Quick Definition
ἐλαφρία, ας, ἡ n.f. levity, fickleness
Strong's Definition
from 1645; levity (figuratively), i.e. fickleness
KJV Usage: lightness
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ἐλαφρός
88.99 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Sensible Behavior, Senseless Behavior
fickleness behavior characterized by caprice and instability In some instances ἐλαφρία may be rendered in 2CO 1:17 as ‘not thinking about what I was doing’ or ‘not keeping the same thoughts about what I was doing.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐλαφρία, -as, 7), (ἐλαφρός, lightness; used of levity and fickleness of mind, 2 Co.i. 17; a later word, cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 343.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐλαφρία elaphria 1x
lightness in weight; hence, lightness of mind, levity, 2 Cor. 1:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἐλαφρία, -ας, ἡ lightness, levity: II Co 1:17.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐλαφρία (elaphria) — lightness. ἐλαφρ-ία, ἡ, lightness: levity, [NT]
II. alleviation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. ={ὀλιγότης}, [Refs]
