What does ἁπλοῦς (haploûs) mean in the Bible?
ἁπλοῦς (haploûs): Moral simplicity or sincerity, especially generosity of heart without duplicity or mixed motives.
Greek · G573
ἁπλοῦς
ἁπλοῦς (haploûs): Moral simplicity or sincerity, especially generosity of heart without duplicity or mixed motives.
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ἁπλοῦςG573
Pronunciationhaploûs
What does ἁπλοῦς (haploûs) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G573?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include good (2).
Where does ἁπλοῦς (haploûs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (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 Itgood2×Matthew 6:22, Luke 11:34
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 6:22
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Luke1
Source forms
ἁπλοῦς2xhaplousMatthew 6:22, Luke 11:34
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular2xMatthew 6:22, Luke 11:34
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Moral simplicity or sincerity, especially generosity of heart without duplicity or mixed motives.
Strong'sG573
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 11:33–36Source Gloss
sound
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 6:22Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἁπλοῦςaplouv
single, simple, sound
Read verseLuke 11:34Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἁπλοῦςaplouv
single, simple, sound
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineMatt 6:22 · Luke 11:342×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
single, undivided, healthy
Additional Occurrences
Luke 11:33–36ἁπλοῦςhaploûs
Single, healthy, clear
Word Origins
ἁπλοῦς is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Describes moral clarity and receptive perception.Luke 11:33–36