ἈΚΑΚΟΝ, ἀκακον
AKAKON, akakon
Sounds Like: ah-KAH-kon
Translations: innocent, harmless, guileless, simple, an innocent one
From the root: ἈΚΑΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something that is innocent, harmless, or free from evil or malice. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (meaning 'not' or 'without') and 'κακός' (meaning 'evil' or 'bad'). It can refer to a person who is pure in heart or an action that causes no harm.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter; or Singular, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0172 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 9:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 30:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΚΑΚΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΚΑΚΟΣ — innocent, guileless, harmless, simple, a harmless one, an innocent one
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