ἀπρόσκοπος
apróskopos · G677 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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blameless, without blame
Pertaining to being blameless in view of not having given offense
ExamplesActs 24:16 “In view of this I also do my best to maintain a blameless conscience both before God and before other people, always.
Philippians 1:10 so that you may discover the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ;
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without causing offense, without causing trouble
Pertaining to not causing offense
Examples1 Corinthians 10:32 Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or the church of God;
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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 3 words
- ἄμεμπτος ámemptos · G273 · blameless, without blame, innocent
- ἄμεμπτος shares the sense of being 'without blame/fault' with ἀπρόσκοπος, though ἄμεμπτος emphasizes the absence of grounds for blame while ἀπρόσκοπος emphasizes not causing offense or stumbling. Both describe moral integrity from slightly different angles.
- ἄμωμος ámōmos · G299 · without defect, without blemish, blameless
- ἄμωμος conveys being 'without blemish or defect,' overlapping with the 'faultless' dimension of ἀπρόσκοπος. Both describe moral or spiritual integrity, though ἄμωμος has stronger sacrificial/cultic overtones while ἀπρόσκοπος focuses on not causing stumbling.
- ἀνέγκλητος anénklētos · G410 · without accusation
- ἀνέγκλητος means 'unaccused, irreproachable,' emphasizing legal or accusatory contexts where no charge can be brought. ἀπρόσκοπος means 'without offense or stumbling,' focusing on not causing others to stumble into sin or being personally faultless. Both describe moral blamelessness, but ἀνέγκλητος emphasizes immunity from formal accusation while ἀπρόσκοπος emphasizes practical conduct that avoids giving offense.
In the other Testament 2 words
- תָּמִים tâmîym · H8549 · whole, complete, full
- Hebrew תָּמִים (tāmîm) shares the core sense of 'blameless, without fault' that overlaps with the passive sense of ἀπρόσκοπος ('not led into sin, faultless'). Both describe moral integrity and freedom from defect in character or conduct.
- נָקִי nâqîy · H5355 · innocent, free from obligation, not liable
- Hebrew נָקִי (nāqî) conveys innocence and freedom from fault, closely matching the passive dimension of ἀπρόσκοπος as 'faultless, not led into sin.' Both terms describe a state of being without moral culpability.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Without causing offense, without causing trouble25.184
- In 1 Corinthians 10:32, Paul instructs, “do not offend (apróskopoi) Jews or Greeks, or the church of God,” describing conduct that avoids becoming a stumbling block for others.
- Blameless, without blame88.318
- In Philippians 1:10, Paul prays that the believers “may discover the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and blameless (apróskopoi) for the day of Christ,” describing an inward moral purity rather than merely avoiding offense to others.
Word family 27 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀπρόσκοπον (προσκόπτω, which see); 1. actively, having nothing for one to strike against;…
1. actively, having nothing for one to strike against; not causing to stumble;
a. properly: ὁδός, a smooth road, Sir. 35: (32) 21.
b. metaphorically, not leading others into sin by one's mode of life: 1 Cor 10:32.
2. passively,
a. not striking against or stumbling; metaphorically, not led into sin; blameless: Phm 1:10 (joined with εἰλικρινεῖς).
b. without offence: συνείδησις, not troubled and distressed by a consciousness of sin, Acts 24:16. (Not found in secular authors (except Sextus Empiricus, 1, 195 (p. 644, 13 Bekker)).)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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