Strong G47ἁγνεία
purity
- Transliteration
- hagneia
- Pronunciation
- hag-ni'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G53; cleanliness (the quality) that is (specifically) chastity: - purity.
Detailed definition
ἁγνεία (WH, ἁγνία),
[in LXX for טָהֳרָה, נָזִיר, נֶזֶר, etc.;]
purity: 1Ti.4:12, 5:2 (Cremer, 58. For exx. of ceremonial use in π., see MM, Exp., iv).†
(AS)
[in LXX for טָהֳרָה, נָזִיר, נֶזֶר, etc.;]
purity: 1Ti.4:12, 5:2 (Cremer, 58. For exx. of ceremonial use in π., see MM, Exp., iv).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G47 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- purity2
First verses
- 1 Timothy 4:12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
- 1 Timothy 5:2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἁγν-εία, ἡ,
purity, chastity, λόγων ἔργων τε[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 864 (Lyric poetry), coupled with καθαρότης 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 1, cf. NT.1Tim.4.12)]; τῶνθεῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.10; ἁγνείη δ᾽ ἐστὶ φρονεῖν ὅσια “App.Anth.” 4.18.)]
II strict observance of religious duties, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 909e (_plural_), etc.)]; in plural, purifications, ceremonies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.21, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus prooem._ 10, “BGU” 1198.12, etc.)]
purity, chastity, λόγων ἔργων τε[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 864 (Lyric poetry), coupled with καθαρότης 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 1, cf. NT.1Tim.4.12)]; τῶνθεῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.10; ἁγνείη δ᾽ ἐστὶ φρονεῖν ὅσια “App.Anth.” 4.18.)]
II strict observance of religious duties, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 909e (_plural_), etc.)]; in plural, purifications, ceremonies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.21, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus prooem._ 10, “BGU” 1198.12, etc.)]