ἀναίτιος
anaítios · G338 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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guiltless, innocent
Pertaining to not being guilty of wrongdoing
ExamplesMatthew 12:5 “Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and yet are innocent?
Matthew 12:7 “But if you had known what this means: ‘I DESIRE COMPASSION, RATHER THAN SACRIFICE,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
How it’s used In 1 role
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1 occurrences in 1 groups
- καταδικάζωto condemn 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἄθωος áthōos · G121 · guiltless, innocent
- Both adjectives — formed with different negative prefixes — denote the same state of being free from guilt or culpability, a genuine lexical near-synonymy despite the difference in prefix construction, which does not constitute a semantic distinction that would break the synonymy.
In the other Testament 1 word
- נָקִי nâqîy · H5355 · innocent, free from obligation, not liable
- נָקִי (nâqîy, H5355) נָקִי (naqiy) serves as the primary Hebrew equivalent of ἀναίτιος (anaítios, G338) ἀναίτιος, both denoting legal/moral innocence or freedom from guilt, with the Greek term representing the LXX's standard translation choice for this Hebrew root across forensic and ethical contexts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Guiltless, innocent88.316
- In Matthew 12:5, Jesus notes that on the Sabbath “the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and yet are innocent (anaítioí),” describing a state free of any moral fault or guilt.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (αἰτία) guiltless, innocent: Mt 12:5, Mt 12:7. Often in Greek writings; Deut 21:8f,…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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