Quick Definition
ἄνευ Prep. without, without the cooperation or knowledge of
Strong's Definition
a primary particle; without
KJV Usage: without. Compare 1
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
prep. (with gen.)
89.120 · Relations · Dissociation
without, not with, no relationship to, apart from, independent of a marker of negatively linked elements The phrase ἄνευ τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν in MAT 10:29 is elliptical, for it presumes some type of involvement by God in such an event. Some have interpreted the phrase ἄνευ τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν as meaning ‘without your Father’s consent,’ while others interpret it as meaning ‘without your Father’s knowledge.’ The particular manner or mode of involvement by God must depend upon the broader context and not upon the meaning of ἄνευ.
The phrase ἄνευ λόγου in 1PE 3:1 is semantically equivalent to an event, for it means essentially ‘without their saying a word’ or ‘without them saying anything.’
1 It appears impossible to find a significant distinction between ἄνευ and ἄτερ. It may be that χωρίς[a] differs from ἄνευ and ἄτερ in focusing upon a greater degree of separation or lack of involvement.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄνευ, prep. with gen., without: 1 Pet. iii. 1; iv. 9. with gen. of the pers. without one’s will or intervention, (often so in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down): Mt. x. 29. [Compared with χωρίς, see Tittm. i. p. 93 sq.; Ellic. on Eph. ii. 12; Green, Crit. Notes, ete. (on Ro. iii. 28).]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἄνευ aneu 3x
some classify as an improper preposition, without, Mt. 10:29; 1 Pet. 3:1; 4:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἄνευ,
prep. c. gen. (rarer than χωρίς, q.v.; cf. Ellic. on Eph 2:12; MM, VGT, 42),
without: Mt 10:29, I Pe 3:1 4:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἄνευ. P Par 454 (B.c. 153) ἄνευ τῶν θεῶν οὐθὲν γίνεται, BGU I. 2678 (A.D. 199) ἄνευ τινὸς ἀμφισβητήσεως. Quotations are hardly needed, but see Wilcken Os¢r. i. p. 559f., where it is shown that in certain connexions ἄνευ must have the meaning of “without the knowledge of” rather than “in the absence of,” e.g. P Petr II. Appendix, p. 3, ὅτι ἄνευ ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν per ᾿Αριστοκρίτους λογευτῶν [προξενεῖ τοὺς ὑποτελεῖς τοῦ φυλακ[τι]κοῦ εἰς τὸ ἴδιον, where Wilcken translates ‘ohne unser Wissen und ohne Wissen jener Logeuten ladt er die Steuerzahler zu sich in’s Haus.” In sepulchral inscriptions the preposition is ofien used in the sense ‘‘apart from,” ‘‘except,” as in the formula ἐάν τις τολμήσηι ἀνῦξε (1 ἀνοῖξαι) τὸν σορὸν τοῦτον ἄνευ τῶν ἰδίων αὐτοῦ, see 70.5.7 3225, 2327, αἰ. cited by Herwerden. See further Kuhring, p. 46f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἄνευ (aneu) — without. ἄνευ, Megarian and Hellenistic ἄνις (which see); ἄνευν[Refs 6th c.AD+] —_preposition_ (never used in _composition_) with genitive (with accusative only [Refs], without, opposed to σύν, ἄνευ ἕθεν οὐδὲ σὺν αὐτῷ 11.17.407; ἄ. κέντροιο without the goad, 23.387; μόνος ἄ. τινός[Refs 5th c.BC+]; in pregnant sense, ἄ. θεῶν, mostly with negative, οὔτι ἄ. θεοῦ ἥδε γε βουλή[Refs 8th c.BC+]; also without negative, ἄ. ἐμέθεν without my knowledge and will, [Refs]; ἄ. πολιτᾶν without their consent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. τοῦ ὑγιεινοῦ without reference to health, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. away from, far from, ἄ. δηΐων[Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. in Prose, except, besides, πάντα ἄ. χρυσοῦ[Refs]praeterquam quod attulerit.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καὶ ἄ. τοῦ λαμβάνειν even without it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]—In early writers it rarely follows its case, ὑφηγητοῦ δ᾽ ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in later Prose, as always in [Refs 4th c.BC+] (Cf. Gothic inu, OHG. ᾱνο 'without'; perhaps akin to negative pref. ἀ-.)