Quick Definition
εἰλικρίνεια, ας, ἡ n.f. clearness, sincerity, purity
Strong's Definition
from 1506; clearness, i.e. (by implication) purity (figuratively)
KJV Usage: sincerity
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εἰλικρίνεια (-ia T [ WH, 5661, ἐ; on the breathing see WH. App. p. 1447), -as, ἡ, (εἰλικρινής, q. V-), purity, sincerity, ingenuousness : 1 Co. v. 8; 2 Co. ii. 17; τοῦ θεοῦ, which God effects by the Holy Spirit, 2 Co. i. 12 [W. § 36, 3b.]. (Theophr., Sext. Empir., Stob.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εἰλικρίνεια eilikrineia 3x
clearness, purity; met. sincerity, integrity, ingenuousness, 1 Cor. 5:8; 2 Cor. 1:12; 2:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** εἰλικρινία (Rec., cl., -κρινεία), -ας, ἡ
(< εἰλικρινής), [in LXX: Wi 7:25 A * ;]
sincerity, purity: I Co 5:8, II Co 1:12 2:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εἰλικρίνεια In Pretstgke 1931 (ostracon—a.D. 69) the word is written ἴκοσι : so 1932. For ἡ εἰκοστή as a tax of 5 per cent. on the rent of an οἰκόπεδον cf. P Petr II. 11 (2)4 (inid. iii/B.c ) (= IIL. p. 112) ἀπογέγραμμαι δὲ ἐπὶ τελώνιον Td οἰκόπεδον φέρον ἐν[οίκιο]ν (δραχμῶν) ιζ (ἡμισείας), ἵνα ἐκ τοσούτου φέρωμεν τὴν εἰκοστήν : see further Wilcken Osty i. p. 363 f., and for a similar succession duty see Hunt-in P Oxy VIII. p: 192.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εἰλικρίνεια (eilikrineia) — sincerity. εἰλικρίν-εια [ρῐ], ἡ, unmixedness, purity, opposed to μίξις, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; in bad sense, unrelievedness, κακοῦ [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. sincerity, uprightness, [NT+3rd c.AD+]
