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Lexicon :: Strong's G172 - akakos

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ἄκακος
Transliteration
akakos (Key)
Pronunciation
ak'-ak-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and κακός (G2556)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:482,391

Trench's Synonyms: lvi. ἁπλοῦς, ἀκέραιος, ἄκακος, ἄδολος.

Strong’s Definitions

ἄκακος ákakos, ak'-ak-os; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G2556; not bad, i.e. (objectively) innocent or (subjectively) unsuspecting:—harmless, simple.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G172 in the following manner: simple (1x), harmless (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G172 in the following manner: simple (1x), harmless (1x).

  1. without guile or fraud, harmless, free from guilt

  2. fearing no evil from others, distrusting no one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄκακος ákakos, ak'-ak-os; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G2556; not bad, i.e. (objectively) innocent or (subjectively) unsuspecting:—harmless, simple.
STRONGS G172:
ἄκακος, -όν, (κακός);
a. without guile or fraud, harmless; free from guilt: Hebrews 7:26; [cf. Clement, fragment 8, Jacobson edition (Bishop Lightfoot S. Clement of Rome etc., p. 219): ἄκακος ὁ Πατὴρ πνεῦμα ἔδωκεν ἄκακον).
b. fearing no evil from others, distrusting no one, [cf. English guileless): Romans 16:18. ([Aeschylus] Plato, Demosthenes, Polybius, others; the Sept.) [Cf. Trench, § lvi.; Tittmann i., p. 27f.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
16:18
Hebrews
7:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G172 matches the Greek ἄκακος (akakos),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited me against him, to destroy him for no good reason.”

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Look, God does not reject a person of integrity,

and he will not support[fn] evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:5

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Yes, God is mighty, but he despises no one;

he understands all things.[fn]

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May integrity and what is right

watch over me,

for I wait for you.

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for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced,[fn]

knowledge and discretion to a young man —

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“How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance?

How long will you mockers enjoy mocking

and you fools hate knowledge?

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For the upright will inhabit the land,

and those of integrity will remain in it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:5

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“Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;

develop common sense, you who are foolish.

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Righteousness guards people of integrity,[fn]

but wickedness undermines the sinner.

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The inexperienced one believes anything,

but the sensible one watches[fn] his steps.

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Discipline is harsh for the one who leaves the path;

the one who hates correction will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:11

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When a mocker is punished,

the inexperienced become wiser;

when one teaches a wise man,

he acquires knowledge.

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for I was like a docile[fn] lamb led to slaughter.

I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:

“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;[fn]

let’s cut him off from the land of the living

so that his name will no longer be remembered.”

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