What does ἀναίτιος (anaítios) mean in the Bible?
ἀναίτιος (anaítios): Innocent of guilt or blame; specifically used of innocent blood shed without legal or moral justification.
Greek · G338
ἀναίτιος
Innocent
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ἀναίτιοςG338
Pronunciationanaítios
What does ἀναίτιος (anaítios) mean in the Bible?
ἀναίτιος (anaítios): Innocent of guilt or blame; specifically used of innocent blood shed without legal or moral justification.
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How does the BSB render G338?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include innocent (2).
Where does ἀναίτιος (anaítios) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 12:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (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 Itinnocent2×Matthew 12:5, Matthew 12:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 12:5
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Matthew2
Source forms
ἀναίτιοί1xanaitioiMatthew 12:5
ἀναιτίους1xanaitiousMatthew 12:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural1xMatthew 12:7
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1xMatthew 12:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Innocent of guilt or blame; specifically used of innocent blood shed without legal or moral justification.
Strong'sG338
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
innocent
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Innocent of guilt or blame; specifically used of innocent blood shed without legal or moral justification.
(αἰτία), [in LXX: Deu.19:10, 13 21:8-9 (נָקִי), Dan LXX TH Sus1:62, always of αἷμα (of. MM, VGT, see word)* ;] guiltless, innocent: Mat.12:5, 7.
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.
Matthew 12:5Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀναίτιοίanaitioi
guiltless
Read verseMatthew 12:7Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀναιτίους.anaitiouv
guiltless
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 (1)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 12:51×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineMatt 12:71×
Word Origins
ἀναίτιος is built from these roots: