Strong's Lexicon
G418
G418 — ἀνένδεκτος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G418 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀνένδεκτος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of the same as G1735 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | anendektos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | an-en'-dek-tos |
| Meaning: | 1. unadmitted 2. (by implication) not supposable |
| KJV Renderings: | impossible |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνένδεκτος, ἀνένδεκτόν (alpha privative and ἐνδεκτος, and this from ἐνδέχομαι, which see), that cannot be admitted, inadmissible, unallowable, improper: ἀνένδεκτόν ἐστι τοῦ μή ἐλθεῖν it cannot be but that they will come, Luk 17:1 (Winers Grammar, 328 (308); Buttmann, 269 (231)). (Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 70 ὁ ἀριθμός πρός τόν μέλλοντα χρόνον ἀνένδεκτος (Diogenes Laërtius 7, 50), and several times in ecclesiastical and Byzantine writings.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀνένδεκτος (impossible)
Luke 17:1
- KJV: Then said he unto the disciples It is impossible but that offences will come but woe through whom they come
- GK: είπε δε προς τους μαθητάς ανένδεκτόν εστι του μη ελθείν τα σκάνδαλα ουαί δε δι΄ ου έρχεται