Word Study · Strong's G47 · Greek
ἁγνεία
hagneia
hag-ni'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: hagneía
“cleanliness (the quality), i.e. (specially) chastity”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
cleanliness (the quality), i.e. (specially) chastity
Rendered in the KJV as
purity.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- ἁγνείᾳ.2
How it is rendered · 1
- purity.2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2
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- N-DSF · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
1 Timothy2 occurrences
- 1 Timothy 4:12ἁγνείᾳ.hagneianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularLet no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.here: purity.
- 1 Timothy 5:2ἁγνείᾳ.hagneianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularolder women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.here: purity.