2001 Translation

ATOPON, atopon

Sounds Like: AH-toh-pon

Translations: out of place, improper, absurd, unreasonable, wrong, evil, a wrong thing, an improper thing

From the root: ἈΤΟΠΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes something that is 'out of place' or 'improper'. It can refer to something that is absurd, unreasonable, or even morally wrong or evil. It is used to characterize actions or situations that deviate from what is considered right, fitting, or logical.

Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G0824 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:33, 6:1, 10:11

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 10:3

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 35:244
• Book Two — 35:244

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 4 — 2:32
• Book 6 — 3:44, 5:82, 5:88, 11:234, 14:355
• Book 11 — 5:134
• Book 13 — 16:428
• Book 16 — 10:326, 10:331

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:6, 32:12
• Book Two — 16:21

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 29:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 18:1, 85:5

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Maccabees — 14:23
• Proverbs — 24:55

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 23:41
• Acts — 25:5, 28:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΤΟΠΟΣ.

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.

• ἈΤΟΠΑ — improper things, unseemly things, absurdities, wrong things, mischief
• ἈΤΟΠΩΝ — of improper things, of out of place things, of absurd things, of unreasonable things, of evil things, of harmful things

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