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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ἄτιμοςG820
Pronunciationátimos
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 Itwithout honor2×Matthew 13:57, Mark 6:4
[are] dishonored1×1 Corinthians 4:10
less honorable1×1 Corinthians 12:23
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:57ἄτιμοςtowithout honorAdjective - Nominative Masculine SingularMark 6:4ἄτιμοςtowithout honorAdjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1 Corinthians 4:10ἄτιμοιto[are] dishonoredAdjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1 Corinthians 12:23ἀτιμότεραtoless honorableAdjective - Accusative Neuter Plural - Comparative
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 13:57
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Matthew1Mark11 Corinthians2
Source forms
ἄτιμος2xatimosMatthew 13:57, Mark 6:4
ἄτιμοι1xatimoi1 Corinthians 4:10
ἀτιμότερα1xatimotera1 Corinthians 12:23
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular2xMatthew 13:57, Mark 6:4
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural - Comparative1x1 Corinthians 12:23
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1x1 Corinthians 4:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Loss of social standing or respect; one treated as worthless or contemptible in community.
Strong'sG820
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
(negatively) unhonoured or (positively) dishonoured
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 13:57Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἄτιμος,atimov
without honor, despised
Read verseMark 6:4Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἄτιμος,atimov
without honor, despised
Read verse1 Corinthians 4:10Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἄτιμοι.atimoi
without honor, despised
Read verse1 Corinthians 12:23Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
ἀτιμότεραatimotera
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 patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (3)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineMatt 13:57 · Mark 6:42×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine1 Cor 4:101×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter1 Cor 12:231×
Word Origins
ἄτιμος is built from these roots: