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Yes. The English wording you named is that older English rendering of Ἐφεσίους (Ephesians) 4:19. The Greek word underneath it is:
ἀπηλγηκότες (having become callous / having ceased to feel pain morally)
1. The Greek word
ἀπηλγηκότες (having become callous / having ceased to feel pain morally) comes from the verb:
ἀπαλγέω (to cease feeling pain / to become callous)
It is built from:
- ἀπό (away from)
- ἀλγέω (to feel pain / to grieve)
So the sense is not merely “emotionless.” It is stronger: the person has moved away from moral pain, grief, or sensitivity. In context, Παῦλος (Paul) is describing a hardened moral state where the συνείδησις (conscience) no longer reacts properly against κακός (evil).
2. Morphology
ἀπηλγηκότες (having become callous / having ceased to feel pain morally) is:
- perfect tense
- active voice
- participle
- nominative masculine plural
The perfect tense matters. It indicates a state that has come about and remains in effect. So Παῦλος (Paul) is not describing one moment of bad behavior. Παῦλος (Paul) is describing a settled moral condition.
3. Immediate Greek context: Ἐφεσίους (Ephesians) 4:18–19
I cannot verify the full Apostolic Bible Polyglot English wording from the available materials, but the Greek context is this structure:
ἐσκοτωμένοι (having been darkened)
τῇ διανοίᾳ (in the understanding / mind)
ὄντες (being)
ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι (having been alienated)
τῆς ζωῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ (from the life of God)
διὰ τὴν ἄγνοιαν (because of the ignorance)
τὴν οὖσαν ἐν αὐτοῖς (being in them)
διὰ τὴν πώρωσιν (because of the hardness / callousness)
τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν (of their heart)
Then:
οἵτινες (who)
ἀπηλγηκότες (having become callous / having ceased to feel pain morally)
ἑαυτοὺς (themselves)
παρέδωκαν (gave over)
τῇ ἀσελγείᾳ (to unrestrained conduct)
εἰς ἐργασίαν (unto working / practice)
ἀκαθαρσίας πάσης (of every uncleanness)
ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ (in greedy desire / covetous grasping)
4. Logical flow in Παῦλος (Paul)
The sequence is important:
- σκοτόω (to darken) — the διάνοια (understanding / mind) is darkened.
- ἀπαλλοτριόω (to alienate) — the person is alienated from the ζωή τοῦ Θεοῦ (life of God).
- ἄγνοια (ignorance) — ignorance operates inside the person.
- πώρωσις (hardness / callousness) — the καρδία (heart) is hardened.
- ἀπηλγηκότες (having become callous / having ceased to feel pain morally) — moral feeling is lost.
- παραδίδωμι (to give over) — the person gives themselves over.
- ἀσέλγεια (unrestrained conduct) and ἀκαθαρσία (uncleanness) follow.
- πλεονεξία (greedy desire / covetous grasping) marks the motive and appetite.
So ἀπηλγηκότες (having become callous / having ceased to feel pain morally) is not isolated. It is the result of darkened understanding, alienation from Θεός (God), ignorance, and hardened heart.
5. Other uses of the same word
The exact verb ἀπαλγέω (to cease feeling pain / to become callous) appears only here in the New Covenant writings:
- Ἐφεσίους (Ephesians) 4:19 — ἀπηλγηκότες (having become callous / having ceased to feel pain morally)
I cannot verify additional Apostolic Bible Polyglot Septuagint uses of ἀπαλγέω (to cease feeling pain / to become callous) from the available materials.
So academically: this is a single-use New Covenant word in Παῦλος (Paul), which makes the context especially important.
6. Related Greek words in the same context
Even if ἀπαλγέω (to cease feeling pain / to become callous) itself appears once, Παῦλος (Paul) surrounds it with related moral and mental-condition words.
ἄγνοια (ignorance)
The available materials list ἄγνοια (ignorance) in:
- Πράξεις (Acts) 3:17 — ἄγνοιαν (ignorance)
- Πράξεις (Acts) 17:30 — ἀγνοίας (ignorance)
- Ἐφεσίους (Ephesians) 4:18 — ἄγνοιαν (ignorance)
- 1 Πέτρου (1 Peter) 1:14 — ἀγνοίᾳ (ignorance)
This matters because Ἐφεσίους (Ephesians) 4:18 directly connects the darkened condition to ἄγνοια (ignorance).
πώρωσις (hardness / callousness)
In Ἐφεσίους (Ephesians) 4:18, Παῦλος (Paul) also uses πώρωσις (hardness / callousness) of the heart. That word is closely related in meaning to the condition described by ἀπηλγηκότες (having become callous / having ceased to feel pain morally).
The picture is: a hardened καρδία (heart) produces a calloused moral state.
ἀσέλγεια (unrestrained conduct)
After ἀπηλγηκότες (having become callous / having ceased to feel pain morally), the person gives themselves to ἀσέλγεια (unrestrained conduct). This means loss of restraint follows loss of moral sensitivity.
πλεονεξία (greedy desire / covetous grasping)
Παῦλος (Paul) ends the phrase with πλεονεξία (greedy desire / covetous grasping). That is important because the calloused person is not neutral. The person is grasping, taking, consuming, possessing, and justifying it.
7. Academic conclusion
The English phrase you named is translating ἀπηλγηκότες (having become callous / having ceased to feel pain morally).
The core idea is:
ἀπηλγηκότες (having become callous / having ceased to feel pain morally) = a settled condition where the person no longer feels proper moral pain over κακός (evil), and therefore gives themselves over to unrestrained conduct, uncleanness, and grasping desire.
It is not merely “unemotional.” It is moral numbness after hardening.
Relevant links:
https://spirituallysmart.com/astray.html
https://spirituallysmart.com/free_will.html
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