Quick Definition
unwilling
Strong's Definition
unwilling
Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G1635 (ἑκών);
KJV Usage: against the will
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄκων, ἄκουσα, ἄκον (contracted from ἀέκων, alpha privative and ἕκων willing), not of one's own will, unwilling: 1Co_9:17. (Very frequent among the Greeks.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἄκων akōn 1x
unwilling, 1Co_9:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀκων
( Attic contr . for ἀέκων ), -ουα , -ον
( < ἀ - neg ., ἅκων , willing ),
[in LXX : Job_14:17 , 2Ma_11:12 * ;]
unwilling: 1Co_9:17 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἄκων [page 20]
This common Greek word, which in the NT is found only 1Co_9:17 , occurs several times in the long petition of Dionysia, P Oxy II. 237 vi. 18, vii. 5, 12, 22 (A.D. 186), : cf. the fourth century Christian letter P Oxy VI. 939 12 ( = Selections , p. 129) ἐς τηλικαύτην σε [ἀγωνία ]ν ἄκων ἐνέβαλον , unwillingly I cast you into such grief. Add from the inscriptions, Syll 356 25 (time of Augustus) εἴτε ἑκόντα εἴτε ἄκοντα , ib. 415 .8 (iii/A.D.), etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀκων (Attic contr. for ἀέκων), -ουα, -ον
(ἀ- neg., ἅκων, willing), [in LXX: Job.14:17, 2Ma.11:12 * ;]
unwilling: 1Co.9:17.†
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