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Disorderly

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: ἄτακτος

(Strong's #813 — Adjective — ataktos — at'-ak-tos )

signifies "not keeping order" (a, negative, tasso, "to put in order, arrange"); it was especially a military term, denoting "not keeping rank, insubordinate;" it is used in 1 Thessalonians 5:14 , describing certain church members who manifested an insubordinate spirit, whether by excitability or officiousness or idleness. See UNRULY.

B — 1: ἀτάκτως

(Strong's #814 — Adverb — ataktos — at-ak'-toce )

signifies "disorderly, with slackness" (like soldiers not keeping rank), 2 Thessalonians 3:6; in ver. 11 it is said of those in the church who refused to work, and became busy-bodies (cp. 1 Timothy 5:13 ).

C — 1: ἀτακτέω

(Strong's #812 — Verb — atakteo — at-ak-teh'-o )

signifies "to be out of rank, out of one's place, undisciplined, to behave disorderly:" in the military sense, "to break rank;" negatively in 2 Thessalonians 3:7 , of the example set by the Apostle and his fellow missionaries, in working for their bread while they were at Thessalonica so as not to burden the saints. See BEHAVE.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Disorderly'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/disorderly.html. 1940.
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