1 | Strong's Number: g97 | Greek: adolos |
Guileless (Without Guile):
"without guile" (a, negative, and dolos, see GUILE), "pure, unadulterated," is used metaphorically of the teaching of the Word of God, 1Pe 2:2, RV. It is used in the papyri writings of seed, corn, wheat, oil, wine, etc.
2 | Strong's Number: g172 | Greek: akakos |
Guileless (Without Guile):
lit., "without evil" (a, negative, kakos, "evil"), signifies "simple, guileless," Rom 16:18, "simple," of believers (perhaps == unsuspecting, or, rather, innocent, free from admixture of evil); in Hbr 7:26, RV, "guileless" (AV, "harmless"), the character of Christ (more lit., "free from evil"). Cp. Sept., Job 2:3; 8:20; Pro 1:4; 14:15.
See HARMLESS.
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