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ἀνέγκλητος

anénklētos · G410 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. without accusation

    Pertaining to one who cannot be accused of anything wrong

    Examples

    1 Corinthians 1:8 who will also confirm you to the end, blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    Colossians 1:22 yet He has now reconciled you in His body of flesh through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach—

    1 Timothy 3:10 These men must also first be tested; then have them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach.

How it’s used In 2 roles

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2 occurrences in 2 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 4 words
ἀμώμητος amṓmētos · G298 · blameless
Both terms denote absence of moral fault or reproach in character evaluation. ἀνέγκλητος (unaccused) emphasizes freedom from accusation or formal charge, while ἀμώμητος (unblamable) emphasizes freedom from blame or defect. The distinction is one of perspective—legal/accusatory versus evaluative—rather than semantic scope, making them functionally substitutable synonyms in contexts describing irreproachable character.
ἀνεπίληπτος anepílēptos · G423 · above criticism, beyond reproach
Both terms denote moral irreproachability in the sense of being beyond legitimate accusation or reproach, with ἀνέγκλητος emphasizing freedom from formal charge or indictment and ἀνεπίληπτος emphasizing being beyond seizure or finding fault with—functionally synonymous in contexts requiring blameless character.
ἄμεμπτος ámemptos · G273 · blameless, without blame, innocent
ἀνέγκλητος denotes freedom from formal accusation or charge (unaccused, unblameable in a legal sense), while ἄμεμπτος denotes blamelessness in the sense of being without fault or defect in conduct or character (irreproachable). Both describe states of being beyond reproach, with ἀνέγκλητος emphasizing the absence of standing accusation and ἄμεμπτος emphasizing inherent faultlessness.
ἀκατάγνωστος akatágnōstos · G176 · above criticism, beyond reproach
Both denote freedom from blame or reproach in moral evaluation, with ἀνέγκλητος emphasizing the absence of formal accusation (unaccused) and ἀκατάγνωστος emphasizing the absence of condemnation or fault-finding (unblamable).
Semantic domains 1 entry
Without accusation33.433
In 1 Corinthians 1:8, Paul writes that God “will also confirm you to the end, blameless (anenklḗtous) on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ,” describing a standing against which no accusation can be brought.
Word family 18 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

καλέω kaléō · G2564 · to call, to name · 148×ἐκκλησία ekklēsía · G1577 · congregation, church · 114×παρακαλέω parakaléō · G3870 · to ask for (earnestly), to request, to plead for · 109×ἐπικαλέομαι epikaléomai · G1941 · to call, to name, to call upon · 30×παράκλησις paráklēsis · G3874 · to encourage, to console, encouragement · 29×προσκαλέομαι proskaléomai · G4341 · to call, to call to, to call to a task · 29×κλῆσις klēsis · G2821 · to call, to call to a task, calling · 11×κλητός klētós · G2822 · called, invited · 10×συγκαλέω synkaléō · G4779 · to call together · 8×ἐγκαλέω enkaléō · G1458 · to accuse, to bring charges · 7×ἀνέγκλητοςanénklētos · G410μετακαλέω metakaléō · G3333 · to summon, to tell to come · 4×ἔγκλημα énklēma · G1462 · indictment, accusation, case · 2×ἀντικαλέω antikaléō · G479 · to invite back · 1×εἰσκαλέω eiskaléō · G1528 · to invite in · 1×κλέος kléos · G2811 · honor, fame, good reputation · 1×προκαλέομαι prokaléomai · G4292 · to provoke, to irritate · 1×συμπαρακαλέω symparakaléō · G4837 · to be encouraged together, to be encouraged at the same time · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀνέγκλητον (alpha privative and ἐγκαλέω, which see), that cannot be called to account,…
ἀνέγκλητον (alpha privative and ἐγκαλέω, which see), that cannot be called to account, unreprovable, unaccused, blameless: 1 Cor 1:8; Col 1:22; 1 Tim 3:10; Tit 1:6f (3Macc. 5:31; Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, Aristotle, others) (Cf. Trench, § ciii.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Accuse, Blame5 occurrences

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

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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