ἈΘΕΟΥΣ, ἀθεους
ATHEOUS, atheous
Sounds Like: ah-THEH-oos
Translations: godless, without God, ungodly, an atheist, atheists
From the root: ἈΘΕΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'without God' or 'godless'. It is a compound word formed from the privative alpha (ἀ-) meaning 'not' or 'without', and 'θεός' (theos) meaning 'God'. It describes someone who does not believe in God, or who lives as if there is no God. In the provided context, it refers to those who are 'godless' or 'atheists'.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0002 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 3:2
Josephus' Against Apion
Justin Martyr
Polycarp of Smyrna
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΘΕΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΘΕΟΙ — godless, without God, an atheist, godless ones
- ἈΘΕΩΝ — of godless ones, of atheists, of those without God, of ungodly ones
- ἈΘΕΩΤΕΡΑΝ — more godless, more without God, more impious, a more godless (one)
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