2001 Translation

AMATHIAN, amathian

Sounds Like: ah-mah-THEE-ahn

Translations: ignorance, an ignorance, lack of learning, stupidity, foolishness

From the root: ἈΜΑΘΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a state of being unlearned or ignorant, a lack of knowledge or understanding. It can also imply foolishness or stupidity, indicating a deficiency in mental capacity or education. It is often used to describe someone who is unskillful or uneducated in a particular area.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0026 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:11

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 2:26
• Book Two — 2:26

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 4 — 8:193
• Book 10 — 11:238

From the same root

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

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.

• ἈΜΑΘΙΑ — ignorance, a lack of knowledge, unteachableness, stupidity
• ἈΜΑΘΙΑΣ — of ignorance, of lack of learning, of stupidity
• ἈΜΑΘΙΤΙΝ — ignorance, a lack of learning, unskillfulness, a lack of instruction

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