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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76727" /> ==
 
<div> '''A — 1: '''''Ἄτοπος''''' ''' (Strong'S #824 — Adjective — atopos — at'-op-os ) </div> <p> lit., "out of place" (a, negative, topos, "a place"), denotes unbecoming, not befitting. It is used four times in the NT, and is rendered "amiss" three times in the RV; in the malefactor's testimony of Christ, &nbsp;Luke 23:41; in Festus' words concerning Paul, &nbsp;Acts 25:5 , "if there is anything amiss in the man" (AV, "wickedness"); in &nbsp;Acts 28:6 , of the expected effect of the viper's attack upon Paul (AV, "harm"); in &nbsp;2—Thessalonians 3:2 , of men capable of outrageous conduct, "unreasonable." See [[Harm]] , Unreasonable. </p> <div> '''B — 1: '''''Κακῶς''''' ''' (Strong'S #2560 — Adverb — kakos — kak-oce' ) </div> <p> akin to kakos, "evil," is translated "amiss" in &nbsp;James 4:3; elsewhere in various ways. See [[Evil]] , [[Grievous]] , Miserable , Sore. </p>
Amiss <ref name="term_782" />
       
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_57890" /> ==
<p> AMISS', a. a and miss. See Miss. </p> 1. [[Wrong]] faulty out of order improper as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. This adjective always follows its noun. 2. adv. In a faulty manner contrary to propriety, truth, law or morality. <p> Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. &nbsp;James 4 . </p> <p> [[Applied]] to the body, it signifies indisposed as, I am somewhat amiss to day. </p>
       
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_85563" /> ==
<p> '''(1):''' (a.) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. </p>
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_782" /> ==
<p> ''''' a ''''' - ''''' mis ''''' ´: There are two words translated "amiss" in the New Testament, ἄτοπος , <i> ''''' átopos ''''' </i> , referring to that which is improper or harmful (&nbsp;Luke 23:41; &nbsp;Acts 28:6 ), while κακῶς , <i> ''''' kakō̇s ''''' </i> , refers to that which is evil in the sense of a disaster, then to that which is wicked, morally wrong. This latter is the use of it in &nbsp;James 4:3 . The purpose of the prayer is evil, it is therefore amiss and cannot be granted (compare &nbsp;2 Chronicles 6:37 ). </p>
<p> ''''' a ''''' - ''''' mis ''''' ´: There are two words translated "amiss" in the New Testament, ἄτοπος , <i> ''''' átopos ''''' </i> , referring to that which is improper or harmful (&nbsp;Luke 23:41; &nbsp;Acts 28:6 ), while κακῶς , <i> ''''' kakō̇s ''''' </i> , refers to that which is evil in the sense of a disaster, then to that which is wicked, morally wrong. This latter is the use of it in &nbsp;James 4:3 . The purpose of the prayer is evil, it is therefore amiss and cannot be granted (compare &nbsp;2 Chronicles 6:37 ). </p>
       
 
==References ==
== References ==
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<ref name="term_76727"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/amiss Amiss from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_57890"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/amiss Amiss from King James Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_85563"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/amiss Amiss from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_782"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/amiss Amiss from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_782"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/amiss Amiss from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Revision as of 11:25, 16 October 2021

Amiss [1]

a - mis ´: There are two words translated "amiss" in the New Testament, ἄτοπος , átopos , referring to that which is improper or harmful ( Luke 23:41;  Acts 28:6 ), while κακῶς , kakō̇s , refers to that which is evil in the sense of a disaster, then to that which is wicked, morally wrong. This latter is the use of it in  James 4:3 . The purpose of the prayer is evil, it is therefore amiss and cannot be granted (compare  2 Chronicles 6:37 ).

References

  1. ↑ Amiss from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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