- ἄτακτος
- ἄτακτος, ον (s. ἀτακτέω) gener. ‘not in the proper order’ (3 Macc 1:19; TestNapht 2:9; Philo; Jos., Bell. 2, 517; 649, Ant. 15, 152; Ath. 25:3 [ἀταξία ibid. 3:2]; loanw. in rabb.)① of volitional state, pert. to being out of step and going one’s own way, disorderly, insubordinate (Hdt., Thu. et al.; Sb 6152, 13; 6153, 16; PFlor 332, 4; Philo, Sacr. Abel. 32) 1 Th 5:14 (cp. SEG XXVII, 261 B, 99; s. CSpicq, Studia Theologica 10, ’56, 1–13); but some prefer the sense idle, indolent (s. ἀτακτέω and ἀτάκτως; also the orator Lycurgus 39 ἄτακτος=‘not at one’s post’).—GHolland, SBLSP 24, ’85, 327–41.② of affective state pert. to being without socially recognized constraint, undisciplined φορά impulse Dg 9:1 (cp. Pla., Leg. 2 p. 660b ἄτακτοι ἡδοναί; Plut., Mor. 5a likew.).—M-M. TW. Spicq.
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