down]; a star: Mt. ii. 7, 9, 10 [acc. -έραν ℵ* C; see ἄρσην fin.]; xxiv. 29; Mk. xiii. 25; 1 Co. xv. 41; Rev. vi. 13; viii. 10-12; ix. 1; xii. 1, 4; ὁ ἀστὴρ αὐτοῦ, the star betokening his birth, Mt. ii. 2 (i. e. ‘the star of the Messiah,’ on which cf. Bertholdt, Christologia Judaeorum § 14; Anger, Der Stern der Weisen, in Niedner’s Zeitschr. f. d. histor. Theol. for 1847, fasc. 3; [B. D. s. v. Star of the Wise Men]); by the figure of the seven stars which Christ holds in his right hand, Rev. i. 16; ii. 1; iii. 1, are signified the angels of the seven churches, under the direction of Christ, ibid. i. 20; see what was said s. v. ἄγγελος, 2. ἀστὴρ ὁ πρωϊνός the morning star, Rev. xxii. 16 [Rec. ὀρθρινός]; ii. 28 (δώσω αὐτῷ τὸν ἀστέρα τ. πρωϊνόν I will give to him the morning star, that he may be irradiated with its splendor and outshine all others, i. e. I will cause his heavenly glory to excel that of others). ἀστέρες πλανῆται, wandering stars, Jude 13 (these are not planets, the motion of which is scarcely noticed by the commonalty, but far more probably comets, which Jude regards as stars which have left the course prescribed them by God, and wander about at will—cf. Enoch xviii. 15, and so are a fit symbol of men πλανῶντες καὶ πλανώμενοι, 2 Tim. iii. 13).*
ἀ-στήρικτος, -ον, (στηρίζω), unstable, unsteadfast: 2 Pet. ii. 14; iii. 16. (Anthol. Pal. 6, 203, 11.)*
ἄστοργος, -ον, (στοργή love of kindred), without natural affection: Ro. i. 31; 2 Tim. iii. 3. (Aeschin., Theocr., Plut., al.)*
ἀστοχέω, -ῶ: 1 aor. ἠστόχησα; (to be ἄστοχος, fr. στόχος a mark), to deviate from, miss, (the mark): with gen. [W. § 30, 6], to deviate from anything, 1 Tim. i. 6 (Sir. vii. 19; viii. 9); περί τι, 1 Tim. vi. 21; 2 Tim. ii. 18. (Polyb., Plut., Lcian., [al.].)*
ἀστραπή, -ῆς, ἡ, lightning: Lk. x. 18; xvii. 24; Mt. xxiv. 27; xxviii. 3; plur., Rev. iv. 5; viii. 5; xi. 19; xvi. 18; of the gleam of a lamp, Lk. xi. 36 [so Aeschyl. frag. (fr. schol. on Soph. Oed. Col. 1047) 188 Ahrens, 372 Dind.].*
ἀστράπτω; (later form στράπτω, see ἀσπάζομαι init. [prob. allied with ἀστήρ q. v.]); to lighten, (Hom. Il. 9, 237; 17, 595, and often in Attic): Lk. xvii. 24. of dazzling objects: ἐσθής (R G ἐσθήσεις), Lk. xxiv. 4 (and very often in Grk. writ. fr. Soph. Oed. Col. 1067; Eur. Phoen. 111, down). [Comp.: ἐξ-, περι-αστράπτω.]*
ἄστρον, -oυ, τό, [(see ἀστήρ init.), fr. Hom. down]; 1. a group of stars, a constellation; but not infreq. also 2. i. q. ἀστήρ a star: Lk. xxi. 25; Acts xxvii. 20; Heb. xi. 12; the image of a star, Acts vii. 43.*
Ἀ-σύγ-κριτος [T WH Ἀσύνκρ.], -ου, ὁ, (α priv. and συγκρίνω to compare; incomparable); Asyncritus, the name of an unknown Christian at Rome: Ro. xvi. 14.*
ἀ-σύμφωνος, -ον, not agreeing in sound, dissonant, inharmonious, at variance: πρὸς ἀλλήλους (Diod. 4, 1), Acts xxviii. 25. (Sap. xviii. 10; [Joseph. c. Ap. 1, 8, 1]; Plat., Plut., [al.].)*
ἀ-σύνετος, -ον, unintelligent, without understanding: Mt. xv. 16; Mk. vii. 18; stupid: Ro. i. 21; x. 19. In imitation of the Hebr. נָבָל, ungodly (Sap. i. 5; Sir. xv. 7 sq. [cf. ἀσυνετεῖν, Ps. cxviii. (cxix.) 158]), because a wicked man has no mind for the things which make for salvation: Ro. i. 31 [al. adhere here to the Grk. usage; cf. Fritzsche ad loc.]. (In Grk. writ. fr. Hdt. down.) [Cf. σοφός, fin.]*
