Lexicon akeraios: unmixed, pure Original Word: ἀκέραιος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: akeraios Phonetic Spelling: (ak-er'-ah-yos) Short Definition: simple, unsophisticated, innocent Definition: (lit: unmixed) simple, unsophisticated, sincere, blameless. HELPS word-Studies 185 akéraios (an adjective, derived from 1 /A "not" and 2767 /keránnymi, "mingled") – properly, not mixed (mingled); not a destructive mixture because not tainted by sinful motives (ambitions); pure (unmingled). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and kerannumiDefinitionunmixed, pure NASB Translationinnocent (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 185: ἀκέραιοςἀκέραιος, ( κεράννυμι); a. unmixed, pure, as wine, metals, b. of the mind, without admixture of evil, free from guile, innocent, simple: Matthew 10:16; Romans 16:19; Philippians 2:15; (and frequent in secular writings). (Cf. Ellicott on Philippians, the passage cited; Trench, § lvi.; Tittmann 1:27f.)
Strong's pure, innocent From a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of kerannumi; unmixed, i.e. (figuratively) innocent -- harmless, simple. see GREEK a see GREEK kerannumi |
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