What does ἄτοπος (átopos) mean in the Bible?
ἄτοπος (átopos): Literally out-of-place; ethically means improper or unrighteous conduct that violates proper order
Greek · G824
ἄτοπος
Wrong
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ἄτοπος G824
Pronunciation átopos
What does ἄτοπος (átopos) mean in the Bible?
ἄτοπος (átopos): Literally out-of-place; ethically means improper or unrighteous conduct that violates proper order
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G824?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include wrong (2), unusual (1), wicked (1).
Where does ἄτοπος (átopos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 23:41. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 2 Thessalonians (1), Luke (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 wrong 2× Luke 23:41, Acts 25:5
unusual 1× Acts 28:6
wicked 1× 2 Thessalonians 3:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 23:41
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Acts 2 2 Thessalonians 1
Source forms
ἄτοπον 3x atopon Luke 23:41, Acts 25:5, Acts 28:6
ἀτόπων 1x atopōn 2 Thessalonians 3:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 2x Luke 23:41, Acts 28:6
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x 2 Thessalonians 3:2
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Acts 25:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Literally out-of-place; ethically means improper or unrighteous conduct that violates proper order
Strong's G824
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
wrong
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.
Luke 23:41 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ἄτοπον atopon
improper, unrighteous, perverse
Read verse Acts 25:5 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἄτοπον atopon
improper, unrighteous, perverse
Read verse Acts 28:6 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ἄτοπον atopon
improper, unrighteous, perverse
Read verse 2 Thessalonians 3:2 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
ἀτόπων atopwn
improper, unrighteous, perverse
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 Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Acts 25:5 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine 2 Thess 3:2 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Luke 23:41 · Acts 28:6 2×
Word Origins
ἄτοπος is built from these roots:
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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