What does ἄδολος (ádolos) mean in the Bible?
ἄδολος (ádolos): Guileless character or genuine purity without deceit; often applied to sincere faith rather than mere appearance.
Greek · G97
ἄδολος
Pure
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ἄδολοςG97
Pronunciationádolos
What does ἄδολος (ádolos) mean in the Bible?
ἄδολος (ádolos): Guileless character or genuine purity without deceit; often applied to sincere faith rather than mere appearance.
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How does the BSB render G97?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include pure (1).
Where does ἄδολος (ádolos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Peter 2:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders Itpure1×1 Peter 2:2
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First aligned row1 Peter 2:2
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
1 Peter1
Source forms
ἄδολον1xadolon1 Peter 2:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular1x1 Peter 2:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Guileless character or genuine purity without deceit; often applied to sincere faith rather than mere appearance.
Strong'sG97
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
pure
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Guileless character or genuine purity without deceit; often applied to sincere faith rather than mere appearance.
1guileless (Pind., Thuc).
2Of liquids (Æsch., Eur., and late prose writers), genuine, pure (in π. and in MGr. of wine, also of corn: MM, VGT, see word; Milligan, NTD, 77): of milk, metaphorically, 1Pe.2:2.
Synonymsἀκέραιος (which see), ἄκακος, ἁπλοῦς.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Peter 2:2Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ἄδολονadolon
pure
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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 forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Neuter1 Pet 2:21×
Word Origins
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