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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 - Then 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, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - Behold, God will not cast away the blameless,
Nor will He uphold the evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - “Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one;
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 Box Pro 1:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:21 - For the upright will dwell 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 you simple ones, understand prudence,
And you fools, be of an understanding heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:6 - Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless,
But wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:15 - The simple believes every word,
But the prudent considers well his steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10 - Harsh discipline is for him who forsakes the way,
And he who hates correction will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11 - When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise;
But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

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