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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ἄστοργος G794
Pronunciation ástorgos
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 It heartless 1× Romans 1:31
unloving 1× 2 Timothy 3:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 1:31
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Romans 1 2 Timothy 1
Source forms
ἄστοργοι 1x astorgoi 2 Timothy 3:3
ἀστόργους 1x astorgous Romans 1:31
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 1:31
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 2 Timothy 3:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. hard-hearted towards kindred
Strong's G794
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
hard-hearted towards kindred
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.
Romans 1:31 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀστόργους, astorgouv
unloving, devoid of affection
Read verse 2 Timothy 3:3 Adjective 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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 2 Tim 3:3 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Rom 1:31 1×
Word Origins
ἄστοργος is built from this root:
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