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Lexicon :: Strong's G185 - akeraios

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ἀκέραιος
Transliteration
akeraios (Key)
Pronunciation
ak-er'-ah-yos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of κεράννυμι (G2767)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:209,33

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

Strong’s Definitions

ἀκέραιος akéraios, ak-er'-ah-yos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2767; unmixed, i.e. (figuratively) innocent:—harmless, simple.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G185 in the following manner: harmless (2x), simple (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G185 in the following manner: harmless (2x), simple (1x).

  1. unmixed, pure as in wines or metals

  2. of the mind, without a mixture of evil, free from guile, innocent, simple

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀκέραιος akéraios, ak-er'-ah-yos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2767; unmixed, i.e. (figuratively) innocent:—harmless, simple.
STRONGS G185:
ἀκέραιος, -ον, (κεράννυμι);
a. unmixed, pure, as wine, metals,
b. of the mind, without admixture of evil, free from guile, innocent, simple: Matthew 10:16; Romans 16:19; Philippians 2:15; (and frequent in secular writings). [Cf. Ellicott on Philippians, the passage cited; Trench, § lvi.; Tittmann 1:27f.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
10:16
Romans
16:19
Philippians
2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G185 matches the Greek ἀκέραιος (akeraios),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as innocent as doves.

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The report of your obedience has reached everyone. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise about what is good, and yet innocent about what is evil.

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so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world,

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