ἀθῶος (R G Tr), more correctly ἀθῷος (L WH and T (but not in his Sept.. There is want of agreement among both the ancient gramm, and modern scholars; cf. Stephanus' Thesaurus i. col. 875 c.; Lob. Path. Element. i. 440f (cf. ii. 377); see Iota)), , (θωή (i. e., θωϊή, cf. Etym. Magn., p. 26, 24) punishment) (from Plato down), unpunished, innocent: αἷμα ἀθῷον, Mat_27:4 (Tr marginal reading WH text δίκαιον, (Deu_27:25; 1Sa_19:5, etc.; 1Ma_1:37; 2Ma_1:8); ἀπό τινος, after the Hebrew ξΔο πΘχΔι ((Num_32:22; cf. Gen_24:41; 2Sa_3:28; Winers Grammar, 197 (185); Buttmann, 158 (138))), 'innocent (and therefore far) from,' innocent of Mat_27:24 (the guilt of the murder of this innocent man cannot be laid upon me); ἀπό τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 59, 2 [ET] (cf. Num_5:31). The Greeks say ἀθῷός τίνος (both in the sense of free from and unpunished for).

ἀθῷος athōos 2x unpunished; met. innocent, Mat_27:4 , Mat_27:24

ἀθῷος ( Rec. wrongly, -ῶος ; LS , s.v. ; Mayser , 131), -ον ( < θωή , a penalty ), [in LXX chiefly for H5352 ni ., pi ., H5355 ;] 1. unpunished ( MM , GT , s.v. ). 2. innocent: Mat_27:4 ( WH , R , mg ., δίκαιον ) Mat_27:24 .†

ἀθῷος [page 12] P Oxy II. 237 viii. 17 (ii/A.D.) ο [ὐ ]δ̣[ὲ ] τότε ἀθο̑ος ἐσόμενος , ἀλλὰ τοῖς τεταγμένοις ἐπιτίμοις ἐνεχόμενος , and even so he shall not escape his liabilities, but shall be subject to the legal penalties a legal opinion quoted in the lengthy Petition of Dionysia. An earlier example is afforded by P Tebt I. 44 .28 (ii/B.C.) where certain precautions are taken lest an assailant ἀθῶιος διαφύγηι , should escape unpunished. Cf. Syll 790 .59 (i/B.C.) ἃ ἐὰν ὀμό [σω ]σιν , ἔστωσαν ἀθῷοι .

ἀθῷος (Rec. wrongly, -ῶος; LS, see word; Mayser, 131), -ον (θωή, a penalty), [in LXX chiefly for נקה ni., pi., נָקִי ;] __1. unpunished (MM, VGT, see word). __2. innocent: Mat.27:4 (WH, R, mg., δίκαιον) 27:24. (AS)