Strong’s G812 · Greek

ἀτακτέω
ataktéō

Definition

to be (i.e. act) irregular

Etymology

from G813 (ἄτακτος);

Where the KJV renders it

  • behave self disorderly

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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