ἌΘΕΟΣ: * ἄ-θεος, -ον, 1. . in cl. (a) . slighting or denying the gods (Plat.; cf. MM, VGT, s.v.); (b) . godless, ungodly (Pind.); (c) . 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.†