Lexicon anepilémptos: without reproach Original Word: ἀνεπίληπτος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anepilémptos Phonetic Spelling: (an-ep-eel'-ape-tos) Short Definition: irreproachable Definition: irreproachable, never caught doing wrong. HELPS word-Studies 423 anepílēptos (from 1 /A "not" and 1949 /epilambánomai, "apprehend") – properly, not apprehended (found wrong) when censured or attacked, i.e. without blame in light of the whole picture. Here the person (accuser) trying to seize someone's character by unjustified censure is shown to be groundless, i.e. when the matter is understood in its full context. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and epilambanomaiDefinitionwithout reproach NASB Translationabove reproach (2), reproach (1), without* (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 423: ἀνεπίληπτοςἀνεπίληπτος ( L T Tr WH ἀνεπίλημπτος; see Mu, ἀνεπίληπτον (alpha privative and ἐπιλαμβάνω), properly, not apprehended, that cannot be laid hold of; hence, that cannot be reprehended, not open to censure, irreproachable (Tittmann i., p. 31; Trench, § ciii.): 1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Timothy 5:7; 1 Timothy 6:14. (Frequent in Greek writings from ( Euripides and) Thucydides down.)
Strong's blameless, unrebukeable. From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of epilambanomai; not arrested, i.e. (by implication) inculpable -- blameless, unrebukeable. see GREEK a see GREEK epilambanomai |
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