ἈΚΩΝ, ἀκων
AKŌN, akōn
Sounds Like: AH-kohn
Translations: unwilling, involuntary, unwillingly, involuntarily
From the root: ΑΚΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word describes an action or state that is done against one's will or without one's consent. It can function as an adjective, modifying a noun to describe someone who is unwilling, or as an adverb, describing an action performed unwillingly. It is often used to emphasize a lack of choice or compulsion.
Inflection: Masculine or Feminine, Nominative, Singular
Strong’s number: G0009 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Corinthians — 9:17
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
- ἈΚΟΝΤΟΣ — unwilling, involuntary, against one's will, without consent
- 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
- 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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