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Irreconcilable

ἄσπονδοςStrong’s G0786

aspondos

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Aspondos is the Greek word usually translated “implacable”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:”
Romans 1:31 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “implacable”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • implacable 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Romans 1
  • 2 Timothy 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἄσπονδος aspondos · irreconcilable

ἄσπονδος, -ον (σπονδή, a libation); 1. without truce (Thuc.). 2. admitting of no truce, implacable (Dem., al.): 2Ti.3:3.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “irreconcilable” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

IRRECONCI'LABLE, adjective

[in and reconcilable.]

  1. Not to be recalled to amity, or a state of friendship and kindness; retaining enmity that cannot be appeased or subdued; as an irreconcilable enemy or faction.
  2. That cannot be appeased or subdued; as irreconcilable enmity or hatred.
  3. That cannot be made to agree or be consistent; incongruous; incompatible; as irreconcilable absurdities.

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.