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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 - The LORD said to Satan, “Have you [fn]considered 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, although you incited Me against him to [fn]ruin him without cause.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - “Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor will He [fn]support the evildoers.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:21 - Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:4 - To give prudence to the [fn]naive,
To the youth knowledge and discretion,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - “How long, O [fn]naive ones, will you love [fn]being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:21 - For the upright will [fn]live in the land
And the blameless will remain in it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:5 - “O [fn]naive ones, understand prudence;
And, O fools, understand [fn]wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:6 - Righteousness guards the [fn]one whose way is blameless,
But wickedness subverts the [fn]sinner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:15 - The [fn]naive believes everything,
But the sensible man considers his steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10 - Grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way;
He who hates reproof will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11 - When the scoffer is punished, the [fn]naive becomes wise;
But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:19

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