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G1505 εἰλικρίνεια (eilikríneia)
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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

noun, f. | -ας | ἥλιος + κρίνω

88.42 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Honesty, Sincerity

sincerity, purity of motives the quality of sincerity as an expression of pure or unadulterated motives

1CO 5:8 · 2CO 1:12 · 2CO 2:17

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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+]

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