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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

εἰλικρινής

Lemmaεἰλικρινής
Citation formεἰλικρινής, ές, οῦς
Part of speechadjective
Glosspure, uncontaminated, sincere
Strong’sG1506
Transliterationeilikrinḗs
Definitionjudged by sunlight, i.e. tested as genuine (figuratively)
KJV glosses:--pure, sincere.
Derivationfrom (the sun's ray) and
SBLGNT occurrences2

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
εἰλικρινεῖς
adjective, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-)Philippians 1:10
εἰλικρινῆ
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)2 Peter 3:1

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ειλικρινης.