"clearness, purity; met. sincerity, integrity, ingenuousness, 1 Cor. 5:8; 2 Cor. 1:12; 2:17*"
Definition and meaning
clearness, purity; met. sincerity, integrity, ingenuousness, 1 Cor. 5:8; 2 Cor. 1:12; 2:17*
In the original Greek the word is written: εἰλικρίνεια
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of eilikrineia (G1505) across the King James Bible.
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
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Common questions
Strong's G1505 (eilikrineia) is a Greek word that means: clearness, purity; met. sincerity, integrity, ingenuousness, 1 Cor. 5:8; 2 Cor. 1:12; 2:17* It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word eilikrineia (G1505) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1505 is eilikrineia, a Greek word defined as: clearness, purity; met. sincerity, integrity, ingenuousness, 1 Cor. 5:8; 2 Cor. 1:12; 2:17*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
eilikrineia is a Greek word found in the New Testament.