G767: ἄσημος
ásēmos · “insignificant”
Definition
unmarked, i.e. (figuratively) ignoble
KJV translates it as: mean
Word origin: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and the base of G4591 (σημαίνω);
Extended definition
ἄσημος, -ον
(σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Gen.30:42 (עָטַף), Job.42:11, 3Ma.1:3 * ;]
without mark (in π. of an uncircumcised boy: Deiss., BS, 153; MM, see word). Metaphorical (MM, see word), unknown, obscure: litotes, οὐκ ἄ (Eur., al.), πόλις, Act.21:39.†
(AS)
(σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Gen.30:42 (עָטַף), Job.42:11, 3Ma.1:3 * ;]
without mark (in π. of an uncircumcised boy: Deiss., BS, 153; MM, see word). Metaphorical (MM, see word), unknown, obscure: litotes, οὐκ ἄ (Eur., al.), πόλις, Act.21:39.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G767 is translated
- insignificant ×1
Bible verses with G767 (ásēmos)
Ásēmos appears in 1 verse.
- Acts 21:39
But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.