Gloss
sincerity, the positive moral quality of purity (especially in motives), a fig. extension of an unadulterated or unmixed substance
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
Definition
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. |
