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ἀμαθής amathēs · G0261

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ignorant

ἀμαθής, -ές; (μανθάνω), [in Sm.: Psa.49:11 * ; ] ; unlearned, ignorant: 2Pe.3:16 (on the rareness of this word, see MM, VGT, see word).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἀμαθ-ής, ές, ; (μαθεῖν) ignorant, stupid, []; opposed to δεξιός, []; of animals, such as wild boars, unmanageable, θυμώδη καὶ ἀ.[]: with genitive of things, without knowledge of a thing, unlearned in it, -έστερος τοῦ καλοῦ[]; τι []adverb -θῶς ignorantly, through ignorance, ἥμαρτον[] to be educated with too little learning to despise the laws, []less learnedly, []; b of moral defects, unfeeling, inhuman, ἀ. τις εἶ θεός[]; 2 of things, ἀ. παρρησία boorish freedom of speech, []; ἀ. ῥώμη brute …

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2 Peter 3:16

Source: TBESG G0261; TFLSJ G0261

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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