Strong G121ἀθῷος
innocent
- Transliteration
- athōos
- Pronunciation
- ath'-o-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀθῷος (Rec. wrongly, -ῶος; LS, see word; Mayser, 131), -ον
(θωή, a penalty), [in LXX chiefly for נקה ni., pi., נָקִי;]
1. unpunished (MM, VGT, see word).
2. innocent: Mat.27:4 (WH, R, mg., δίκαιον) 27:24.
(AS)
(θωή, a penalty), [in LXX chiefly for נקה ni., pi., נָקִי;]
1. unpunished (MM, VGT, see word).
2. innocent: Mat.27:4 (WH, R, mg., δίκαιον) 27:24.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G121 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- innocent2
First verses
- Matthew 27:4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
- Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀθῷος, ον,
(θωά, Ionic dialect θωιή):— scot-free, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 672, etc.; ἐγὼ μὲν ἀ. ἅπασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.125)]; ἀθῴους καθιστάναι τινάς to secure their immunity, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.11; ἀθῷον ἀφιέναι Test. cited in [same work] 21.107)]; ἀ. ἀπαλλάττειν or -εσθαι to get off scot-free, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 254d, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.4; ἀπέρχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 40; διαφυγεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 130.)]
2 with genitive, free from a thing, πληγῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1413)]; ἀ. ἀδικημάτων unpunished for offences, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 79, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.76.)]
3 unharmed by, ἀθῷος τῆς Φιλίππου.. δυναστείας[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.270.)]
II not deserving punishment, guiltless, ἀ. ὁ κτείνων[NT+3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 257; ἀ. χερσί LXX.Psa.23(24).4; ἀ. ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος NT.Matt.27.24.)]
III active, causing no harm, harmless, κίνδυνος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 26. (ἀθῷος distinguished by Grammars from Ἄθωος)], of Mt. Athos, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 285, cf. Hdn.Gr. 1.128.))]
(θωά, Ionic dialect θωιή):— scot-free, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 672, etc.; ἐγὼ μὲν ἀ. ἅπασι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.125)]; ἀθῴους καθιστάναι τινάς to secure their immunity, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.11; ἀθῷον ἀφιέναι Test. cited in [same work] 21.107)]; ἀ. ἀπαλλάττειν or -εσθαι to get off scot-free, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 254d, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.4; ἀπέρχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 40; διαφυγεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 130.)]
2 with genitive, free from a thing, πληγῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1413)]; ἀ. ἀδικημάτων unpunished for offences, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 79, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.76.)]
3 unharmed by, ἀθῷος τῆς Φιλίππου.. δυναστείας[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.270.)]
II not deserving punishment, guiltless, ἀ. ὁ κτείνων[NT+3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 257; ἀ. χερσί LXX.Psa.23(24).4; ἀ. ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος NT.Matt.27.24.)]
III active, causing no harm, harmless, κίνδυνος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 26. (ἀθῷος distinguished by Grammars from Ἄθωος)], of Mt. Athos, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 285, cf. Hdn.Gr. 1.128.))]