ἀθέμιτος
athemitos · forbidden, unlawful
Greek word · Strong’s number G111 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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athemitos (ἀθέμιτος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “forbidden, unlawful”.
Against the Law or custom; "lawless", wicked.
How to say it
a·the·mi·tos
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
- Against what law or custom allows.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- lawless ×1
- unlawful ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 10:28
And he said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner; but to me God showed that I should call no person profane or unclean.
- 1 Peter 4:3
For the time that has passed is enough for doing what the nations want, having walked in debauchery, desires, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries.