Strong G338ἀναίτιος
innocent
- Transliteration
- anaitios
- Pronunciation
- an-ah'ee-tee-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀν-αίτιος, -ον
(αἰτία), [in LXX: Deu.19:10, 13 21:8-9 (נָקִי), Dan LXX TH Sus1:62, always of αἷμα (of. MM, VGT, see word)*;]
guiltless, innocent: Mat.12:5, 7.†
(AS)
(αἰτία), [in LXX: Deu.19:10, 13 21:8-9 (נָקִי), Dan LXX TH Sus1:62, always of αἷμα (of. MM, VGT, see word)*;]
guiltless, innocent: Mat.12:5, 7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G338 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- blameless1
- guiltless1
First verses
- Matthew 12:5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
- Matthew 12:7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀναίτιος, ον,
also α, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.110, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 873)]:—in the best authors, only of persons, not being the fault or cause of a thing, guiltless, ἀναίτιον αἰτιάασθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.775, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.135, etc.; αἰτία ἑλομένου, θεὸς ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 617e)]; ἀναίτιος ἀθανάτοις guiltless before the gods, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 827, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 730; ἀ. παρά τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.10; ἀ. αἷμα ἐκχέαι “SIG” 1181.6.)]
2 with genitive of things, guiltless of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.129, 7.233, etc.)]; φόνου, κακῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1505, “Ch.” 873; κακίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 42d; ἀφροσύνης 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1. 5.10: οὐκ ἀναίτιόν ἐστι,)] with infinitive, it is blamable to do, [Refs ([prev. work] 5.5.22.)]
II not being the cause, τὸ ἀ. τιθέναι ὡς αἴτιον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 65b16, compare “Rh.” 1401b30)]; having no cause, unjustifiable, κολάσεις[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.52 W.)]adverb -ως not in the form of a cause, ἀ. τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχειν[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.7.2)]; without assigning any reason, ὁλοσχερῶς καὶ ἀ. λεκτέον[Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 665.11.)]
III uncaused. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.1.1, 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 277.1)]: superlative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 672)]. adverb -ως without a cause, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.36, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 3.67, 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 641.10; ἀ. γίγνεσθαι 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Metaphysica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 309.15.)]
also α, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.110, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 873)]:—in the best authors, only of persons, not being the fault or cause of a thing, guiltless, ἀναίτιον αἰτιάασθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.775, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.135, etc.; αἰτία ἑλομένου, θεὸς ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 617e)]; ἀναίτιος ἀθανάτοις guiltless before the gods, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 827, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 730; ἀ. παρά τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.10; ἀ. αἷμα ἐκχέαι “SIG” 1181.6.)]
2 with genitive of things, guiltless of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.129, 7.233, etc.)]; φόνου, κακῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1505, “Ch.” 873; κακίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 42d; ἀφροσύνης 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1. 5.10: οὐκ ἀναίτιόν ἐστι,)] with infinitive, it is blamable to do, [Refs ([prev. work] 5.5.22.)]
II not being the cause, τὸ ἀ. τιθέναι ὡς αἴτιον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 65b16, compare “Rh.” 1401b30)]; having no cause, unjustifiable, κολάσεις[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.52 W.)]adverb -ως not in the form of a cause, ἀ. τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχειν[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.7.2)]; without assigning any reason, ὁλοσχερῶς καὶ ἀ. λεκτέον[Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 665.11.)]
III uncaused. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.1.1, 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 277.1)]: superlative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 672)]. adverb -ως without a cause, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.36, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 3.67, 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 641.10; ἀ. γίγνεσθαι 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Metaphysica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 309.15.)]