ἄθεοςátheos

godless

Greek (New Testament) · G112

Meanings

1. in classical Greek

(a) slighting or denying the gods

(b) godless, ungodly (Pind.)

(c) abandoned by the gods

2. In the NT, of the heathen, without God, not knowing God: Ephesians 2:12.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

  • Ephesians 2:12 In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.