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Lexicon :: Strong's G121 - athōos

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ἀθῷος
Transliteration
athōos (Key)
Pronunciation
ath'-o-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and probably a derivative of τίθημι (G5087) (meaning a penalty)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄθωος áthōos, ath'-o-os; from G1 (as a negative particle) and probably a derivative of G5087 (meaning a penalty); not guilty:—innocent.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G121 in the following manner: innocent (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G121 in the following manner: innocent (2x).
  1. not guilty, innocent, unpunished

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄθωος áthōos, ath'-o-os; from G1 (as a negative particle) and probably a derivative of G5087 (meaning a penalty); not guilty:—innocent.
STRONGS G121:
ἀθῶος [R G Tr], more correctly ἀθῷος (L WH and T [but not in his Sept. There is want of agreement among both the ancient grammer and modern scholars; cf. Stephanus' Thesaurus i. col. 875 c.; Lob. Path. Element. i. 440f (cf. ii. 377); see Ι, ι]), -ον, (θωή [i. e., θωϊή, cf. Etym. Magn., p. 26, 24] punishment), [from Plato down], unpunished, innocent: αἷμα ἀθῷον, Matthew 27:4 [Tr marginal reading WH text δίκαιον], (Deuteronomy 27:25; 1 Samuel 19:5, etc.; 1 Macc. 1:37; 2 Macc. 1:8); ἀπό τινος, after the Hebrew מִן נָקִי ([Numbers 32:22; cf. Genesis 24:41; 2 Samuel 3:28; Winers Grammar, 197 (185); Buttmann, 158 (138)]), 'innocent (and therefore far) from,' innocent of, Matthew 27:24 (the guilt of the murder of this innocent man cannot be laid upon me); ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 59, 2 [cf. Numbers 5:31). The Greeks say ἀθῷός τινος [both in the sense of free from and unpunished for].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
24:41
Numbers
5:31; 32:22
Deuteronomy
27:25
1 Samuel
19:5
2 Samuel
3:28
Matthew
27:4; 27:24

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G121 matches the Greek ἀθῷος (athōos),
which occurs 47 times in 43 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41 - Then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives. Now if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his [fn]loss of time, and he [fn]shall take care of him until he is completely healed.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 -

“And if an ox gores a man or a woman [fn]to death, the ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - “Keep far from a [fn]false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not justify the guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - ‘Then the priest shall have her swear an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray into [fn]defilement, being under the authority of your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings curses;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:28 - ‘But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will then be free and conceive a seed.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:31 - ‘Moreover, the man will be free from [fn]guilt, but that woman shall bear her [fn]guilt.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - and the land is subdued before Yahweh, then afterward you shall return and be free of obligation toward Yahweh and toward Israel, and this land shall be yours for a possession before Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:5 -

“When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall give gladness to his wife whom he has taken.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 -

‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to strike down [fn]innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - And the men said to her, “We shall be free from this oath [fn]to you which you have made us swear,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19 - “And it will be that anyone who goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be free; but anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head if a hand is laid on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - “But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be free from the oath which you have made us swear.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:3 - Samson then said to them, “This time I shall be innocent in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:5 - “For he took his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh brought about a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it and were glad. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death without a cause?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 -

“So now, my lord, as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has restrained you from [fn]shedding blood, and from saving yourself by your own hand, so now, let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - then this will not [fn]cause stumbling or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having saved himself. When Yahweh deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - Afterward David heard it, so he said, “I and my kingdom are innocent before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:9 - And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “O my lord, the king, the iniquity is on me and my father’s house, but the king and his throne are guiltless.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 -

“Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also [fn]shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt [fn]about his [fn]waist, and on his sandals [fn]on his feet.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:16 -

Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, in doing what is evil in the sight of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4 - and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and Yahweh was not willing to pardon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5 -

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:28 -

I am afraid of all my pains;

I know that You will not acquit me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:14 -

If I sin, then You would take note of me

And would not acquit me of my guilt.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 -

“The tents of the destroyers are complacent,

And those who provoke God are secure,

[fn]Whom God brings into their power.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:30 -

“He will provide escape for one who is not innocent,

And he will escape through the cleanness of your hands.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 -

Ayin

He sits in the [fn]places of the villages where one lies in wait;

In the hiding places he kills the innocent;

His eyes [fn]stealthily watch for the [fn]unfortunate.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:5 -

He does not put out his money [fn]at interest,

Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things will never be shaken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:25 -

With the [fn]kind You show Yourself kind;

With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 -

He who has innocent hands and a pure heart,

Who has not lifted up his soul [fn]to worthlessness

And has not sworn deceitfully.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:6 -

I shall wash my hands in innocence,

So I will go around Your altar, O Yahweh,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 -

Surely in vain I have [fn]kept my heart pure

And washed my hands in innocence;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:21 -

They band themselves together against the [fn]life of the righteous

And condemn [fn]the innocent to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:38 -

And they shed innocent blood,

The blood of their sons and their daughters,

Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

And the land was polluted with the blood.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:34 -

“Also on your skirts is found

The lifeblood of the innocent needy;

You did not find them breaking in.

But in spite of all these things,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:35 -

Yet you said, ‘I am innocent;

Surely His anger is turned away from me.’

Behold, I will enter into judgment with you

Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - if you do not oppress the sojourner, the [fn]orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own evil demise,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - “Because they have forsaken Me and have made this a foreign place and have burned incense in it to other gods, that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the sojourner, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 -

“But your eyes and your heart

Are set on nothing except your own greedy gain

And on shedding innocent blood

And on doing oppression and extortion.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:15 - “Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves and on this city and on its inhabitants; for truly Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 -

“O Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares Yahweh,

“For I am with you.

For I will make a complete destruction of all the nations

Where I have banished you,

Yet I will not make a complete destruction of you;

But I will discipline you with justice

And by no means leave you unpunished.”

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