adjective
anaitios
Strong’sG338
guiltless
stem anaiti-2 times in the New Testament2 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
also α, ον Refs 5th c.BC+:—in the best authors, only of persons, not being the fault or cause of a thing, guiltless, ἀναίτιον αἰτιάασθαιRefs 8th c.BC+; ἀναίτιος ἀθανάτοις guiltless before the gods, Refs 8th c.BC+
2 with genitive of things, guiltless of a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; φόνου, κακῶν, Refs 5th c.BC+ with infinitive, it is blamable to do, Refs
II not being the cause, τὸ ἀ. τιθέναι ὡς αἴτιονRefs 4th c.BC+; having no cause, unjustifiable, κολάσειςRefs 1st c.BC+adverb -ως not in the form of a cause, ἀ. τὴν αἰτίαν ἔχεινRefs 3rd c.AD+; without assigning any reason, ὁλοσχερῶς καὶ ἀ. λεκτέονRefs 6th c.AD+
III uncaused. Refs 3rd c.AD+: superlative, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -ως without a cause, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
anaitiois“guiltless”subjectnominative plural1×
Matthew 12:5“guiltless”… te hiere tem sabbatem bebēlalō kai anaitiois alō?… priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
anaitioin“guiltless”objectaccusative plural1×
Matthew 12:7“guiltless”… ouk thusian, ouk an katadikazava toin anaitioin.… desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.