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G823 ἄτομος (átomos)
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Quick Definition

ἄτομος, ον Adj an indivisible part of time, a moment

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 5114; uncut, i.e. (by implication) indivisible (an "atom" of time)

KJV Usage: moment

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + τομός

67.149 · Time · Indefinite Units of Time: Age, Lifetime, Interval, Period

moment, flash, instant an extremely short unit of time

1CO 15:52

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄτομος atomos 1x

indivisible, and by impl. exceedingly minute; ἐν ἀτόμῳ, i.e. χρόνῳ, in an indivisible point of time, in an instant or moment, 1 Cor. 15:52*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἄ-τομος, -ον

(< τέμνω), [in Sm.: Is 54:8 (MM, s.v.)*;]

indivisible; of time, ἄτομον, a moment: ἐν ἄ., I Co 15:52.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἄτομος (atomos) — instant. ἄτομος, ον, uncut, unmown, λειμών[Refs 5th c.BC+]in lumps, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἄτομον, τό, ={ὑοσκύαμος}, uncertain in Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]

2. Grammars, of words, not compound, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II. that cannot be cut, indivisible, γραμμαί[Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially of particles of matter, ἐτεῇ ἄτομα (i.e. σώματα) καὶ κενόν[Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. of Time, οὐχ οἷόν τε εἰς ἀ. χρόνους διαιρεῖσθαι τὸν χρόνον[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν ἀτόμῳ in a moment, [NT+2nd c.AD+]

II.2. b metaphorically, infinitely small, διαφοραί[Refs 1st c.AD+]

III. in Logic, individual, of terms, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the εἶδος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.2. individual, [Refs]substantive ἄτομον, τό,[Refs 3rd c.AD+]

III.3. of the summum genus, πρὶν εἰς τὰ ἄ. ἐλθεῖν[Refs 4th c.BC+]. adverb ἀτόμως, ὑπάρχειν immediately, without the intervention of a middle term, [Refs]

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