Greek adjective · G53
ἁγνός
hagnoshag-nos'
free from ceremonial defilement; holy; As in OT (cl.)
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hagnós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G53is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G53
properly, clean, i.e. (figuratively) innocent, modest, perfect
The King James renders it: chaste, clean, pure.
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
hagnos is rendered "free from ceremonial defilement; holy; As in OT (cl.)". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Two of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "free from ceremonial defilement".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 7:11Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
2 Corinthians 7:11ἁγνοὺς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's eight uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: free from ceremonial defilement, and holy, and As in OT (cl.).
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| free from ceremonial defilementin a condition prepared for worship (for exx. of pagan usage, V. MM, VGT, see word). | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where2 Corinthians 7:11Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness… |
| holysacred, venerable (II Mac, l.with). | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| As in OT (cl.)pure, chaste, undefiled, guiltless | Tagged as
| Where2 Corinthians 7:11Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness… |
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.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- ἁγνὴν2
- ἁγνά1
- ἁγνάς1
- ἁγνή1
- ἁγνὸν1
- ἁγνός1
- ἁγνοὺς1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular2A-ASF
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural1A-APF
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural1A-APM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular1A-ASM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1A-NPN
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1A-NSF
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1A-NSM
2 Corinthians
two uses
Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
- ἁγνοὺςhagnousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: innocent
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- ἁγνὴνhagnenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: pure
Philippians
one use
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
- ἁγνάhagnaadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: pure
1 Timothy
one use
Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
- ἁγνὸνhagnonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: pure
Titus
one use
to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
- ἁγνάςhagnasadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: pure
James
one use
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
- ἁγνήhagneadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: pure
1 Peter
one use
when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.
- ἁγνὴνhagnenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: pure
1 John
one use
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
- ἁγνόςhagnosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: pure
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.