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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 BoxJob 2:3 - And Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you set your heart upon My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, [fn]fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity. So you incited Me against him to swallow him up in vain.”

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“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,

Nor will He strengthen the hand of the evildoers.

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“Behold, God is mighty but does not reject;

He is mighty in the power of His heart.

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Tav

Let integrity and uprightness guard me,

For I hope in You.

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To give prudence to the [fn]simple,

To the youth knowledge and discretion;

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“How long, O simple ones, will you love simplicity?

And scoffers delight in scoffing

And [fn]fools hate knowledge?

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For the upright will dwell in the land

And the blameless will remain in it;

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“O simple ones, understand prudence;

And, O fools, understand a heart of wisdom.

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Righteousness guards the [fn]one whose way is blameless,

But wickedness subverts the [fn]sinner.

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The simple believes everything,

But the prudent one discerns his steps.

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Grievous discipline is for him who forsakes the way;

He who hates reproof will die.

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When the scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;

And when one considers wisdom, he receives knowledge.

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But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;

And I did not know that they had devised thoughts against me, saying,

“Let us make the tree with its [fn]fruit a ruin,

And let us cut him off from the land of the living,

That his name be remembered no more.”

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