Akeraios means “harmless” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H185 — avvah (“longing”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G185 ἀκέραιος (akeraios) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. akeraios (ak-er'-ai-os) adj. 1. unmixed 2. (figuratively) innocent It has 3 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include harmless and simple. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
akeraios (ak-er'-ai-os) adj. 1. unmixed 2. (figuratively) innocent [from G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G2767] KJV: harmless, simple Root(s): G1, G2767
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G185. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
innocent
Usage: ἀκέραιος, -ον (κεράννυμι), [in LXX: Est.8:13 * ;] unmixed, pure, hence, metaphorically (cf. MM, VGT, see word), guileless, simple: Mat.10:16, Rom.16:19, Php.2:15.† SYN.: ἄδολος, ἄκακος, ἁπλοῦς (cf. Ellic. on Phl., l.with; Tr., Syn., §lvi). (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render akeraios, 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 New Testament. 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.
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G185.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G185, grouped by book.
Akeraios (Strong's G185) is a Greek word most simply glossed "harmless". akeraios (ak-er'-ai-os) adj. 1. unmixed 2. (figuratively) innocent
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G185 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G185 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as harmless and simple. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.