Strong's Lexicon
G1505 — εἰλικρίνεια
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1505 |
|---|---|
| Word: | εἰλικρίνεια |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1506 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | eilikrineia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ei-lik-ree'-nei-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. clearness 2. (by implication) purity (figuratively) |
| KJV Renderings: | sincerity |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εἰλικρίνεια (ἐιλικρινια T (WH, see Iota; on the breathing see WH’s Appendix, p. 144)), εἰλικρινείας, ἡ (εἰλικρινής, which see), purity, sincerity, ingenuousness: 1Co 5:8; 2Co 2:17; τοῦ Θεοῦ, which God effects by the Holy Spirit, 2Co 1:12 (Winers Grammar, § 36, 3 b.). (Theophrastus, Sextus Empiricus, Stobaeus)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
εἰλικρίνεια (sincerity)
1 Corinthians 5:8
- KJV: Therefore let us keep the feast not with old leaven neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened of sincerity and truth
- GK: ώστε εορτάζωμεν μη εν ζύμη παλαιά μηδέ εν ζύμη κακίας και πονηρίας αλλ΄ εν αζύμοις ειλικρινείας και αληθείας
2 Corinthians 1:12
- KJV: For our rejoicing is this the testimony of our conscience that in simplicity and godly sincerity not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God we have had our conversation in the world and more abundantly to you-ward
- GK: η γαρ καύχησις ημών αύτη εστί το μαρτύριον της συνειδήσεως ημών ότι εν απλότητι και ειλικρινεία θεού ουκ εν σοφία σαρκική αλλ΄ εν χάριτι θεού ανεστράφημεν εν τω κόσμω περισσοτέρως δε προς υμάς
2 Corinthians 2:17
- KJV: For we are not as many which corrupt the word of God but as of sincerity but as of God in the sight of God speak we in Christ
- GK: ου γαρ εσμεν ως οι λοιποί καπηλεύοντες τον λόγον του θεού αλλ΄ ως εξ ειλικρινείας αλλ΄ ως εκ θεού κατενώπιον του θεού εν χριστώ λαλούμεν
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