What does ἄστοργος (ástorgos) mean in the Bible?
ἄστοργος (ástorgos) is a Greek word meaning "hard-hearted towards kindred".
Greek · G794
ἄστοργος
Hard-hearted towards kindred
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ἄστοργοςG794
Pronunciationástorgos
What does ἄστοργος (ástorgos) mean in the Bible?
ἄστοργος (ástorgos) is a Greek word meaning "hard-hearted towards kindred".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G794?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include heartless (1), unloving (1).
Where does ἄστοργος (ástorgos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 1:31. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Timothy (1), Romans (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 Itheartless1×Romans 1:31
unloving1×2 Timothy 3:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRomans 1:31
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Romans12 Timothy1
Source forms
ἄστοργοι1xastorgoi2 Timothy 3:3
ἀστόργους1xastorgousRomans 1:31
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural1xRomans 1:31
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1x2 Timothy 3:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. hard-hearted towards kindred
Strong'sG794
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
hard-hearted towards kindred
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.
Romans 1:31Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀστόργους,astorgouv
unloving, devoid of affection
Read verse2 Timothy 3:3Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἄστοργοι,astorgoi
unloving, devoid of affection
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 patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine2 Tim 3:31×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineRom 1:311×
Word Origins
ἄστοργος is built from this root: