adjective
anaitios
Greekἀναίτιος (anaitios)
Strong’sG338
guiltless
stem anaiti-2 times in the New Testament2 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἀν-αίτιος, -ον
(< αἰτία), [in LXX: De 19:10, 13 21:8, 9 (נָקִי), Da LXX TH Sus 62, always of αἷμα (of. 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 G338 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | anaitios | anaitias | anaitiem | anaitiois1×ἀναίτιοί | anaitiais | anaitieim |
| object accusative | anaition | anaitian | anaitioin1×ἀναιτίους | anaitiain | ||
| direct address vocative | anaitior | anaitiar | anaitioir | anaitiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | anaitiou | anaitiau | anaitieu | anaitioiu | anaitiaiu | anaitieiu |
| to, for dative | anaitio | anaitia | anaitie | anaitioi | anaitiai | anaitiei |
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
anaiti 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
anaitiois“guiltless”subjectnominative plural1×
Matthew 12:5“guiltless”ē ouk anaginōskava en to nomo hoti tei sabbatei tois hierevois en te hiere tem sabbatem bebēlalō kai anaitiois alō?Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
anaitioin“guiltless”objectaccusative plural1×
Matthew 12:7“guiltless”ei de gnōskavelē tinem atō; Elesem thelamō kai ouk thusian, ouk an katadikazava toin anaitioin.If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.