Strong G573ἁπλοῦς
sound
- Transliteration
- haplous
- Pronunciation
- hap-looce'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἁπλοῦς, -ῆ, -οῦν
(contr. fr. -όος; ἁ.- cop., πλόος), [in LXX: Pro.11:25 *;]
simple, single: in a moral sense (DCG, ii, 628 f.), ἀφθαλμός, Mat.6:22, Luk.11:34. (In π. of a marriage dowry, see MM, see word).†
ἁπλόος, see: ἁπλοῦς
SYN.: ἄδολος, ἄκακος, ἀκέραιος (Tr., Syn., § lvi; Cremer, 107, 639) (AS)
(contr. fr. -όος; ἁ.- cop., πλόος), [in LXX: Pro.11:25 *;]
simple, single: in a moral sense (DCG, ii, 628 f.), ἀφθαλμός, Mat.6:22, Luk.11:34. (In π. of a marriage dowry, see MM, see word).†
ἁπλόος, see: ἁπλοῦς
SYN.: ἄδολος, ἄκακος, ἀκέραιος (Tr., Syn., § lvi; Cremer, 107, 639) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G573 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- single2
First verses
- Matthew 6:22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
- Luke 11:34The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: ἁπλόος, η, ον,
contraction ἁπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, opposed to διπλόος twofold, and so,
I single, ἁπλῆ γὰρ οἶμος εἰς Ἁιδου φέρει[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 239, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.4 (_comparative_))]; ἁπλῷ τείχει περιτειχίζειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.18; δὶς τόσ᾽ ἐξ ἁπλῶν κακά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 277; ὅπως ἂν ἡ χάρις ἐξ ἁπλῆς διπλῆ φανῇ [prev. author] “Tr.” 619; ἁπλᾶς δὲ λύπας ἐξὸν οὐκ οἴσω διπλᾶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 688.)]
I.b ἁπλαῖ (i.e. κρηπῖδες), αἱ, single-soled shoes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 24, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.34.)]
II simple, plain, straightforward, κελεύθοις ἁπλόαις ζωᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.36; ἁ. ὁ μῦθος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 554; ἁ. λόγῳ [prev. author] “Pr.” 610, +others)]; ὡς ἁ. λόγῳ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 46, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1151)]; ἁ. λόγος the matter is simple, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 979)]; ἁ. διήγησις simple narrative (without dialogue), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 392d)]; οὐκ ἐς ἁπλοῦν φέρει leads to no simple issue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 519; ἁπλᾶ γε καὶ σαφῆ λέγω μαθεῖν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 240.7; οὐδὲν ἔχω ἁπλούστερον λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.32)]; of single-membered periods, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 17, etc.)]; of habits, ἁπλούστατος βίος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.10.5; νόμοι λίαν ἁ. καὶ βαρβαρικοί 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1268b39; ἁπλοῦν ἦν.. ἀποθανεῖν)]a plain course, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 14.)]
II.b of persons, or their words, thoughts, and acts, simple, open, frank, ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἀληθείας ἔπη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 176; ἁ. καὶ γενναῖος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 361b, etc.; ἁ. τρόποι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 927)]; opposed to δόλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1158; πρὸς τοὺς φίλους ὡς ἁπλούστατον εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.16.)]
II.c simple-minded, ὁ κριτὴς ὑπόκειται εἶναι ἁ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1357a12, compare “HA” 608b4 (_comparative_), “Rh.” 1367a37)]; in bad sense, simple, silly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.46; λίαν γὰρ ἁπλοῦν τὸ νομίζειν.. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 339b34.)]
III simple, opposed to compound or mixed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 547e, etc.)]; opposed to μεμιγμένος, κεκραμένος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 989b17, “Sens.” 447a18; ἁ. χρώματα [prev. author] “Col.” 791a1)]; ἁ. ὀνόματα, opposed to διπλᾶ, [Refs ([prev. author] “Po.” 1457a31)]; also of nouns, without the article, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 98.17, +others)]; of the positive adjective, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.412e, etc.)]
III.b ἁ. βιβλία rolls containing a single author, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 58.)]
