Word Study · Strong's G113 · Greek
ἄθεσμος
athesmos
ath'-es-mos
Strong's 1890 spelling: áthesmos
“lawless, i.e. (by implication) criminal”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
lawless, i.e. (by implication) criminal
Rendered in the KJV as
wicked.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- ἀθέσμων2
How it is rendered · 1
- lawless2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2
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- A-GPM · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
2 Peter2 occurrences
- 2 Peter 2:7ἀθέσμωνathesmōnadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraland if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawlesshere: lawless
- 2 Peter 3:17ἀθέσμωνathesmōnadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralTherefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.here: lawless