King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G172
Transliteration: akakos
Phonetic Spelling: (ak'-ak-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: guileless
Meaning: guileless
ἄκακος, (κακός);
Word Summary
akakos: guileless
Original Word: ἄκακοςTransliteration: akakos
Phonetic Spelling: (ak'-ak-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: guileless
Meaning: guileless
Strong's Concordance
harmless, simple, innocent.From a (as a negative particle) and kakos; not bad, i.e. (objectively) innocent or (subjectively) unsuspecting -- harmless, simple.
see GREEK a
see GREEK kakos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 172: ἄκακοςἄκακος, (κακός);
a. without guile or fraud, harmless; free from guilt: Hebrews 7:26; (cf. Clement, fragment 8, Jacobson edition (Lightfoot S. Clement of Rome etc., p. 219): ἄκακος ὁ πατήρ 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.)