εἰλικρινής

eilikrinēs

pure

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Strong’s G1506Adjective2 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Philippians1

2 Peter1

Translated as

pure2

In the text

Philippians 1:10εἰλικρινεῖς
so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
2 Peter 3:1εἰλικρινῆ
Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking

Abbott-Smith

εἰλικρινής, -ές,
[in LXX: Wi 72^ kB * ;]
unalloyed, pure (Lat. sincerus; see DCG, ii, 635a);

(a) of unmixed substances;

(b) of abstract ideas;

(with) of ethical purity: Php.1:10, 2Pe.3:1.†
SYN.: ἁγνός (which see), καθαρός, cf. Tr., Syn.: §lxxxv; DB, iv, 176a; Cremer, 378; Westc. on 1Jn.3:3.
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.