Word Summary
aphelotēs: simplicity
Original Word: ἀφελότηςTransliteration: aphelotēs
Phonetic Spelling: (af-el-ot'-ace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: simplicity
Meaning: simplicity
Strong's Concordance
singleness, simplicity
From a compound of a (as a negative particle) and phellos (in the sense of a stone as stubbing the foot); smoothness, i.e. (figuratively) simplicity -- singleness.
see GREEK a
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 858: ἀφελότηςἀφελότης,
ἀφελοτητος,
ἡ (from
ἀφέλῃς without rock, smooth, plain, and this from
φελλεύς rocky land),
simplicity (
A. V. singleness):
καρδίας,
Acts 2:46 (found only here (and in ecclesiastical writings). The Greeks used
ἀφελεια).