G0563 G0563
without distraction, undividedly; in a manner free from divided attention or competing concerns
This adverb describes an undivided or undistracted state—freedom from competing concerns that fragment attention. Paul uses it in 1 Corinthians 7:35 regarding singleness: his instruction about remaining unmarried aims at 'undistracted devotion to the Lord,' not to restrict freedom. Marriage brings legitimate concerns (pleasing one's spouse) that necessarily divide attention; singleness allows single-minded focus on pleasing the Lord. The term emphasizes unified attention, not the absence of all concerns but the presence of singular focus.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Paul's purpose in encouraging singleness is 'aperispastos' devotion—undivided attention to the Lord without the competing loyalties that marriage brings. Spanish 'sin distracción,' French 'sans distraction,' German 'ungestört' (undisturbed), and English 'without distraction' all emphasize unified focus. This isn't denigrating marriage (which Paul affirms elsewhere) but recognizing its legitimate demands. Single believers can give undivided attention to kingdom work; married believers must necessarily balance devotion to the Lord with devotion to spouse and family. 1×
AR["بِلا-التشتُّتِ"]·ben["বিচলিতভাবে।"]·DE["ungestoert"]·EN["without-distraction"]·FR["sans-distraction"]·heb["לְלֹא-הִפָּרְעוּת"]·HI["बिना-भटकाव"]·ID["tanpa-gangguan."]·IT["senza-distrazione"]·jav["tanpa-kaganggu."]·KO["흙어짐-없이"]·PT["sem-distração."]·RU["неразвлечённо."]·ES["sin-distracción"]·SW["bila-kusumbuliwa."]·TR["dikkati dağılmadan"]·urd["بغیر-پریشانی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Included with: ἀπερίσσευτος, ={ἀπέριττος}, Refs 5th c.AD+