What does ἀθέμιτος (athémitos) mean in the Bible?
ἀθέμιτος (athémitos): Violates divine law or sacred custom, not merely human statute; deeply transgressive.
Greek · G111
ἀθέμιτος
Illegal; by implication, flagitious
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ἀθέμιτοςG111
Pronunciationathémitos
What does ἀθέμιτος (athémitos) mean in the Bible?
ἀθέμιτος (athémitos): Violates divine law or sacred custom, not merely human statute; deeply transgressive.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G111?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include detestable (1), unlawful (1).
Where does ἀθέμιτος (athémitos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 10:28. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itdetestable1×1 Peter 4:3
unlawful1×Acts 10:28
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 10:28
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Acts11 Peter1
Source forms
ἀθεμίτοις1xathemitois1 Peter 4:3
ἀθέμιτόν1xathemitonActs 10:28
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural1x1 Peter 4:3
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular1xActs 10:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Violates divine law or sacred custom, not merely human statute; deeply transgressive.
Strong'sG111
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
illegal; by implication, flagitious
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Violates divine law or sacred custom, not merely human statute; deeply transgressive.
(θέμις, custom, right), [in LXX: 2Ma.6:5 7:1 10:34, 3Ma.5:20 * ;]
aof persons, lawless (III Mac, l.with);
Synonymssee: ἄθεσμος.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 10:28Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀθέμιτόνaqemiton
illegal, unlawful
Read verse1 Peter 4:3Adjective Dative Plural Feminine
ἀθεμίτοιςaqemitoiv
illegal, unlawful
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternDative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterActs 10:281×
Dative · Plural · Feminine1 Pet 4:31×
Word Origins
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