1777. enochos
Strong's Lexicon
enochos: Guilty, liable, subject to

Original Word: ἔνοχος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: enochos
Pronunciation: eh'-no-khos
Phonetic Spelling: (en'-okh-os)
Definition: Guilty, liable, subject to
Meaning: involved in, held in, hence: liable, generally with dat. (or gen.) of the punishment.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb ἔχω (echō), meaning "to have" or "to hold."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of guilt or liability is אָשֵׁם (asham), Strong's Hebrew #816, which refers to guilt or a guilt offering.

Usage: The Greek word "enochos" is used to describe someone who is guilty or liable for a particular action or consequence. It conveys the idea of being held accountable or subject to judgment. In the New Testament, it often refers to moral or legal culpability, particularly in the context of divine judgment or human legal systems.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, legal systems were well-established, and the concept of guilt was central to maintaining order and justice. The term "enochos" would have been understood in both Jewish and Gentile contexts as indicating a person who is answerable to a higher authority, whether human or divine. In Jewish law, guilt was associated with the need for atonement and reconciliation with God, often through sacrifices or other prescribed rituals.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from enechó
Definition
held in, bound by, liable to (a condition, penalty or imputation)
NASB Translation
deserves (1), deserving (1), guilty (6), liable (1), subject (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1777: ἔνοχος

ἔνοχος, ἔνοχον, equivalent to ἐνεχόμενος, one who is held in anything, so that he cannot escape; bound, under obligation, subject to, liable: with the genitive of the thing by which one is bound, δουλείας, Hebrews 2:15; used of one who is held by, possessed with, love and zeal for anything; thus τῶν βιβλίων, Sir. prolog. 9; with the dative τοῖς ἐρωτικοις, Plutarch; (on supposed distinctions in meaning between the construction with the genitive and with the dative (e. g. 'the construction with the dative expresses liability, that with the genitive carries the meaning further and implies either the actual or the rightful hold.' Green) see Schäfer on Demosth. see p. 323; cf. Winers Grammar, § 28, 2; Buttmann, 170 (148)). As in Greek writings, chiefly in a forensic sense, denoting the connection of a person either with his crime, or with the penalty or trial, or with that against whom or which he has offended; so a. absolutely guilty, worthy of punishment: Leviticus 20:9, 11, 13, 16, 27; 1 Macc. 14:45.

b. with the genitive of the thing by the violation of which guilt is contracted, guilty of anything: τοῦ σώματος καί τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ κυρίου, guilty of a crime committed against the body and blood of the Lord, 1 Corinthians 11:27 (see Meyer; Winer's Grammar, 202 (190f)); πάντων, namely, ἐνταλμάτων, James 2:10; οἱ ἔνοχοί σου, Isaiah 54:17.

c. with the genitive of the crime: αἰωνίου ἁμαρτήματος (an eternal sin), Mark 3:29 L T Tr text WH; (τῶν βιαίων, Plato, legg. 11, 914 e.; κλοπῆς, Philo de Jos. § 37; ἱεροσυλίας, 2 Macc. 13:6; Aristotle, oec. 2 (p. 1349{a}, 19), and in other examples; but much more often in the classics with the dative of the crime; cf. Passow or (Liddell and Scott) under the word).

d. with the genitive of the penalty: θανάτου, Mark 14:64; Matthew 26:66; Genesis 26:11; αἰωνίου κρίσεως, Mark 3:29 Rec.; δεσμοῦ (others, dative), Demosthenes, p. 1229, 11.

e. with the dative of the tribunal; liable to this or that tribunal i. e. to punishment to he imposed by this or that tribunal: τῇ κρίσει, τῷ συνεδρίῳ, Matthew 5:21f; ἔνοχος γραφή, to be indicted, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 64; cf. Bleek, Br. an d. Hebrew ii. 1, p. 340f; (Winers Grammar, 210 (198)).

f. by a use unknown to Greek writers it is connected with εἰς and the accusative of the place where the punishment is to be suffered: εἰς τήν γηνναν τοῦ πυρός, a pregnant construction (Winers Grammar, 213 (200); 621 (577)) (but cf. Buttmann, 170 (148) (who regards it as a vivid circumlocution for the dative; cf. Green, Critical Notes (at the passage) 'liable as far' in respect of penal consequence 'as the fiery G.')) viz. to go away or be cast into etc. Matthew 5:22.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
in danger of, guilty of, subject to.

From enecho; liable to (a condition, penalty or imputation) -- in danger of, guilty of, subject to.

see GREEK enecho

Forms and Transliterations
ενοχοι ένοχοι ένοχοί ἔνοχοι ενοχον ένοχον ἔνοχον ενοχος ένοχος ένοχός ἔνοχος ἔνοχός ενόχου ενσιτούνται ενσκολιευόμενος enochoi énochoi enochon énochon enochos énochos énochós
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Matthew 5:21 Adj-NMS
GRK: ἂν φονεύσῃ ἔνοχος ἔσται τῇ
NAS: commits murder shall be liable to the court.'
KJV: shall be in danger of the judgment:
INT: anyhow shall murder liable will be to the

Matthew 5:22 Adj-NMS
GRK: ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ ἔνοχος ἔσται τῇ
NAS: with his brother shall be guilty before the court;
KJV: shall be in danger of the judgment:
INT: brother of him liable will be to the

Matthew 5:22 Adj-NMS
GRK: αὐτοῦ Ῥακά ἔνοχος ἔσται τῷ
NAS: You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court;
KJV: shall be in danger of the council:
INT: of him Raca liable will be to the

Matthew 5:22 Adj-NMS
GRK: εἴπῃ Μωρέ ἔνοχος ἔσται εἰς
NAS: You fool,' shall be guilty [enough to go] into the fiery
KJV: Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell
INT: shall say Fool liable will be to

Matthew 26:66 Adj-NMS
GRK: ἀποκριθέντες εἶπαν Ἔνοχος θανάτου ἐστίν
NAS: They answered, He deserves death!
KJV: said, He is guilty of death.
INT: having answered they said Deserving of death he is

Mark 3:29 Adj-NMS
GRK: αἰῶνα ἀλλὰ ἔνοχός ἐστιν αἰωνίου
NAS: forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal
KJV: but is in danger of eternal damnation:
INT: eternity but guilty is [of] eternal

Mark 14:64 Adj-AMS
GRK: κατέκριναν αὐτὸν ἔνοχον εἶναι θανάτου
NAS: condemned Him to be deserving of death.
KJV: him to be guilty of death.
INT: condemned him deserving to be of death

1 Corinthians 11:27 Adj-NMS
GRK: κυρίου ἀναξίως ἔνοχος ἔσται τοῦ
NAS: in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body
KJV: shall be guilty of the body
INT: Lord unworthily guilty will be of the

Hebrews 2:15 Adj-NMP
GRK: τοῦ ζῇν ἔνοχοι ἦσαν δουλείας
NAS: of death were subject to slavery
KJV: all their lifetime subject to bondage.
INT: the their lifetime were subject were to bondage

James 2:10 Adj-NMS
GRK: γέγονεν πάντων ἔνοχος
NAS: [point], he has become guilty of all.
KJV: one [point], he is guilty of all.
INT: he has become of all guilty

Strong's Greek 1777
10 Occurrences


ἔνοχοι — 1 Occ.
ἔνοχον — 1 Occ.
ἔνοχος — 8 Occ.

















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