Quick Definition
ἁγνεία, ας, ἡ n.f. purity, chastity
Strong's Definition
from 53; cleanliness (the quality), i.e. (specially) chastity
KJV Usage: purity
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ἁγιάζω
88.29 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Holy, Pure
to be without moral defect, purity the quality of moral purity In a number of languages the meaning of ἁγνεία and ἁγνότης is expressed idiomatically, for example, to have a clean heart, to not have other thoughts, or to not cover up one’s real desires.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἁγνεία [WH dyvia (see I, ¢)], -as, ἡ, (ἁγνεύω), purity, sinlessness of life: 1 Tim. iv. 12; v. 2. (Of a Nazirite, Num. vi. 2, 21.) [From Soph. O. T. 864 down.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἁγνεία hagneia 2x
purity, chastity, 1 Tim. 4:12; 5:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἁγνεία (WH, ἁγνία),
[in LXX for טָהֳרָה, נָזִיר, נֶזֶר, etc.;]
purity: I Ti 4:12, 5:2 (Cremer, 58. For exx. of ceremonial use in π., v. MM, Exp., iv).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἁγνεία. OGTS 5655 (decree o1 Canopus, B.C. 239) μετέχειν δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἐκ τῆς πέμπτης φυλῆς τῶν Εἰὐεργετῶν θεῶν τῶν ἁγνειῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων τῶν ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς, 26. 5738 (i/A.D.) τῶι δὲ ποιήσαντι ἔστωι ἁγνεία, an inscription cut in the rock near a temple in Cilicia. Cf. Sy/7 6555 (a.p. 83), μετὰ πολλῆς ἁγνείας kal νομίμων ἐθῶν, and the celebrated Epidaurian inscription quoted under ἁγνός. P Par 5xiv-10 (B.C. 114) couples ἁγνει[ῶν] and λειτουργιῶν following [τ]άφων. BGU IV. 1198! (i/B.c.) ποιούμενοι ἁγνήας Kal θυσίας. The verb is found BGU I. 149 (ii/iii a.p.), temple accounts, including kat ταῖς κωμασίαις τῶν θεῶν (processions of images of the gods) τοῖς ἁγνεύουσι ἐκ περιτροπῆς (according to rota) ἱερεῦσι: Θὼθ a ὑπὲρ ἁγνείας ἡμερῶν f ἐξ ἡμερησιῶν [so much]. A very similar entry appears in BGU I. τ (iii/a.p.). In P Oxy V. 840%, the fragment of an uncanonical gospel composed before A.D. 200, we read that the Saviour brought His disciples εἰς αὐτὸ τὸ ἁγνευτήριον Kal περιεπάτει ἐν TO ἱερῷ, ‘into the very place of purification, and was walking in the temple.” For the verb ayvetw see BGU IV. 12018 (A.D. 2) τῶν ἁγνευόν[τ]ων ἱερέων διαπεραιωμένων πρὸς τὰς λιτουργείας καὶ θυσείας τῶν θεῶν, IP Tebt II. 29858 (Α.Ὁ. 107-8) ἱερεῦσι] ἴφοις ἁγνεύου[σ]. καθ᾽ ἡμέραν (πυροῦ) δ, “to officiating priests } art. of wheat daily ” (Edd.). ἁγνίζω, ἁγνισμός. The verb occurs in the Leyden /afyrus magica (ed. Dieterich) VI. 36 ποιήσας βόθρον ἐπὶ ἡγνισμένῳ τόπῳ. For the subst. see Sy// 879181. (end of iii/B.c.) τὸν δὲ γυναικονόμον τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου αἱρούμενον τοῖς ἁγνισμοῖς κτλ. Cf Anz Subsidia, p. 283.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἁγνεία (hagneia) — purity. ἁγν-εία, ἡ, purity, chastity, λόγων ἔργων τε[NT+5th c.BC+]; τῶνθεῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. strict observance of religious duties, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in plural, purifications, ceremonies, [Refs 5th c.BC+]