ἀκέραιος
akeraios · innocent, pure
Greek word · Strong’s number G185 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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akeraios (ἀκέραιος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “innocent, pure”.
Unmixed with evil.
How to say it
a·ke·rai·os
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Without malice, without guile.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 10:16
Look, I am sending you like sheep among wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.
- Romans 16:19
For your obedience has reached all; so I rejoice over you; but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.
- Philippians 2:15
so that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,