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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ἀθέμιτος G111
Pronunciation athémitos
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 It detestable 1× 1 Peter 4:3
unlawful 1× Acts 10:28
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 10:28
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Acts 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ἀθεμίτοις 1x athemitois 1 Peter 4:3
ἀθέμιτόν 1x athemiton Acts 10:28
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural 1x 1 Peter 4:3
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Acts 10:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Violates divine law or sacred custom, not merely human statute; deeply transgressive.
Strong's G111
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
illegal; by implication, flagitious
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 10:28 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀθέμιτόν aqemiton
illegal, unlawful
Read verse 1 Peter 4:3 Adjective Dative Plural Feminine
ἀθεμίτοις aqemitoiv
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Acts 10:28 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine 1 Pet 4:3 1×
Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain