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ἄκων akōn · G0210

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unwilling

ἀκων (Attic contr. for ἀέκων), -ουα, -ον; (ἀ- neg., ἅκων, willing), [in LXX: Job.14:17, 2Ma.11:12 * ; ] ; unwilling: 1Co.9:17.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἀέκων, ; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect; Attic dialect and Trag. contraction ἄκων [ᾱ], ουσα, ον (uncontraction form also in [], sometimes found in codices of []:— involuntary, constrained, of persons, ἀέκοντος ἐμεῖο[]; opposed to βουλόμενος, []; τὼ δ᾽ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην (variant{ἄκοντε}) []; ἀέκουσι (variant{ἀεκούσια}) δάκρυα παραρρεῖ[]: contraction first in []; ἄκοντος Διός invito Jove, []adverb ἀκόντως unwillingly, ὁμολογεῖν[]; II poetical, like{ἀκούσιος}, of acts or their consequences, …

Where it's used 1 time

1 Corinthians 9:17

Source: TBESG G0210; TFLSJ G0210

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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