Greek noun (feminine) · G1505
εἰλικρίνεια
eilikrineiai-lik-ree'-ni-ah
sincerity
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: eilikríneia
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1505is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1505
clearness, i.e. (by implication) purity (figuratively)
The King James renders it: sincerity.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
eilikrineia is rendered "sincerity". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Corinthians 5:8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
1 Corinthians 5:8εἰλικρινείας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- sincerity2
- of sincerity1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| εἰλικρινής | eilikrines | pure | Uses2 |
| εἱλίσσω | heilisso | to roll up | Usesnot recorded |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- εἰλικρινείας2
- εἰλικρινείᾳ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
1 Corinthians
one use
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
- εἰλικρινείαςeilikrineiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of sincerity
2 Corinthians
two uses
And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
- εἰλικρινείᾳeilikrineianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: sincerity
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
- εἰλικρινείαςeilikrineiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: sincerity
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.