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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

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Strong's Number G121 matches the Greek ἀθῷος (athōos),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:4 - saying, "I have sinned in betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:24 - So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves."
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