What does ἀκατάκριτος (akatákritos) mean in the Bible?
ἀκατάκριτος (akatákritos): Denotes someone not legally condemned or tried—emphasizes deprivation of judicial process, not mere lack of verdict.
Greek · G178
ἀκατάκριτος
Without (legal) trial
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ἀκατάκριτοςG178
Pronunciationakatákritos
What does ἀκατάκριτος (akatákritos) mean in the Bible?
ἀκατάκριτος (akatákritos): Denotes someone not legally condemned or tried—emphasizes deprivation of judicial process, not mere lack of verdict.
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How does the BSB render G178?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include without a trial (2).
Where does ἀκατάκριτος (akatákritos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 16:37. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itwithout a trial2×Acts 16:37, Acts 22:25
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 16:37
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Acts2
Source forms
ἀκατάκριτον1xakatakritonActs 22:25
ἀκατακρίτους1xakatakritousActs 16:37
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural1xActs 16:37
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular1xActs 22:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Denotes someone not legally condemned or tried—emphasizes deprivation of judicial process, not mere lack of verdict.
Strong'sG178
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
without (legal) trial
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 16:37Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀκατακρίτους,akatakritouv
uncondemned
Read verseActs 22:25Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀκατάκριτονakatakriton
uncondemned
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · MasculineActs 16:371×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineActs 22:251×
Word Origins
ἀκατάκριτος is built from these roots: