ἄθεος
atheos
G0112
G:A
Greek
without God
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Occurrences
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Books
Greek
Language
Atheos describes people portrayed as lacking God amid alienation and hopelessness.
The sole attested use portrays people as lacking God within a cluster of alienation, exclusion from the promise's covenants, and absence of hope.
Senses in use
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Lacking God amid alienation and hopelessness · dominant
In Ephesians 2:12, the nominative plural masculine form describes those said to be alienated from Israel's citizenship, foreign to the covenants of the promise, and without hope; the APB renders the clause “without God in the world.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ephesians 2:12, the APB presents the clause as “without God in the world.” This wording confirms the verse's portrayal without isolating every aspect of the term's contribution.