What does εἰλικρίνεια (eilikríneia) mean in the Bible?
εἰλικρίνεια (eilikríneia): Sincerity as moral integrity and purity of motive, especially in relationships and conduct.
Greek · G1505
εἰλικρίνεια
εἰλικρίνεια (eilikríneia): Sincerity as moral integrity and purity of motive, especially in relationships and conduct.
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εἰλικρίνειαG1505
Pronunciationeilikríneia
What does εἰλικρίνεια (eilikríneia) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G1505?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sincerity (2), of sincerity (1).
Where does εἰλικρίνεια (eilikríneia) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 5:8. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (2), 1 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itsincerity2×2 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 2:17
of sincerity1×1 Corinthians 5:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row1 Corinthians 5:8
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
1 Corinthians12 Corinthians2
Source forms
εἰλικρινείας2xeilikrineias1 Corinthians 5:8, 2 Corinthians 2:17
εἰλικρινείᾳ1xeilikrineia2 Corinthians 1:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular2x1 Corinthians 5:8, 2 Corinthians 2:17
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1x2 Corinthians 1:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Sincerity as moral integrity and purity of motive, especially in relationships and conduct.
Strong'sG1505
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study link1 Corinthians 5:8Source Gloss
sincerity
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 5:8Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
εἰλικρινείαςeilikrineiav
clearness, sincerity, purity
Read verse2 Corinthians 1:12Noun Dative Singular Feminine
εἰλικρινείᾳeilikrineia
clearness, sincerity, purity
Read verse2 Corinthians 2:17Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
εἰλικρινείας,eilikrineiav
clearness, sincerity, purity
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine1 Cor 5:8 · 2 Cor 2:172×
Dative · Singular · Feminine2 Cor 1:121×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Moral purity and genuineness in Christian living, contrasted with malice
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
εἰλικρίνεια is built from this root: