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G802 · Greek · New Testament
ἀσύνθετος
Asunthetos
Adjective
Covenant-breaker, faithless

Definition

The Greek adjective asunthetos means covenant-breaker — one who violates agreements and compacts. Built on sunthetos (a compact, that which is put together) with the alpha-privative: one who undoes what was bound together, who dissolves covenant bonds.

Usage & Theological Significance

Breaking covenant — with God and with one another — is the fundamental human sin in biblical theology. The Mosaic covenant's curses fall on those who break it (Deuteronomy 29). The prophets rail against Israel's covenant unfaithfulness. But in Christ, God keeps the covenant humanity breaks: He is the faithful covenant partner who fulfills every promise. The New Covenant in His blood establishes a relationship that cannot be dissolved by human faithlessness — because it rests entirely on the faithfulness of God.

Key Bible Verses

Romans 1:31 They have no understanding, no fidelity (asunthetos), no love, no mercy.
Psalm 55:20 My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
Malachi 2:14 The LORD is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, your marriage covenant partner.
Hebrews 8:6 The covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
Jeremiah 31:32 Not like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant.

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