KJV dictionary & concordance
Innocent; doing no harm.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Matthew 10:16
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
¶ Behold, I send you foorth as sheepe in the middest of wolues: be yee therefore wise as serpents, and harmelesse as doues.
1611 marginal noteOr, simple.
1611 marginal noteLuk. 10.3.
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
That yee may bee blamelesse and harmelesse, the sonnes of God, without rebuke, in the middes of a crooked and peruerse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world:
1611 marginal noteOr, syncere.
1611 marginal noteOr, shine ye
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
For such an high Priest became vs, who is holy, harmelesse, vndefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher then the heauens.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Innocent; not guilty.
