Wildly
ἀσώτωςStrong’s G0811asōtōs
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Asōtōs is the Greek word usually translated “prodigally”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.”
Meaning
Usually translated “prodigally”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- prodigally 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
ἀσώτως asōtōs · wildly
ἀσώτως adv. (ἄσωτος, prodigal, wasteful), [in LXX for סָרַר, Pro.7:11 * ;] wastefully: Luk.15:13 (EV, in riotous living; but not necessarily dissolute; cf. MM, ut supr.; Milligan, NTD, 79).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wildly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WILDLY, adverb
- Without cultivation.
- Without tameness.
- With disorder; with perturbation or distraction; with a fierce or roving look; as, to start wildly from ones seat; to stare wildly
- Without attention; heedlessly.
All definitions
- Capriciously; irrationally; extravagantly.
- Irregularly.
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.