adjective

akakos

Greekἄκακος (akakos)

Strong’sG172

innocent, guileless, simple

stem akak-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

innocent1×unsuspecting1×

What it means

ἄ-κακος, -ον,

[in LXX for פְּתִי, תָּם, etc.;]

(a) as in cl. (Æsch., Plat., al.), of persons, simple, guileless: Ro 16:18, He 7:26 (cf. Cremer, 327);

(b) of things, undamaged (? MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G172 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidak'-ak-os

not bad, i.e. (objectively) innocent or (subjectively) unsuspecting

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G2556;

King Jamesharmless, simple.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	akakos1×ἄκακος	akakas	akakem	akakois	akakais	akakeim
object accusative	akakon	akakan		akakoin	akakain
direct address vocative	akakor	akakar		akakoir	akakair
of, belonging to genitive	akakou	akakau	akakeu	akakoiu1×ἀκάκων	akakaiu	akakeiu
to, for dative	akako	akaka	akake	akakoi	akakai	akakei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

akakstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

akak is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

akakos“innocent”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 7:26“innocent”Toioutos gar ni kai prepate archierevos, hosios, akakos, amiantos, chōrizirētos apo toiu hamartōloiu, kai hupsēloteros toiu ouranoiu gineratos;Such a high priest truly befits us — One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

akakoiu“unsuspecting”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Romans 16:18“unsuspecting”tois gar toioutois to kurio nu Christo ouk douleualō alla ta heautoiu koilia, kai dia tau chrēstologiau kai eulogiau exapatalō tain kardiain toiu akakoiu.For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.