Wrong
ἄτοποςStrong’s G0824atopos
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Atopos is the Greek word usually translated “wrong”, “amiss” and “perverse”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.”
Meaning
Usually translated “wrong”, “amiss” and “perverse”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- wrong 2
- amiss 1
- perverse 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Luke 1
- 2 Thessalonians 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 23:41And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
- Acts 25:5Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
- Acts 28:6Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
Greek dictionary
ἄτοπος atopos · wrong
ἄ-τοπος, -ον (τόπος), [in LXX: Job.4:8 11:11, Pro.30:20, al., for אָוֶן, etc. ;] 1. out of place, not befitting. 2. marvellous, strange (of symptoms, Hipp.): Act.28:6; hence, in late Greek, with ethical sense, 3. improper, unrighteous (so in LXX, and for exx. from π., see M, Th., l.with; MM, see word): Luk.23:41, Act.25:5, 2Th.3:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wrong” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WRONG, adjective
Literally wrung, twisted or turned from a straight line or even surface. Hence,
- Not physically right; not fit or suitable; as the wrong side of a garment.
- Not morally right; that deviates from the line of rectitude prescribed by God; not just or equitable; not right or proper; not legal; erroneous; as a wrong practice; wrong ideas; a wrong course of life; wrong measures; wrong inclinations and desires; a wrong application of talents; wrong judgment. Habakkuk 1:4
- Erroneous; not according to truth; as a wrong statement.
All definitions and other forms of “wrong”
WRONG, noun
Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; any injury done to another; a trespass; a violation of right. Wrongs are private or public. Private wrongs are civil injuries, immediately affecting individuals; public wrongs are crimes and misdemeanors which affect the community.
- “Sarai said to Abraham, my wrong be on thee” Genesis 16:5“Friend, I do thee no wrong” Matthew 20:13
WRONG, adverb
Not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously.
WRONG, verb transitive
- To injure; to treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from.
- To do injustice to by imputation; to impute evil unjustly.
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.