- ἀνόσιος
- ἀνόσιος , ον (s. ὅσιος; Aeschyl., Hdt.+) pert. to being in opposition to God or what is sacred, unholy. The view that certain actions make holy beings or places off limits to their agents invites the connotation of moral turpitude: wicked, i.e. revolting to God or to a well-minded person. (For various perspectives s. ἁγνεία and lit. cited s.v.; on the subject s. esp. Plato, Laws 4, 716d, cited SIG 983 n. 3.)ⓐ of pers. (PBrem 1, 4 [116 A.D.]=CPJ 438, 4; PGiss 41 II, 4 [117 A.D.]=CPJ 443 II, 4 [all ἀνόσιοι Ἰουδαῖοι]; PGM 4, 2476; 2 Macc 7:34; 8:32; 4 Macc 12:11; EpArist 289; Just., A I, 5, 4 δαίμονας; Ath. 32, 1 Δία) 1 Ti 1:9; cp. 2 Ti 3:2; w. ἄνομος 1 Cl 45:4; AcPl Ha 8, 12.ⓑ of things (Diod S 34+35, Fgm. 14 πρᾶξις; PThead 21, 15 πρᾶγμα; Wsd 12:4; 3 Macc 5:8; Just., D. 108, 2; Ath. 1, 2) ἀ. στάσις unholy discord 1 Cl 1:1. αἰκίσματα δεινὰ καὶ ἀ. terrible and wicked tortures 6:2.—DELG s.v. ὅσιος. M-M. TW.
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