Lexical Definition

‎ἄτοπος‎ átopos (at'-op-os) wrong G:A
from ‎Α‎ (as a negative particle) and ‎τόπος‎

amiss, harm, unreasonable.

Usage: 4 forms in 11 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἄτοπον amiss Acts.28.6
wrong Luke.23.41 • Acts.25.5
ἀτόπων perverse 2Thess.3.2
άτοπον out of place LXX.Prov.30.20
άτοπα For things out of place LXX.Job.35.13
out of place LXX.Job.11.11 • LXX.Job.27.6 • LXX.Job.36.21
something out of place LXX.Job.34.12
unnatural places LXX.Job.4.8

Abbott-Smith

ἄ-τοπος, -ον (< τόπος), [in LXX: Jb 4:8 11:11, Pr 30:20 (24:55), al., for אָוֶן, etc.;]
1. out of place, not befitting.
2. marvellous, strange (of symptoms, Hipp.): Ac 28:6; hence, in late Greek, with ethical sense,
3. improper, unrighteous (so in LXX, and for exx. from π., v. M, II Th., 3:2; MM, s.v.): Lk 23:41, Ac 25:5, II Th 3:2.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Job 4:8 · 11:11
Proverbs 24:55 · 30:20
Luke 23:41
Acts 25:5 · 28:6
2 Thessalonians 3:2

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἄτοπος-ος, ον,

out of place, out of the way: hence,

__1 unwonted, extraordinary, of symptoms, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. ἁδονά[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 strange, paradoxical, δοῦλοι τῶν αἰεὶ ἀτόπων slaves to every new paradox, [ἄτοποςόν τι πάσχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.34; τῶν -ωτάτων μέντἂν εἴη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.26">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄτοποςα τῆς σμικρολογίας absurd pettinesses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄτοποςόν ἐστι, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b of persons, [ἄτοποςον φεύγειν ἀεί 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 203c">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. φαγεῖν given to strange food, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 unnatural, disgusting, foul, πνεῦμα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; monstrous, ἀτοπώτατον πρᾶγμα ἐξευρών[Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, wicked, wrong, [LXX+NT]; of persons, opposed to χρηστός, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of things, bad, harmful, [NT]adverb -πως in an unfavourable position, κεῖσθαι, of planets, Vett. Val.63.12.
__4 adverb -πως marvellously or absurdly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. καθίζων, ={ἀνυπόπτως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II non-spatial, τῆς ἰδέας μενούσης ἐν ἀτόπῳ αὐτὸ τόπους γεννῆσαν[Refs 3rd c.AD+]adverb -πως non-spatially, opposed to τοπικῶς, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Job.27.6 ☩ Luke.23.41 ☩ Acts.28.6