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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)
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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, , (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)
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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.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:8 - Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:12 - For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity[fn] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:17 - For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
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