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G811 ἀσώτως (asṓtōs)
Greek
Adverb
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Quick Definition

prodigally, with prodigal living

Strong's Definition

dissolutely

Derivation: adverb from the same as G810 (ἀσωτία);

KJV Usage: riotous

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀσώτως, adverb (adjective ἄσωτος, on which see ἀσωτία), dissolutely, profligately: ζῆν (Josephus, Antiquities 12, 4, 8), Luk_15:13 (A. V. riotous living).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀσώτως asōtōs 1x dissolutely, loosely, Luk_15:13

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ἀσώτως , adv. ( < ἄσωτος , prodigal, wasteful ), [in LXX for H5637 , Pro_7:11 * ;] wastefully: Luk_15:13 ( EV , in riotous living; but not necessarily dissolute; cf. MM , ut supr .; Milligan , NTD , 79).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄσωτος [page 89] Vettius Valens p. 18 joins ἀσώτων λάγνων καὶ κατωφερῶν ἀκρίτων ἐπιψόγων , εὐμεταβόλων περὶ τὰ τέλη , οὐκ εὐθανατούντων οὐδὲ περὶ τοὺς γάμους εὐσταθῶν . The use of the maxim noscitur a sociis here, as so often, makes the astrologer valuable for the delineation of a word s meaning. It is MGr.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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)

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