2001 Translation

AMELESTERON, amelesteron

Sounds Like: ah-meh-LEH-steh-ron

Translations: more careless, more negligent, more unconcerned

From the root: ἈΜΕΛΗΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'ἀμελής' (amelēs), meaning 'careless' or 'negligent'. As a comparative, it indicates a greater degree of carelessness or negligence. It can be used to describe something or someone that is more neglectful or less concerned than another.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Comparative Degree

Strong’s number: G0275 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:30

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 12 — 2:37

From the same root

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

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.

• ἈΜΕΛΗΣ — careless, negligent, heedless, a careless person, a negligent person
• ἈΜΕΛΟΙ — careless, negligent, indifferent, those who are careless, those who are negligent
• ἈΜΕΛΩΣ — carelessly, negligently, heedlessly, thoughtlessly

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