Strong’s G679 · Greek
ἄπταιστος
áptaistos
Definition
not stumbling, i.e. (figuratively) without sin
Etymology
from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4417 (πταίω);
Where the KJV renders it
- from falling
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