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G410 ἀνέγκλητος (anénklētos)
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ἀνέγκλητος, ον Adj irreproachable, blameless

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of 1458; unaccused, i.e. (by implication) irreproachable

KJV Usage: blameless

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | καλέω

33.433 · Communication · Accuse, Blame

without accusation pertaining to one who cannot be accused of anything wrong In a number of languages the phrase ‘without accusations’ must be rendered by a clause, for example, ‘in such a way that no one can accuse you of doing wrong’ or ‘without the possibility of anyone accusing you.’

1CO 1:8 · COL 1:22 · 1TI 3:10 · TIT 1:6 · TIT 1:7

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀν-έγκλητος, -ov, (a priv. and ἐγκαλέω, q. V.), that cannot be called to account, unreprovable, unaccused, blameless: 1Co.i. 8; Col. i. 22; 1 Tim. iii. 10; Tit. i. 6 sq. (8 Mace. v. 31; Xen., Plat., Dem., Aristot., al.) (Cf. Trench ὃ ciii.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀνέγκλητος anenklētos 5x

unblamable, irreproachable, 1 Cor. 1:8; Col. 1:22; 1 Tim. 3:10; Tit. 1:6, 7*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἀν-έγκλητος, -ον

(< ἀ-, ἐγκαλέω), [in LXX: III Mac 5:31*;]

not to be called to account, unreprovable: I Co 1:8, Col 1:22, I Ti 3:10, Tit 1:6, 7.†

SYN.: ἄμεμπτος, ὀνεπίλημπτος (v. Tr., Syn., § ciii; Cremer, 742; MM, VGT, s.v.).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀνέγκλητος. In P Oxy II, 28115 (A.D, 20-50), a petition to the ἀρχιδικαστής, a woman who had been deserted by her husband claims—trayteda@s ὄντα ἀνέγκλητον ἐματὴν ἐν ἁπᾶσει παρειχόμην, “1 for my part conducted myself blamelessly in all respects” (Edd.): cf. Sy/? 42974 (iii/B.c.) ἀνένκλητον ἑαυτὸν > , ἀνεκδιηγητος παρεσχηκὼς πρὸς πάντας τοὺς φυλέτας. For the adverb see P Magd 15° (B.C, 221), where a barber states that he has been wronged by one of his clients, notwithstanding that he has trea'ed him in an irreproachable manner -- τεθεραπευκὼς ἀνεγκλή[τως]. A wider sense is found Sy// 925}5 (B.c. 207-6) τοὺς στρατιώτας εὐτάκτους παρεσκεύαξαν Kal ἀνενκλήτους, and 26, ς4015᾽ (B.c. 175-1), where the epithet is applied to stones. Bp E. L. Hicks in CR i. (1887) p. 65, citing a Prienean inscr. to illustrate another word, observed that a. was a common word in Greek decrees: the phrase in this one was ἐπήνεσεν ἐπί te τῷ σωφρόνως καὶ ἀνεγκλήτως παρεπιδημῆσαι. Prof. Calder has an inscr. (πο. 8) in which a son commemorates his mother in the forms of public honorific monuments—with ἐπειδή, ἔδοξε, etc.: he says τήν Te [oiki]cv κυβερνήσασα ἀνενκλήτως καὶ Td παιδίον ἐκθρέψασα. It is from the southern cemetery at Karabunar (Hyde). Other instances are needless. ἀνεκδιήγητος is a word which Paul might have coined (2 Cor 915). But it is found as a variant in Aristeas 99 θαυμασμὸν ἀδιήγητον (ἀνεκδιήγητον BL), ‘“‘ wonder beyond description.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀνέγκλητος (anegklētos) — irreproachable. ἀνέγκλη-τος, ον, without reproach, blameless, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -τως[Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. giving no ground for dispute, ἀ. τὰς οὐσίας πρὸς ἀλλήλους κατασκευάζεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -τως, ἔχειν[Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. active in adverb -τως uncomplainingly, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

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