM, ut supr.; Milligan, NTD, 79).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄσωτος [page 89] Vettius Valens p. 18 joins ἀσώτων λάγνων καὶ κατωφερῶν ἀκρίτων ἐπιψόγων , εὐμεταβόλων περὶ τὰ τέλη , οὐκ εὐθανατούντων οὐδὲ περὶ τοὺς γάμους εὐσταθῶν . The use of the maxim noscitur a sociis here, as so often, makes the astrologer valuable for the delineation of a word s meaning. It is MGr.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀσώτως (asōtōs) — wildly. Included with: ἄσωτος, ον, (σῴζω) having no hope of safety, in desperate case, [Refs 4th c.BC+]adverb -τως, ἔχειν to be past recovery, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II. in moral sense, abandoned, τᾶς ἀσώτου Σισυφιδᾶν γενεᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; spendthrift, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; profligate, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -τως[NT+4th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. active, ἄσωτος γένει bringing destruction on the race, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἀσώτως adv. (ἄσωτος, prodigal, wasteful), [in LXX for סָרַר, Pro.7:11 * ;] wastefully: Luk.15:13 (EV, in riotous living; but not necessarily dissolute; cf. MM, ut supr.; Milligan, NTD, 79).† (AS)

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