Definition

actively, inoffensive, i.e. not leading into sin; passively, faultless, i.e. not led into sin

Etymology

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G4350 (προσκόπτω);

Where the KJV renders it

• none (void of
• without) offence

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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