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Strong's #22 - ἄγαμος
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- unmarried, unwedded, single
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ἄγαμ-ος, ον,
I. unmarried, single, prop. of the man, whether bachelor or widower (ἄνανδρος being used of the woman), Il. 3.40, X. Smp. 9.7, etc.; ζῶ δὲ Τίμωνος βίον, ἄγαμον, ἄδουλον Phryn.Com. 18: — of the woman, A. Supp. 143, S. OT 1502, E. Or. 205. Adv. -ως Sch. ad loc.
II. γάμος ἄ. marriage that is no marriage, fatal marriage, S. OT 1214, E. Hel. 690.
ἄγαμος, (γάμος), unmarried: 1 Corinthians 7:8, 32; used even of women, 1 Corinthians 7:11, 34 (Euripides, Hel. 690 (and elsewhere)), where the Greeks commonly said ἄνανδρος.
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** ἄ -γαμος , -ον ,
[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 16:9*;]
unmarried: 1 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Corinthians 7:32; fem. (= cl. ἄνανδρος ), 1 Corinthians 7:11; 1 Corinthians 7:34 †
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BGU I. 86.15 (ii/A.D.) ἐφ᾽ δν χρόνον ἄγαμ [ός ἐσ ]τιν, ib. 113.4 (ii/A.D.) εἴ τινες ἄγαμοι εἶεν, P Ryl I. 28.29 (iv/A.D.) ἀγάμῳ δὲ γάμον δηλοῖ. Preisigke 374 (i/B.C./i/A.D.) has ἄγαμε on a gravestone.
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