Lexical Summary aprosōpolēptōs: not accepting the person, without respect of persons Original Word: ἀπροσωπολήπτωςTransliteration: aprosōpolēptōs Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ros-o-pol-ape'-tos) Part of Speech: Adverb Short Definition: not accepting the person, without respect of persons Meaning: not accepting the person, without respect of persons Strong's Concordance impartiallyAdverb from a compound of a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of a presumed compound of prosopon and lambano (compare prosopoleptes); in a way not accepting the person, i.e. Impartially -- without respect of persons. see GREEK a see GREEK prosopon see GREEK lambano see GREEK prosopoleptes Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 678: ἀπροσωπολήπτωςἀπροσωπολήπτως (ἀπροσωπολήμπτως L T Tr WH; cf. references under Mu), a word of Hellenistic origin (alpha privative and προσωπολήπτης, which see), without respect of persons, i. e. impartially: 1 Peter 1:17 (Epistle of Barnabas 4, 12 [ET]; (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 1, 3 [ET])). (The adjective ἀπροσωπόληπτος occurs here and there in ecclesiastical writings.) |
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