Akakos means “harmless” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H172 — oholibah (“Aholibah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G172 ἄκακος (akakos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. akakos (ak'-ak-os) adj. 1. not bad 2. (objectively) innocent It has 16 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include simple and harmless. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
akakos (ak'-ak-os) adj. 1. not bad 2. (objectively) innocent 3. (subjectively) unsuspecting [from G1 (as a negative particle) and G2556] KJV: harmless, simple Root(s): G1, G2556
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G172. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
innocent
Usage: ἄκακος, -ον, [in LXX for פְּתִי, תָּם, etc. ;] __(a) as in cl. (Æsch., Plat., al.), of persons, simple, guileless: Rom.16:18, Heb.7:26 (cf. Cremer, 327); __(b) of things, undamaged (? MM, VGT, see word). † (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render akakos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G172 (ἄκακος) appears 14 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
13 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the Lord said to the devil, Hast thou then observed my servant Job, That there is none of men upon the earth like him, A harmless, true, blameless, godly man, Abstaining from all evil? And he yet cleaves to innocence, Whereas thou hast told me to destroy his substance without cause?
For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; But he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.
But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: Being mighty in strength of wisdom,
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; And the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G172.
And the Lord said to the devil, Hast thou then observed my servant Job, That there is none of men upon the earth like him, A harmless, true, blameless, godly man, Abstaining from all evil? And he yet cleaves to innocence, Whereas thou hast told me to destroy his substance without cause?
For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; But he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.
But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: Being mighty in strength of wisdom,
The harmless and upright joined themselves to me: For I waited for thee, O Lord.
That he might give subtlety to the simple, And to the young man discernment and understanding.
So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: But the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, Having become ungodly have hated knowledge, And are become subject to reproofs.
For the upright shall dwell in the earth, And the holy shall be left behind in it.
O ye simple, understand subtlety, And ye that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
The simple believes every word: But the prudent man betakes himself to afterthought.
The instruction of the simple is known by them that pass by; But they that hate reproofs die disgracefully.
When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: And a wise man understanding will receive knowledge.
But I as an innocent lamb led to the slaughter, knew not: against me they devised an evil device, saying, Come and let us put wood into his bread, and let us utterly destroy him from off the land of the living, and let his name not be remembered anymore.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; And the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G172, grouped by book.
Akakos (Strong's G172) is a Greek word most simply glossed "harmless". akakos (ak'-ak-os) adj. 1. not bad 2. (objectively) innocent
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's G172 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G172 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as simple and harmless. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 13 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G172, with linked reader references where each row is available.