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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; and 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 [fn]shall pay for his care until he is completely healed.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 -

“Now if an ox gores a man or a woman [fn]to death, the ox shall certainly 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 false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - ‘And the priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has had sexual relations with you and if you have not gone astray into uncleanness, as you are under the authority of your husband, be [fn]immune to this water of bitterness that brings a curse;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:28 - ‘But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be [fn]immune and conceive [fn]children.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:31 - ‘The man, moreover, will be free of [fn]guilt, but that woman shall bear the consequences of her [fn]guilt.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - and the land is subdued before the LORD, then afterward you may return and be [fn]free of obligation toward the LORD and toward Israel, and this land shall be yours as property before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:5 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 -

‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to attack an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - And the men said to her, “We shall be exempt from this oath [fn]to you which you have made us swear,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19 - “And it shall come about that anyone who goes out of the doors of your house outside will have [fn]his blood on his own head, and we will be innocent; but anyone who is with you in the house, his blood will 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 exempt from the oath which you have made us swear.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:3 - Samson then said to them, “This time I will have been blameless regarding 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 the LORD brought about a great [fn]victory for all Israel; you saw it and rejoiced. Why then would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death [fn]for no reason?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 -

“Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from [fn]shedding blood, and from [fn]avenging yourself by your own hand, now then, may your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be like Nabal.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - this will not become an obstacle to you, or a [fn]troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord’s having [fn]avenged himself. When the LORD deals well with my lord, then remember your slave.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - Afterward, when David heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are innocent before the LORD forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:9 - The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, the king, the guilt is on me and my father’s house, but the king and his throne are guiltless.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 -

“Now you yourself 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 that was on his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:16 -

Furthermore, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem [fn]from one end to another, besides his sin into which he misled Judah, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4 - and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5 -

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD 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 have sinned, You will take note of me,

And will not acquit me of my guilt.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 -

“The tents of the destroyers prosper,

And those who provoke God are secure,

[fn]Whom God brings into their power.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:30 -

“He will rescue one who is not innocent,

And he will be rescued due to the cleanness of your hands.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 -

He sits in the lurking places of the villages;

He kills the innocent in the secret places;

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:5 -

He does not [fn]lend his money [fn]at interest,

Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.

One who does these things will never be shaken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:25 -

With the faithful You show Yourself faithful;

With the [fn]blameless You prove Yourself blameless;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 -

One who has clean hands and a pure heart,

Who has not lifted up his soul to deceit

And has not sworn deceitfully.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:6 -

I will wash my hands in innocence,

And I will go around Your altar, LORD,

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 shed innocent blood,

The blood of their sons and their daughters

Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

And the land was defiled with the blood.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:34 -

“Also on your skirts is found

The lifeblood of the innocent poor;

You did not find them breaking in.

But in spite of all these things,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:35 -

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 stranger, the [fn]orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor follow other gods to your own ruin,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - “Since they have abandoned Me and have made this place foreign, and have burned [fn]sacrifices in it to other gods that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and since they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - ‘This is what the LORD says: “Do justice and righteousness, and save one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. And do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, 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 intent only upon your own dishonest gain,

And on shedding innocent blood,

And on practicing 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 its inhabitants; for truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words [fn]so that you hear them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 -

“Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the LORD,

“For I am with you.

For I will make a complete destruction of all the nations

Where I have driven you,

Yet I will not make a complete destruction of you;

But I will correct you properly

And by no means leave you unpunished.”

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