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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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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - “Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
nor take the hand of evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - “Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any;
he is mighty in strength of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
for I wait for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:4 - to give prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the youth—

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:21 - For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those with integrity will remain in it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:5 - O simple ones, learn prudence;
O fools, learn sense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:6 - Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless,
but sin overthrows the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:15 - The simple believes everything,
but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10 - There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way;
whoever hates reproof will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11 - When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:19 - But I was like a gentle lamb
led to the slaughter.
I did not know it was against me
they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
let us cut him off from the land of the living,
that his name be remembered no more.”
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