adjective
acharistos
Strong’sG884
ungrateful
stem acharist-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ἀχάριστος, -ον
(< χαρίζομαι), [in LXX: Wi 16:29, Si 29:17, 25, IV Mac 9:10*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G884 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(χᾰρίζομαι) ungracious, unpleasant, οὐκ ἀχάριστα μεθ᾽ ἡμῖν ταῦτ᾽ ἀγορεύειςRefs 8th c.BC+; without grace or charm, οὐκ ἀχάριστα λέγεινRefs 5th c.BC+; -ότερον ἐπιμέλημα a more thankless business, Refs 5th c.BC+
II of persons, ungracious, unfavourable, Refs 6th c.BC+
II.2 ungrateful, thankless, Refs 5th c.BC+; σπείρων εἰς ἀχάριστα sowingin thankless soil, Refs 1st c.BC+. adverb -τως, ἀποπέμψασθαι εὐεργέταςRefs 5th c.BC+
II.3 passive, unrequited, ἀ. εἶναι τὰ ἀνηλωμέναRefs 5th c.BC+adverb οὐκ ἂν ἀχαρίστως μοι ἔχοι πρός τινος thanks would not be refused me by.., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 adverb -τως with a bad grace, with an ill will, ἀ. ἕπεσθαι follow sulkily, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 ἀχάριστον, τό, antidote, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.5.b name of an eyesalve, Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | acharistos | acharistas | acharistem | acharistois1×ἀχάριστοι | acharistais | acharisteim |
| object accusative | achariston | acharistan | acharistoin1×ἀχαρίστους | acharistain | ||
| direct address vocative | acharistor | acharistar | acharistoir | acharistair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | acharistou | acharistau | acharisteu | acharistoiu | acharistaiu | acharisteiu |
| to, for dative | acharisto | acharista | achariste | acharistoi | acharistai | acharistei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
acharist is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
acharistois“ungrateful”subjectnominative plural1×
2 Timothy 3:2… filargurois, alazōnois, huperēfanois, blasfēmois, gonevoi apeithois, acharistois, anosiois,… arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
acharistoin“ungrateful”objectaccusative plural1×
Luke 6:35… hoti autos chrēstos atō epi toin acharistoin kai ponēroin.… for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.