Strong's Greek Concordance

G459: ἄνομος

ánomos · “lawless”

Definition

lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication, a Gentile), or (positively) wicked

KJV translates it as: without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked

Word origin: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G3551 (νόμος);

Extended definition

ἄ-νομος, -ον
(ἀ. neg., νόμος), [in LXX for עָוֺן, פָּשַׁע, רֶשַׁע, etc. ;]
1. lawless, wicked: Mrk.15:28, Luk.22:37, Act.2:23, 1Ti.1:9, 2Pe.2:8; ὁ ἄ., 2Th.2:8 (= ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας, 2Th.2:3).
2. without law (= οἱ μὴ ὑπὸ νόμον, Rom.2:14): 1Co.9:21 (MM, VGT, see word).
† SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος (AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G459 is translated

  • the lawless ×2
  • outside the law ×2
  • lawless ×1
  • outside the law — ×1
  • outside the law. ×1
  • lawless one ×1
  • for the lawless ×1
  • with their lawless ×1

Bible verses with G459 (ánomos)

Ánomos appears in 7 verses.

  • Mark 15:28

    And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.

  • Luke 22:37

    For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

  • Acts 2:23

    Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

  • 1 Corinthians 9:21

    To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:8

    And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

  • 1 Timothy 1:9

    Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

  • 2 Peter 2:8

    (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

Words derived from G459