ἄ-θεος, -ον, 1. in cl. (a) slighting or denyiyig the gods (Plat.; cf. MM, VGT, see word); (b) godless, ungodly (Pind.); (with) abandoned by the gods (Soph.) 2. In the NT (cf. Lft. on Ign. ad Trail, §3), of the heathen, without God, not knowing God (Cremer, 281): Eph.2:12. † (AS)
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G112 — ἄθεος
atheos · without God · Greek