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Lexicon :: Strong's G1505 - eilikrineia

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εἰλικρίνεια
Transliteration
eilikrineia (Key)
Pronunciation
i-lik-ree'-ni-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:397,206

Strong’s Definitions

εἰλικρίνεια eilikríneia, i-lik-ree'-ni-ah; from G1506; clearness, i.e. (by implication) purity (figuratively):—sincerity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1505 in the following manner: sincerity (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1505 in the following manner: sincerity (3x).

  1. purity, sincerity, ingenuousness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
εἰλικρίνεια eilikríneia, i-lik-ree'-ni-ah; from G1506; clearness, i.e. (by implication) purity (figuratively):—sincerity.
STRONGS G1505:
εἰλικρίνεια (-ία T [WH, see Ι, ι; on the breathing see WH's Appendix, p. 144]), -ας, ἡ, (εἰλικρινής, which see), purity, sincerity, ingenuousness: 1 Corinthians 5:8; 2 Corinthians 2:17; τοῦ θεοῦ, which God effects by the Holy Spirit, 2 Corinthians 1:12 [Winers Grammar, § 36, 3 b.]. (Theophrastus, Sextus Empiricus, Stobaeus)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Corinthians
5:8
2 Corinthians
1:12; 2:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1505 matches the Greek εἰλικρίνεια (eilikrineia),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:8 - Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of vice and malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and [untainted] truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:12 -

This is our [reason for] proud confidence: our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world [in general], and especially toward you, with pure motives and godly sincerity, not in human wisdom, but in the grace of God [that is, His gracious lovingkindness that leads people to Christ and spiritual maturity].

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:17 - For we are not like many, [acting like merchants] peddling God’s word [shortchanging and adulterating God’s message]; but from pure [uncompromised] motives, as [commissioned and sent] from God, we speak [His message] in Christ in the sight of God.
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