Word Summary
haplotēs: singleness, simplicity
Original Word: ἁπλότηςTransliteration: haplotēs
Phonetic Spelling: (hap-lot'-ace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: singleness, simplicity
Meaning: singleness, simplicity
Strong's Concordance
bountifulness, simplicity, singleness.
From haplous; singleness, i.e. (subjectively) sincerity (without dissimulation or self-seeking), or (objectively) generosity (copious bestowal) -- bountifulness, liberal(-ity), simplicity, singleness.
see GREEK haplous
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 572: ἁπλότηςἁπλότης,
ἁπλητος,
ἡ,
singleness, simplicity, sincerity, mental honesty; the virtue of one who is free from pretence and dissimulation (so in Greek writings from
Xenophon, Cyril 1, 4, 3; Hell. 6, 1, 18 down):
ἐν ἁπλότητι (
L T Tr WH ἁγιοτητι)
καί εἰλικρίνεια θεοῦ i. e. infused by God through the Spirit (
Winer's Grammar, § 36, 3 b.),
2 Corinthians 1:12;
ἐν ἁπλότητι τῆς καρδίας (
לֵבָב יֹשֶׁר,
1 Chronicles 29:17),
Colossians 3:22;
Ephesians 6:5 (Wis. 1:1);
εἰς Χριστόν, sincerity of mind toward Christ, i. e. single-hearted faith in Christ, as opposed to false wisdom in matters pertaining to Christianity,
2 Corinthians 11:3;
ἐν ἁπλότητι in simplicity, i. e. without self-seeking,
Romans 12:8.
openness of heart manifesting itself by benefactions, liberality, (
Josephus, Antiquities 7, 13, 4; but in opposition see Fritzsche on Romans, vol. iii., 62f):
2 Corinthians 8:2;
2 Corinthians 9:11, 13 (
τῆς κοινωνίας, manifested by fellowship). Cf. Kling under the word 'Einfalt' in
Herzog iii., p. 723f.