What does ἄτιμος (átimos) mean in the Bible?
ἄτιμος (átimos): Loss of social standing or respect; one treated as worthless or contemptible in community.
Greek · G820
ἄτιμος
(Negatively) unhonoured or (positively) dishonoured
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ἄτιμος G820
Pronunciation átimos
What does ἄτιμος (átimos) mean in the Bible?
ἄτιμος (átimos): Loss of social standing or respect; one treated as worthless or contemptible in community.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G820?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include without honor (2), [are] dishonored (1), less honorable (1).
Where does ἄτιμος (átimos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:57. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2), Mark (1), Matthew (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 without honor 2× Matthew 13:57, Mark 6:4
[are] dishonored 1× 1 Corinthians 4:10
less honorable 1× 1 Corinthians 12:23
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:57 ἄτιμος to without honor Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 6:4 ἄτιμος to without honor Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 4:10 ἄτιμοι to [are] dishonored Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1 Corinthians 12:23 ἀτιμότερα to less honorable Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural - Comparative
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:57
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 1 Corinthians 2
Source forms
ἄτιμος 2x atimos Matthew 13:57, Mark 6:4
ἄτιμοι 1x atimoi 1 Corinthians 4:10
ἀτιμότερα 1x atimotera 1 Corinthians 12:23
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 13:57, Mark 6:4
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural - Comparative 1x 1 Corinthians 12:23
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 4:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Loss of social standing or respect; one treated as worthless or contemptible in community.
Strong's G820
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
(negatively) unhonoured or (positively) dishonoured
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Loss of social standing or respect; one treated as worthless or contemptible in community.
(τιμή), [in LXX: Isa.3:5 (קָלָה ni.), Isa.53:3 (בָּזָה), Job.30:4, 8 (שֵׁם בְּלִי), שֵׁם בְּלִי), Wis.5:1-23, Sir.1:1-30 * ;] without honour, dishonoured, despised: Mat.13:57, Mrk.6:4, 1Co.4:10; comp., 1Co.12:23.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:57 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἄτιμος, atimov
without honor, despised
Read verse Mark 6:4 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἄτιμος, atimov
without honor, despised
Read verse 1 Corinthians 4:10 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἄτιμοι. atimoi
without honor, despised
Read verse 1 Corinthians 12:23 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
ἀτιμότερα atimotera
without honor, despised
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 3 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 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:57 · Mark 6:4 2×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 4:10 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter 1 Cor 12:23 1×
Word Origins
ἄτιμος is built from these roots:
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