Lexical Summary athesmos: lawless Original Word: ἄθεσμοςTransliteration: athesmos Phonetic Spelling: (ath'-es-mos) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: lawless Meaning: lawless Strong's Concordance lawless, wicked. From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of tithemi (in the sense of enacting); lawless, i.e. (by implication) criminal -- wicked. see GREEK a see GREEK tithemi Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 113: ἄθεσμοςἄθεσμος, (θεσμός), lawless (A. V. wicked); of one who breaks through the restraints of law and gratifies his lusts: 2 Peter 2:7; 2 Peter 3:17. (the Sept., Diodorus, Philo, Josephus, Plutarch.) |