Lexical Summary ater: without Original Word: ἄτερTransliteration: ater Phonetic Spelling: (at'-er) Part of Speech: Preposition Short Definition: without Meaning: without Strong's Concordance in the absence of, without. A particle probably akin to aneu; aloof, i.e. Apart from (literally or figuratively) -- in the absence of, without. see GREEK aneu Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 817: ἄτερἄτερ, preposition, frequent in the poets (from Homer down), rare in prose writings from Plato (?) down; without, apart from: with the genitive (Dionysius Halicarnassus 3, 10; Plutarch, Numbers 14, Cat. min. 5); in the Bible only in 2 Macc. 12:15; Luke 22:6 (ἄτερ ὄχλου in the absence of the multitude; hence, without tumult), Luke 22:35. ('Teaching 3, 10 [ET]; Herm. sim. 5, 4, 5 [ET].) |