Dictionary entry

ἀθέμιτος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ἀ-θέμιτος (late form of ἀθέμιστος, LS, MM, VGT, s.v.), -ον

(< θέμις, custom, right), [in LXX: II Mac 6:5 7:1 10:34, III Mac 5:20*;]

(a) of persons, lawless (III Mac 5:20);

(b) of things, lawless, unlawful: Ac 10:28, I Pe 4:3.†

SYN.: v.s. ἄθεσμος.