Definition

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

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

• without law
• lawless
• transgressor
• unlawful
• wicked

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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