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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 824. ἄτοπος (atopos) -- Improper, unreasonable, perverse, out of place</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/824.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/24-16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/824.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 824</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/823.htm" title="823">◄</a> 824. atopos <a href="../greek/825.htm" title="825">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">atopos: Improper, unreasonable, perverse, out of place</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἄτοπος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>atopos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>AH-toh-pos<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(at'-op-os)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Improper, unreasonable, perverse, out of place<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>(lit: out of place, unusual, unbecoming), improper, unrighteous, perverse.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek prefix "α-" (a-, meaning "not" or "without") and "τόπος" (topos, meaning "place" or "position").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "atopos," the concept of something being out of place or improper can be related to Hebrew words like "עָוֶל" (avel, meaning injustice or wrong) or "תּוֹעֵבָה" (to'evah, meaning abomination).<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek word "ἄτοπος" (atopos) is used to describe something that is out of place, improper, or unreasonable. It conveys the idea of something that does not fit within the expected norms or standards, often carrying a negative connotation of perversity or moral deviation. In the New Testament, it is used to describe actions or behaviors that are contrary to what is considered right or appropriate.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, societal norms and expectations were well-defined, and deviation from these norms was often met with disapproval. The term "atopos" would have been understood as a strong critique of behavior that was seen as socially or morally unacceptable. In the context of early Christianity, which often stood in contrast to prevailing cultural practices, the use of "atopos" would highlight the tension between Christian ethical standards and those of the surrounding society.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>824</b> <i>átopos</i> (an adjective, derived from <a href="/greek/1.htm">1</a> <i>/A</i> "not" and <a href="/greek/5117.htm">5117</a> <i>/tópos</i>, "place") – properly, out of place, i.e. <i>odd</i> (out of the ordinary); (figuratively) unsuitable because "warped" (not "falling in line with" needed expectations or the norm); strange, queer; out of line (kilter); amiss.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1.htm">alpha</a> (as a neg. prefix) and <a href="/greek/5117.htm">topos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>out of place, strange<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>perverse (1), unusual (1), wrong (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 824: ἄτοπος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἄτοπος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἄτοπον</span> (<span class="greek2">τόπος</span>), <span class="accented">out of place; not befitting, unbecoming</span> (so in Greek writings from <span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span> down; very often in <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>); in later Greek in an ethical sense, <span class="accented">improper, wicked</span>: <a href="/interlinear/luke/23-41.htm">Luke 23:41</a> (<span class="greek2">ἄτοπον</span> <span class="greek2">τί</span> <span class="greek2">πράσσειν</span>, as in <a href="/interlinear/job/27-6.htm">Job 27:6</a>; 2 Macc. 14:23); <a href="/interlinear/acts/25-5.htm">Acts 25:5</a> <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>; (the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">אָוֶן</span>. <a href="/interlinear/job/4-8.htm">Job 4:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/11-11.htm">Job 11:11</a>, etc. <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 6, 5, 6; <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, de aud. poët. c. 3 <span class="greek2">φαῦλα</span> and <span class="greek2">ἄτοπα</span>); of men: <a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/3-2.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:2</a> (<span class="greek2">ἀτοποι</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">πονηροί</span>; Luth.<span class="latin">unartig</span>, more correctly <span class="accented">unrighteous</span> ((<span class="latin">iniquus</span>), <span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">unreasonable,</span> cf. Ellicott at the passage)). <span class="accented">inconvenient, harmful</span>: <a href="/interlinear/acts/28-6.htm">Acts 28:6</a> <span class="greek2">μηδέν</span> <span class="greek2">ἄτοπον</span> <span class="greek2">εἰς</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτόν</span> <span class="greek2">γινόμενον</span>, no injury, no harm coming to him (<span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span> 2, 49; <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 11, 5, 2; <span class="abbreviation">Herodian</span>, 4, 11, 7 (4, Bekker edition)).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>amiss, harmful, unreasonable. <p>From <a href="/greek/1.htm">a</a> (as a negative particle) and <a href="/greek/5117.htm">topos</a>; out of place, i.e. (figuratively) improper, injurious, wicked -- amiss, harm, unreasonable. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1.htm">a</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5117.htm">topos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>άτοπα ατοπον άτοπον ἄτοπον ατοπων ατόπων ἀτόπων άτρακτον ατραποίς ατραπούς άτρυγον αττάκην atopon atopōn atópon atópōn átopon<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/23-41.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 23:41</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular">Adj-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/23.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δὲ οὐδὲν <b>ἄτοπον</b> ἔπραξεν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> has done nothing <span class="itali">wrong.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> hath done nothing <span class="itali">amiss.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/23-41.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> moreover nothing <span class="itali">wrong</span> did<p><b><a href="/text/acts/25-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 25:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular">Adj-NNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/25.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τῷ ἀνδρὶ <b>ἄτοπον</b> κατηγορείτωσαν αὐτοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/25.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> there is anything <span class="itali">wrong</span> about<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/25-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the man <span class="itali">wrong</span> let them accuse him<p><b><a href="/text/acts/28-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 28:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular">Adj-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/28.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">θεωρούντων μηδὲν <b>ἄτοπον</b> εἰς αὐτὸν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> nothing <span class="itali">unusual</span> happen<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> saw no <span class="itali">harm</span> come to<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/28-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> seeing nothing <span class="itali">amiss</span> to him<p><b><a href="/text/2_thessalonians/3-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Thessalonians 3:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural">Adj-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀπὸ τῶν <b>ἀτόπων</b> καὶ πονηρῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_thessalonians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and that we will be rescued <span class="itali">from perverse</span> and evil<br><a href="/kjvs/2_thessalonians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from <span class="itali">unreasonable</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/2_thessalonians/3-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> from <span class="itali">perverse</span> and evil<p><b><a href="/greek/824.htm">Strong's Greek 824</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_824.htm">4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/atopo_n_824.htm">ἀτόπων — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/atopon_824.htm">ἄτοπον — 3 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/823.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="823"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="823" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/825.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="825"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="825" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>