Amiss
lit., "out of place" (a, negative, topos, "a place"), denotes unbecoming, not befitting. It is used four times in the NT, and is rendered "amiss" three times in the RV; in the malefactor's testimony of Christ, Luk 23:41; in Festus' words concerning Paul, Act 25:5, "if there is anything amiss in the man" (AV, "wickedness"); in Act 28:6, of the expected effect of the viper's attack upon Paul (AV, "harm"); in 2Th 3:2, of men capable of outrageous conduct, "unreasonable." See HARM, UNREASONABLE.
akin to kakos, "evil," is translated "amiss" in Jam 4:3; elsewhere in various ways. See EVIL, GRIEVOUS, MISERABLE, SORE.
