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ἄθεος

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Gloss: without God

Transliteration: atheos

Strong’s: G0112

ἄ-θεος, -ον,
__1. in cl.
__(a) slighting or denyiyig the gods (Plat.; cf. MM, VGT, see word);
__(b) godless, ungodly (Pind.);
__(with) abandoned by the gods (Soph.)
__2. In the NT (cf. Lft. on Ign. ad Trail, §3), of the heathen, without God, not knowing God (Cremer, 281): Eph.2:12.
† (AS)

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