Irreproachable
ἀνέγκλητοςStrong’s G0410anegklētos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Anegklētos is the Greek word usually translated “blameless”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.”
Meaning
Usually translated “blameless”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- blameless 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Titus 2
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Colossians 1
- 1 Timothy 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Titus 1:6In contextIf any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
- Titus 1:7In contextFor a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
- 1 Corinthians 1:8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Colossians 1:22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Greek dictionary
ἀνέγκλητος anegklētos · irreproachable
ἀν-έγκλητος, -ον (ἀ-, ἐγκαλέω), [in LXX: 3Ma.5:31 * ;] not to be called to account, unreprovable: 1Co.1:8, Col.1:22, 1Ti.3:10, Tit.1:6-7.† SYN.: ἄμεμπτος, ἀνεπίλημπτος (see Tr., Syn., § ciii; Cremer, 742; MM, VGT, see word) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “irreproachable” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IRREPROACHABLE, adjective
[in and reproachable.]
That cannot be justly reproached; free from blame; upright; innocent. An irreproachable life is the highest honor of a rational being.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.