ἈΤΕΛΗΣ, ἀτελης
ATELĒS, atelēs
Sounds Like: ah-teh-LEES
Translations: free from tax, untaxed, exempt, unburdened, incomplete, imperfect, without end
From the root: ἈΤΕΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'free from tax' or 'exempt from tribute'. It can also mean 'incomplete' or 'imperfect', referring to something that has not reached its full completion or is lacking. It is a compound word formed from the privative alpha (Ἀ-) meaning 'not' and ΤΕΛΟΣ (TELOS) meaning 'end' or 'tax'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0898 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΤΕΛΗΣ.
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.
- ἈΤΕΛΕΙΣ — unburdened, exempt, free from tax, unfinished, imperfect
- ἈΤΕΛΕΣΙ — to the unfinished, to the unaccomplished, to the imperfect, to the tax-exempt, to those without end, to those without completion
- ἈΤΕΛΕΣΙΝ — (to) unfinished, (to) imperfect, (to) incomplete, (to) exempt, (to) free from tax, (to) without end
- ἈΤΕΛΕΣΤΑΤΟΝ — most incomplete, most imperfect, most unaccomplished, a most incomplete thing
- ἈΤΕΛΗ — free from tax, exempt, unburdened, a free person, an exempt person
- ἈΤΕΛΟΥΣ — of free, of exempt, of untaxed, of unburdened, of unhindered, of unhindered by taxes
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