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εἰλικρίνεια

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
εἰλικρίνεια, ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
eilikrineia
Simplified transliteration: 
eilikrineia
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1505
GK Number: 
1636
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1a
Gloss: 
sincerity, the positive moral quality of purity (especially in motives), a fig. extension of an unadulterated or unmixed substance
Definition: 
clearness, purity;, met. sincerity, integrity, ingenuousness, 1 Cor. 5:8; 2 Cor. 1:12; 2:17*

Greek-English Concordance for εἰλικρίνεια

1 Corinthians 5:8 So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity (eilikrineias | εἰλικρινείας | gen sg fem) and truth.
2 Corinthians 1:12 For our confidence is this, the testimony of our conscience, that with simplicity and sincerity (eilikrineia | εἰλικρινείᾳ | dat sg fem) like that of God, and not with earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not like so many, peddling the word of God. To the contrary, in Christ we speak in the sight of God as men of sincerity (eilikrineias | εἰλικρινείας | gen sg fem), as men sent from God.