Strong G210ἄκων
unwilling
- Transliteration
- akōn
- Pronunciation
- ak'-ohn
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀκων (Attic contr. for ἀέκων), -ουα, -ον
(ἀ- neg., ἅκων, willing), [in LXX: Job.14:17, 2Ma.11:12 *;]
unwilling: 1Co.9:17.†
(AS)
(ἀ- neg., ἅκων, willing), [in LXX: Job.14:17, 2Ma.11:12 *;]
unwilling: 1Co.9:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G210 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- will1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 9:17For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀέκων,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect; Attic dialect and Trag. contraction ἄκων [ᾱ], ουσα, ον (uncontraction form also in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 1.61 (law of Draco), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 39 (_anapaest meter_))], sometimes found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, as 4.120, 164))]:— involuntary, constrained, of persons, ἀέκοντος ἐμεῖο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.310; ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ 4.43; πόλλ᾽ ἀέκων 11.557)]; opposed to βουλόμενος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 11)]; τὼ δ᾽ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην (variant{ἄκοντε}) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.366, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.484; κάρτα ἀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.111)]; ἀέκουσι (variant{ἀεκούσια}) δάκρυα παραρρεῖ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.19)]: contraction first in [Refs (“hymnus ad Cererem” 413)]; ἄκοντος Διός invito Jove, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 771; repeated, ἄκοντά σ᾽ ἄκων προσπασσαλεύσω [prev. work] 19, compare 671; ἄ. ἀκούειν οὓς ἑκὼν εἶπεν λόγους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 929, compare “Ant.” 276; μηδένα τῶνδ᾽ ἀέκοντα μένειν κατέρυκε 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 467.)]adverb ἀκόντως unwillingly, ὁμολογεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 333b, compare “Hp.Mi.” 374d; οὐκ ἀ. ἀλλὰ προθύμως ἐπείσθησαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.5.)]
II poetical, like{ἀκούσιος}, of acts or their consequences, involuntary, κακὰ ἑκόντα κοὐκ ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1230; ἔργων ἀ. [prev. author] “OC” 240 (Lyric poetry), compare 977.)]
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect; Attic dialect and Trag. contraction ἄκων [ᾱ], ουσα, ον (uncontraction form also in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 1.61 (law of Draco), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 39 (_anapaest meter_))], sometimes found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, as 4.120, 164))]:— involuntary, constrained, of persons, ἀέκοντος ἐμεῖο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.310; ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷ 4.43; πόλλ᾽ ἀέκων 11.557)]; opposed to βουλόμενος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 11)]; τὼ δ᾽ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην (variant{ἄκοντε}) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.366, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.484; κάρτα ἀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.111)]; ἀέκουσι (variant{ἀεκούσια}) δάκρυα παραρρεῖ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.19)]: contraction first in [Refs (“hymnus ad Cererem” 413)]; ἄκοντος Διός invito Jove, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 771; repeated, ἄκοντά σ᾽ ἄκων προσπασσαλεύσω [prev. work] 19, compare 671; ἄ. ἀκούειν οὓς ἑκὼν εἶπεν λόγους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 929, compare “Ant.” 276; μηδένα τῶνδ᾽ ἀέκοντα μένειν κατέρυκε 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 467.)]adverb ἀκόντως unwillingly, ὁμολογεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 333b, compare “Hp.Mi.” 374d; οὐκ ἀ. ἀλλὰ προθύμως ἐπείσθησαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.5.)]
II poetical, like{ἀκούσιος}, of acts or their consequences, involuntary, κακὰ ἑκόντα κοὐκ ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1230; ἔργων ἀ. [prev. author] “OC” 240 (Lyric poetry), compare 977.)]