Insignificant
ἄσημοςStrong’s G0767asēmos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Asēmos is the Greek word usually translated “insignificant”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.”
Meaning
Usually translated “insignificant”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- insignificant 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἄσημος asēmos · insignificant
ἄσημος, -ον (σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Gen.30:42 (עָטַף), Job.42:11, 3Ma.1:3 * ;] without mark (in π. of an uncircumcised boy: Deiss., BS, 153; MM, see word). Metaphorical (MM, see word), unknown, obscure: litotes, οὐκ ἄ (Eur., al.), πόλις, Act.21:39.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “insignificant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INSIGNIF'ICANT, adjective
[in and significant.]
- Void of signification; destitute of meaning; as insignificant words.
- Unimportant; answering no purpose; having no weight or effect; as insignificant rites.
- Without weight of character; mean; contemptible; as an insignificant being or fellow.
All definitions and other forms of “insignificant”
INSIGNIF'ICANT, noun
An insignificant trifling or worthless thing.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.