Word Summary
athemitos: lawless
Original Word: ἀθέμιτοςTransliteration: athemitos
Phonetic Spelling: (ath-em'-ee-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: lawless
Meaning: lawless
Strong's Concordance
abominable, unlawful thing.
From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of themis (statute; from the base of tithemi); illegal; by implication, flagitious -- abominable, unlawful thing.
see GREEK a
see GREEK tithemi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 111: ἀθέμιτοςἀθέμιτος, , a later form for the ancient and preferable
ἀθέμιστος (
θεμιτός,
θεμιστός,
θεμίζω,
θέμις law, right),
contrary to law and justice, prohibited by law, illicit, criminal:
1 Peter 4:3 (here
A. V. abominable);
ἀθέμιτόν ἐστι τίνι with an infinitive,
Acts 10:28.