Word Summary
astorgos: without natural affection
Original Word: ἄστοργοςTransliteration: astorgos
Phonetic Spelling: (as'-tor-gos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: without natural affection
Meaning: without natural affection
Strong's Concordance
without natural affection.
From a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of stergo (to cherish affectionately); hard-hearted towards kindred -- without natural affection.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 794: ἄστοργοςἄστοργος,
ἀστοργον (
στοργή love of kindred),
without natural affection:
Romans 1:31;
2 Timothy 3:3. (
Aeschines,
Theocritus,
Plutarch, others.)