ἄτακτ-ος G0813
Disorderly, undisciplined; living irresponsibly without proper attention to duties and obligations
This adjective describes people living without proper order or discipline—failing responsibilities, ignoring duties, conducting life irregularly rather than according to accepted norms. Paul uses it in 1 Thessalonians to identify certain church members who needed admonition for their undisciplined lifestyle. The military background of the term suggests people out of position, not fulfilling their assigned roles in the community.
Senses
1. sense 1 — First Thessalonians 5:14 urges believers to 'admonish the disorderly' (Spanish 'desordenados,' German 'unordentlich'). Context suggests these were idle believers, possibly those who quit working while awaiting Christ's return. Paul distinguishes them from the fainthearted and weak, who need encouragement and support—the disorderly need correction for their irresponsible, undisciplined behavior that burdens the community and dishonors the gospel. 1×
AR["المُضْطَرِبينَ"]·ben["অশৃঙ্খলদের"]·DE["unordentlich"]·EN["disorderly"]·FR["ἀτάκτους"]·heb["סוֹרְרִים"]·HI["बेलगअम"]·ID["yang-tidak-tertib"]·IT["ataktous"]·jav["mboten-tatanan,"]·KO["무질서한-자들을"]·PT["desordenados"]·RU["бесчинных"]·ES["desordenados"]·SW["wasio-na-utaratibu"]·TR["düzensizleri"]·urd["بے-قاعدوں"]
Related Senses
H2896a 1. good (quality or moral) (305×)H7563 1. wicked person (259×)H7451c 1. moral evil or wickedness (234×)H5771 1. iniquity, sin, wrongdoing (222×)H6662 1. righteous person (substantive) (195×)G0266 1. sin, failure, transgression (173×)H2403b 1. sin, transgression (170×)H2617a 1. Covenant faithfulness, steadfast love (167×)H2398 1. Qal: to sin, commit sin (165×)H6666 1. righteousness, moral uprightness (145×)G5485 1. grace, divine favor (141×)H7451a 1. morally evil, wicked (129×)H2403b 2. sin-offering, sacrifice for sin (120×)G2570 1. good, right, excellent (98×)H6588 1. transgression, offense against God (88×)G0018 1. good (moral quality) (85×)H2896b 1. good, what is good (85×)H7451b 1. evil, wickedness (moral) (83×)H7451a 2. evil, harm, calamity (80×)G1342 1. righteous, upright (of persons) (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἄτακτ-ος, ον, not in battle-order, of troops, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 not at one's post, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II undisciplined, disorderly, θόρυβοςRefs 5th c.BC+; irregular, πυρετόςRefs 5th c.BC+casual, Refs; of sensual excess, irregular, inordinate, ἡδοναί, Ἀφροδίτη, Refs 5th c.BC+; in Music, without rhythm, μελῳδίαιRefs 3rd c.AD+; in Medicine texts, irregular, σφυγμόςRefs 2nd c.AD+ __II.2 uncivilized,…