ἈΚΟΝΤΟΣ, ἀκοντος
AKONTOS, akontos
Sounds Like: AH-kon-tos
Translations: unwilling, involuntary, against one's will, without consent
From the root: ΑΚΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes an action or state that is done unwillingly or involuntarily, or something that occurs against someone's will. It is often used to indicate that a person is compelled to do something, or that an event happens without their consent or desire. It can be used predicatively or attributively in a sentence.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G0009 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 1:18
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΚΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΚΟΝΤΑ — unwilling, unwillingly, against one's will, involuntary
- ἈΚΟΝΤΩΝ — unwilling, unwillingly, against one's will, involuntary, of unwilling ones
- ἈΚΟΝΤΩΝΤΩΝ — unwilling, involuntary, against one's will, reluctant, a reluctant one, an unwilling one
- ἈΚΩΝ — unwilling, involuntary, unwillingly, involuntarily
- ἈΚΩΝΟΝ — conical, cone-shaped
- ΑΚΟΝΤΑ — unwilling, involuntary, unintentional, against one's will
- ΑΚΟΝΤΑΣ — javelin, dart, spear, a javelin, a dart, a spear
- ΑΚΟΝΤΕΣ — unwilling, unwillingly, involuntary, involuntary ones, those who are unwilling
- ΑΚΟΝΤΙ — to a javelin, to a dart, to an arrow
- ΑΚΟΝΤΟΣ — unwilling, involuntary, against one's will
- ΑΚΟΝΤΩΝ — of javelins, of darts, of arrows
- ΑΚΩΝ — unwilling, involuntary, unintentional, against one's will
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