ἈΚΟΝΤΑΣ, ἀκοντας
AKONTAS, akontas
Sounds Like: ah-KON-tas
Translations: unwilling, reluctant, against one's will, those unwilling, the unwilling ones
From the root: ἈΚΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Participle
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the adjective/participle 'ἈΚΩΝ' (akon), meaning 'unwilling' or 'reluctant'. It describes someone who acts against their will or is forced to do something. In this form, 'ἈΚΟΝΤΑΣ' is the masculine or feminine accusative plural, referring to 'unwilling ones' or 'those who are unwilling'. It is often used to describe actions performed under compulsion or without consent.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 2:16
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 10:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΚΩΝ.
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.
- ἈΚΟΝΤΕΣ — unwilling, unwillingly, reluctant, reluctantly, against one's will
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