ἀ-σύν-θετος, -ον, 1. uncompounded, simple, (Plat., Aristot., al.). 2. (συντίθεμαι to covenant), covenant-breaking, faithless: Ro. i. 31 (so in Jer. iii. 8, 11; Dem. de falsa leg. p. 383, 6; cf. Pape and Passow s. v.; ἀσυνθετεῖν to be faithless [Ps. lxxii. (lxxiii.) 15; 2 Esdr. x. 2; Neh. i. 8, etc.]; ἀσυνθεσία transgression, 1 Chr. ix. 1 [Ald., Compl.; 2 Esdr. ix. 2, 4; Jer. iii. 7]; εὐσυνθετεῖν to keep faith; [cf. Trench § lii.]).*
ἀσφάλεια, -ας, ἡ, (ἀσφαλής), [fr. Aeschyl. down]; a. firmness, stability: ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφ. most securely, Acts v. 23. trop. certainty, undoubted truth: λόγων (see λόγος, I. 7), Lk. i. 4, (τοῦ λόγου, the certainty of a proof, Xen. mem. 4, 6, 15). b. security from enemies and dangers, safety: 1 Th. v. 3 (opp. to κίνδυνος, Xen. mem. 3, 12, 7).*
ἀσφαλής, -ές, (σφάλλω to make to totter or fall, to cheat, [cf. Lat. fallo, Germ. fallen, etc., Eng. fall, fail], σφάλλομαι to fall, to reel), [fr. Hom. down]; a. firm (that can be relied on, confided in): ἄγκυρα, Heb. vi. 19 (where L and Tr have received as the form of acc. sing. ἀσφαλήν [Tdf. 7 -λῆν; cf. Tdf. ad loc.; Delitzsch, Com. ad loc.] see ἄρσην). trop. certain, true: Acts xxv. 26; τὸ ἀσφαλές, Acts xxi. 34; xxii. 30. b. suited to confirm: τινί, Phil. iii. 1 (so Joseph. antt. 3, 2, 1)*
ἀσφαλίζω: 1 aor. pass. inf. ἀσφαλισθῆναι; 1 aor. mid. ἠσφαλισάμην; (ἀσφαλής); esp. freq. fr. Polyb. down; to make firm, to make secure against harm; pass. to be made secure: Mt. xxvii. 64 (ὁ τάφος) [B. 52 (46)]; mid. prop. to make secure for one’s self or for one’s own advantage, (often in Polyb.): Mt. xxvii. 65 sq.; to make fast τοὺς πόδας εἰς τὸ ξύλον, Acts xvi. 24 [W. § 66, 2 d.; B. § 147, 8].*
ἀσφαλῶς, adv. [fr. Hom. down], safely (so as to prevent escape): Mk. xiv. 44; Acts xvi. 23. assuredly: γινώσκειν, Acts ii. 36 (εἰδότες, Sap. xviii. 6).*
ἀσχημονέω, -ῶ; (to be ἀσχήμων, deformed; τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀσχημονεῖν, of a bald man, Ael. ν. h. 11, 4); to act unbecomingly ([Eur.], Xen., Plat., al.): 1 Co. xiii. 5; ἐπί τινα, towards one, i. e. contextually, to prepare disgrace for her, 1 Co. vii. 36.*
ἀσχημοσύνη, -ης, ἡ, (ἀσχήμων); fr. Plato down; unseemliness, an unseemly deed: Ro. i. 27; of the pudenda, one’s nakedness, shame: Rev. xvi. 15, as in Ex. xx. 26; Deut. xxiii. 14, etc. (In Grk. writ. fr. Plat. down.)*
ἀσχήμων, -ονος, neut. ἄσχημον, (σχῆμα); a. deformed.
b. indecent, unseemly: 1 Co. xii. 23, opp. to εὐσχήμων. ([Hdt.], Xen., Plat., and subseq. writ.)*
ἀσωτία, -ας, ἡ, (the character of an ἄσωτος, i. e. of an abandoned man, one that cannot be saved, fr. σαόω, σόω i. q. σώζω, [ἀ-σω-το-ς, Curtius § 570]: hence prop. incorrigibleness), an abandoned, dissolute, life; profligacy, prodigality, [R. V. riot]: Eph. v. 18; Tit. i. 6; 1 Pet. iv. 4; (Prov. xxviii. 7; 2 Macc. vi. 4. Plat. rep. 8, p. 560 e.; Aristot. eth. Nic. 4, 1, 5 (3) p. 1120a, 3; Polyb. 32, 20, 9; 40, 12, 7; cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 8; Hdian. 2, 5, 2 (1 ed.
