Quick Definition
ἀθῷος, ον Adj guiltless
Strong's Definition
from 1 (as a negative particle) and probably a derivative of 5087 (meaning a penalty); not guilty
KJV Usage: innocent
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀθῶος [ἢ 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; ef. Steph. Thes. i. col. 875 c.; Lob. Path. Element. i. 440 sq. (cf. li. 377) ; see 1, 4]), τον, (θωή [i. 6. θωϊη. cf. Etym. Mag. p- 26, 24] punishment), [fr. Plat. down], unpunished, innocent: αἷμα ἀθῷον, Mt. xxvii. 4 [Tr mrg. WH txt. δίκαιον], (Deut. xxvii. 25; 1 S. xix. 5, ete.; 1 Mace. i. 87; 2 Mace. i. 8); ἀπό τινος, after the Hebr. [2 2 ({ Num. xxxii. 22; cf. Gen. xxiv. 41; 2 S. iii. 28; W.197 (185); B. 158 (138)]), ‘innocent (and therefore far) from,’ innocent of, Matt. xxvii. 24 (the guilt of the murder of this innocent man cannot be laid upon me) ; ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 59, 2 [cf. Num. ν. 31]. The Greeks say ἀθῷός τινος [both in the sense of free from and unpunished for].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀθῷος athōos 2x
unpunished; met. innocent, Mt. 27:4, 24*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀθῷος (Rec. wrongly, -ῶος; LS, s.v.; Mayser, 131), -ον
(< θωή, a penalty), [in LXX chiefly for נקה ni., pi., נָקִי;]
unpunished (MM, VGT, s.v.).
innocent: Mt 27:4 (WH, R, mg., δίκαιον) 27:24.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀθῷος. P Oxy II. 237%-2? (ii/a.D.) οἰ ὐ]δ[δ] τότε ἀθδος ἐσόμενος, ἀλλὰ τοῖς τεταγμένοις ἐπιτίμοις ἐνεχόμενος, “ἀπ 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. 4478 (ii/B.c.) where certain precautions are taken lest an assailant ἀθῶιος διαφύγηι, ‘‘should escape unpunished.” Cf. Syd? 7905 (i/B.c) ἃ ἐὰν ὀμό[σω]σιν, ἔστωσαν ἀθῷοι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀθῷος (athōos) — innocent. ἀθῷος, ον, (θωά, Ionic dialect θωιή):— scot-free, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀθῴους καθιστάναι τινάς to secure their immunity, [Refs]; ἀ. ἀπαλλάττειν or -εσθαι to get off scot-free, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. with genitive, free from a thing, πληγῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἀδικημάτων unpunished for offences, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. unharmed by, ἀθῷος τῆς Φιλίππου.. δυναστείας[Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. not deserving punishment, guiltless, ἀ. ὁ κτείνων[NT+3rd c.AD+]
III. active, causing no harm, harmless, κίνδυνος[Refs 4th c.BC+], of Mt. Athos, [Refs 4th c.BC+]