King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1505
Transliteration: eilikrineia
Phonetic Spelling: (i-lik-ree'-ni-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: clearness, by implication purity, sincerity
Meaning: clearness, by implication purity, sincerity
εἰλικρίνεια (ἐιλικρινια T (WH, see Iota; on the breathing see WH's Appendix, p. 144)), εἰλικρινείας, 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)
Word Summary
eilikrineia: clearness, by implication purity, sincerity
Original Word: εἰλικρίνειαTransliteration: eilikrineia
Phonetic Spelling: (i-lik-ree'-ni-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: clearness, by implication purity, sincerity
Meaning: clearness, by implication purity, sincerity
Strong's Concordance
sincerity. From eilikrines; clearness, i.e. (by implication) purity (figuratively) -- sincerity.
see GREEK eilikrines
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1505: εἰλικρίνειαεἰλικρίνεια (ἐιλικρινια T (WH, see Iota; on the breathing see WH's Appendix, p. 144)), εἰλικρινείας, 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)