Strong G97ἄδολος
pure
- Transliteration
- adolos
- Pronunciation
- ad'-ol-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄδολος, -ον,
1. guileless (Pind., Thuc).
2. Of 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.
† SYN.: ἀκέραιος (which see), ἄκακος, ἁπλοῦς. (AS)
1. guileless (Pind., Thuc).
2. Of 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.
† SYN.: ἀκέραιος (which see), ἄκακος, ἁπλοῦς. (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G97 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sincere1
First verses
- 1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄδολος, ον,
guileless, honest, σοφία[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.53)]; in Attic dialectespecially of treaties, ἄ. εἰράνα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 169; σπονδαὶ ἄ. καὶ ἀβλαβεῖς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.18.)]adverb, frequently in the phrase ἀδόλως καὶ δικαίως without fraud or covin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.23, compare “IG” 1.42e; ἁπλόως καὶ ἀ. “GDI” 5024 (Gort.): generally, πλουτεῖν ἀδόλως “Scol.” 8)]; ἀδολώτερον λέγεσθαι, opposed to πιστότερον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.4)]:— also, genuinely, truly, τεθνάκην ἀ. θέλω[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.1, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.32.)]
II unadulterated, genuine, χρίματος ἀδόλοισι παρηγορίαις[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 95; στύραξ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.66)]; χρυσός Eupolem. cited in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Alexander Polyhistor Historicus 18; ἀργύριον 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.86)]; σῖτος, πυρός, [Refs (“PHib.” 1.85, “PGrenf.” 1.18; ἀ. ἀπὸ παντός [prev. work] 2.29.14: _metaphorically_, αὔραις ἀδόλοις)] pure, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1029 (Lyric poetry); τὸ λογικὸν ἄ. γάλα NT.1Pet.2.2.)]
II.2 unpretentious, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 3.)]
guileless, honest, σοφία[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.53)]; in Attic dialectespecially of treaties, ἄ. εἰράνα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 169; σπονδαὶ ἄ. καὶ ἀβλαβεῖς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.18.)]adverb, frequently in the phrase ἀδόλως καὶ δικαίως without fraud or covin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.23, compare “IG” 1.42e; ἁπλόως καὶ ἀ. “GDI” 5024 (Gort.): generally, πλουτεῖν ἀδόλως “Scol.” 8)]; ἀδολώτερον λέγεσθαι, opposed to πιστότερον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.4)]:— also, genuinely, truly, τεθνάκην ἀ. θέλω[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.1, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.32.)]
II unadulterated, genuine, χρίματος ἀδόλοισι παρηγορίαις[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 95; στύραξ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.66)]; χρυσός Eupolem. cited in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Alexander Polyhistor Historicus 18; ἀργύριον 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.86)]; σῖτος, πυρός, [Refs (“PHib.” 1.85, “PGrenf.” 1.18; ἀ. ἀπὸ παντός [prev. work] 2.29.14: _metaphorically_, αὔραις ἀδόλοις)] pure, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1029 (Lyric poetry); τὸ λογικὸν ἄ. γάλα NT.1Pet.2.2.)]
II.2 unpretentious, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 3.)]