UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ἄκων; ἄκουσα, ἆκον

Constructions: ἄκων; ἀ-; ἑκών

Sense 1: not willing, not of one’s own free will, not a matter of free choice

Semantic entry: 25.67

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Be Willing

Definition: pertaining to not being willing to do something

Notes: Expressions of ‘not being willing to do something’ may often be rendered as ‘being forced to do something’ or ‘doing something because one has to.’

Show passage in OET: CO1 9:17

OET-RV CO1 9:17

17 because if I do it willingly, I’ll have a reward, but if it’s done unwillingly, I’d be shirking the responsibility entrusted to me.

OET-LV CO1 9:17

17 For/Because if willingly this I _am _doing, a_reward I _am _having, but if unwillingly, a_management I _have _been _entrusted.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἄκων

Form 1

Sense 1: not willing, not of one’s own free will, not a matter of free choice