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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41 - You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - and then if he gets up and walks about outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay for the injured person's loss of time and see to it that he is fully healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 - "If an ox gores a man or a woman so that either dies, then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - Keep your distance from a false charge - do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - Then the priest will put the woman under oath and say to the her, "If no other man has had sexual relations with you, and if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband's authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:28 - But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she will be free of ill effects and will be able to bear children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:31 - Then the man will be free from iniquity, but that woman will bear the consequences of her iniquity.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:22 - and the land is subdued before the LORD, then afterward you may return and be free of your obligation to the LORD and to Israel. This land will then be your possession in the LORD's sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:5 - When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 - 'Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - The men said to her, "We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19 - Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death - we are innocent in that case! But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - If you should report what we've been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:3 - Samson said to them, "This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:5 - He risked his life when he struck down the Philistine and the LORD gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - "Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and as surely as you live, it is the LORD who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the LORD has granted my lord success, please remember your servant."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - When David later heard about this, he said, "I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD of the shed blood of Abner son of Ner!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:9 - The Tekoan woman said to the king, "My lord the king, let any blame fall on me and on the house of my father. But let the king and his throne be innocent!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - "You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me - how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:16 - Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4 - Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the LORD was unwilling to forgive them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:28 - I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:14 - If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:6 - But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident - who carry their god in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:30 - he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, who will escape through the cleanness of your hands."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 - He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:5 - He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:25 - You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 - The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:6 - I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - I concluded, "Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:21 - They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:38 - They shed innocent blood - the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted by bloodshed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:34 - Even your clothes are stained with the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong; you did not catch them breaking into your homes. Yet, in spite of all these things you have done,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:35 - you say, 'I have not done anything wrong, so the LORD cannot really be angry with me any more.' But, watch out! I will bring down judgment on you because you say, 'I have not committed any sin.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - The LORD says, "Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:15 - But you should take careful note of this: If you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves and this city and those who live in it the guilt of murdering an innocent man. For the LORD has sent me to speak all this where you can hear it. That is the truth!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - I, the LORD, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servant, for I am with you. Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished."
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