Strong G55ἁγνῶς

purely

Transliteration
hagnōs
Pronunciation
hag-noce'
Morphology
Greek Adverb

Definition

Adverb from G53; purely that is honestly: - sincerely.

Detailed definition

ἁγνῶς
(ἁγνός),
adv.,
purely, with pure motives: Php.1:17.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G55 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sincerely1

First verses

  1. Philippians 1:16
    The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: ἁγνός, ή, όν,
(compare ἅγιος) pure, chaste, holy, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), etc.:)]
I of places and things dedicated to gods, hallowed, ἑορτή[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.259)]; of frankincense, ἁγνὴ ὀδμή[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.7; ἄλσος “hymnus ad Mercurium” 187; τέμενος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.204; ὕδωρ [prev. author] “I.” 6(5).74; πυρὸς ἁγνόταται παγαί [prev. author] “P.” 1.21; αἰθήρ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 282)]; φάος, λουτρόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 86, “Ant.” 1201; θύματα [prev. author] “Tr.” 287, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.38)]; of food, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.192c (_comparative_))]; χρηστήρια[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 243, etc.)]; ἐν ἁγνῷ on holyground, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 223, but χῶρον οὐχ ἁ. πατεῖν)] a spot not lawful to tread on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 37.)]
I.2 of divine persons, chaste, pure, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], mostly of Artemis, χρυσόθρονος Ἄ. ἁ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.123, 18.202, etc.; also ἁ. Περσεφόνεια 11.386, compare “hymnus ad Cererem” 337)]; of Demeter, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 203, 439; Χάριτες 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 65)]; ἁ. θεαί, Demeter and Persephone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 14.204, 4.31; Apollo, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.64; Zeus, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 653, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1289)]: of the attributes of gods, θεῶν σέβας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 830.)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], of persons, undefiled, chaste, of maidens, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 55, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.103, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 242)]; ἁ. αὐδά, of a maiden's voice, [Refs (“Ag.” 245)]; of Hippolytus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 102)]; with genitive, λέχους ἁ. δέμας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1003; γάμων ἁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 840d, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 223)]; ἁ. ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς συνουσίας Jusj. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.78.)]
II.2 pure from blood, guiltless, ἁγνοὶ τοὐπὶ τήνδε τὴν κόρην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 889; ἁ. χεῖρας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1604; μητροκτόνος.. τόθ᾽ ἁ. ὤν [prev. author] “El.” 975, compare “IA” 940)]; ὅθ᾽ ἁ. ἦν when he had been purified, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 258: with _genitive_, ἁγνὰς χεῖρας αἵματος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 316; φόνου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 759c)]; Δάματρος ἀκτᾶς δέμας ἁ. ἴσχειν pure from food, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 138.)]
II.3 generally, pure, upright, ἀέθλων ἁ. κρίσις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.21; ψυχῆς φιλία ἁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.15, etc.)]
III adverb ἁγνῶς καὶ καθαρῶς[Refs 8th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 121, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 337; ἁ. ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.10.)]