ἀπείρων
τὸ γὰρ μυστήριον ἤδη ἐνεργεῖται τῆς ἀνομίας· μόνον ὁ κατέχων ἄρτι ἕως ἐκ μέσου γένηται. (2Thess 2:7) → For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work — just at work until the one who is now constraining it is taken out.
English (LSJ)
(A), ον, gen. ονος, (πεῖρα)
A = ἄπειρος (A), without experience, ignorant, S.OT1088 (lyr.), Fr.266.
ἀπείρων (B), ον, gen. ονος, (πεῖραρ, πέρας) Ep. form of ἄπειρος (B),
A boundless, endless, ἐπ' ἀπείρονα γαῖαν Od.1.98, Hes.Th.187; Ἑλλήσποντος ἀ. Il.24.545; δῆμος ἀ. a countless people, ib.776; ὕπνος ἀ. seeming endless, i.e. profound sleep, Od.7.286; ἀπείρονα γῆς βάθη Emp.39, cf. 28; τῶν ἀλιθίων ἀ. γενέθλα Simon.5.6; δόξα Pi.P.2.64; κύκλος a vast concourse, B.8.30. 2 = ἄπειρος (B) 2, without end or escape, δεσμοὶ ἀπείρονες Od.8.340. 3 In Att., = ἄπειρος (B) 3, having no end, circular, δακτύλιος ἀ. Ar.Fr.250, cf. IG2.709.5, 11(2).161 B81 (Delos, iii B. C.); ἐν λόχῳ ἀπείρονι, of persons standing in a circle, A.Fr.379.
