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It carries the connotation of being born outside of lawful wedlock, and by extension, it can imply a lack of legitimacy or authenticity in a broader sense. In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe those who are not true children of God, lacking the legitimate status of sonship.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek and Roman societies, legitimacy was a significant social and legal concept. Being born within a lawful marriage was crucial for inheritance rights and social standing. An illegitimate child, or "nothos," would not have the same rights or status as a legitimate child. This concept was also present in Jewish culture, where lineage and heritage were important for religious and social identity.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a bastard, baseborn<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>illegitimate children (1).<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 3541: νόθος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">νόθος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">νοθη</span>, <span class="greek2">νοθον</span>, <span class="accented">illegitimate, bastard,</span> i. e. born, not in lawful wedlock, but of a concubine or female slave: <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-8.htm">Hebrews 12:8</a>; cf. Bleek at the passage (Wis. 4:3; from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down.)<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>an illegitimate child<p>Of uncertain affinity; a spurious or illegitimate son -- bastard. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>νοθοι νόθοι νομάδες νομάδων nothoi nóthoi<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/hebrews/12-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 12:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural">Adj-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πάντες ἄρα <b>νόθοι</b> καὶ οὐχ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> then <span class="itali">you are illegitimate children</span> and not sons.<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> then are ye <span class="itali">bastards,</span> and not<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all then <span class="itali">illegitimate children</span> and not<p><b><a href="/greek/3541.htm">Strong's Greek 3541</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3541.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/nothoi_3541.htm">νόθοι — 1 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/3540.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3540"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3540" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3542.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3542"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3542" /></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>