ἄ-θεος, -ον,
__1. in cl.
__(a) slighting or denyiyig the gods (Plat.; cf. MM, VGT, see word);
__(b) godless, ungodly (Pind.);
__(with) abandoned by the gods (Soph.)
__2. In the NT (cf. Lft. on Ign. ad Trail, §3), of the heathen, without God, not knowing God (Cremer, 281): Eph.2:12.
† (AS)