ἄστοργος
astorgos · without affection
Greek word · Strong’s number G794 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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astorgos (ἄστοργος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “without affection”.
Without natural affection, unloving even toward one's own family.
How to say it
as·tor·gos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Not loving even one's own family.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- heartless ×1
- without natural affection ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Romans 1:31
senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
- 2 Timothy 3:3
without natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, not loving what is good,