III.c of precious metals, unalloyed, pure, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“SIG” 901.9 (Delph., 4th c.AD), “PCair.” 67041.)]
III.d ἁ. ἐπίδεσμος, a kind of bandage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 7, etc.)]
III.2 absolute, sheer, ἀκρασία[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1149a2; συμφορά 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.8, etc.)]
III.3 simple, unqualified [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (ἁπλῶς 11.3), οὐ πάνυ μοι δοκεῖ.. οὕτως ἁπλοῦν εἶναι ὥστε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 331b, compare “Smp.” 206a, “Tht.” 188d, +others)]
III.4 general, opposed to ἀκριβής, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1025b7 (_comparative_), compare 1030a16.)]
IV adverb ἁπλῶς, see entry vocative
V comparative and superlative ἁπλούστερος, ἁπλούστατος, see above; irregular superlative ἁπλότατος[Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.185 (1st c.BC: Zosimus Epigrammaticus))]. (Cf. δι-πλόο; ἁ- = sṃ; -πλόος perhaps identical with πλοῦς 'voyage', cf. Serb. jedan put '(one journey, hence) once'; transition from 'once' to 'simple' as in Lett. vienkars?~Xs 'simple' (cf. Lithuanian vienkart 'once').)
contraction ἁπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, opposed to διπλόος twofold, and so,
I single, ἁπλῆ γὰρ οἶμος εἰς Ἁιδου φέρει[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 239, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.4 (_comparative_))]; ἁπλῷ τείχει περιτειχίζειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.18; δὶς τόσ᾽ ἐξ ἁπλῶν κακά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 277; ὅπως ἂν ἡ χάρις ἐξ ἁπλῆς διπλῆ φανῇ [prev. author] “Tr.” 619; ἁπλᾶς δὲ λύπας ἐξὸν οὐκ οἴσω διπλᾶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 688.)]
I.b ἁπλαῖ (i.e. κρηπῖδες), αἱ, single-soled shoes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 24, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.34.)]
II simple, plain, straightforward, κελεύθοις ἁπλόαις ζωᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.36; ἁ. ὁ μῦθος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 554; ἁ. λόγῳ [prev. author] “Pr.” 610, +others)]; ὡς ἁ. λόγῳ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 46, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1151)]; ἁ. λόγος the matter is simple, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 979)]; ἁ. διήγησις simple narrative (without dialogue), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 392d)]; οὐκ ἐς ἁπλοῦν φέρει leads to no simple issue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 519; ἁπλᾶ γε καὶ σαφῆ λέγω μαθεῖν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 240.7; οὐδὲν ἔχω ἁπλούστερον λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.32)]; of single-membered periods, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 17, etc.)]; of habits, ἁπλούστατος βίος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.10.5; νόμοι λίαν ἁ. καὶ βαρβαρικοί 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1268b39; ἁπλοῦν ἦν.. ἀποθανεῖν)]a plain course, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 14.)]
II.b of persons, or their words, thoughts, and acts, simple, open, frank, ἁπλᾶ γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἀληθείας ἔπη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 176; ἁ. καὶ γενναῖος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 361b, etc.; ἁ. τρόποι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 927)]; opposed to δόλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1158; πρὸς τοὺς φίλους ὡς ἁπλούστατον εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.16.)]
II.c simple-minded, ὁ κριτὴς ὑπόκειται εἶναι ἁ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1357a12, compare “HA” 608b4 (_comparative_), “Rh.” 1367a37)]; in bad sense, simple, silly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.46; λίαν γὰρ ἁπλοῦν τὸ νομίζειν.. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 339b34.)]
III simple, opposed to compound or mixed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 547e, etc.)]; opposed to μεμιγμένος, κεκραμένος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 989b17, “Sens.” 447a18; ἁ. χρώματα [prev. author] “Col.” 791a1)]; ἁ. ὀνόματα, opposed to διπλᾶ, [Refs ([prev. author] “Po.” 1457a31)]; also of nouns, without the article, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 98.17, +others)]; of the positive adjective, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.412e, etc.)]
III.b ἁ. βιβλία rolls containing a single author, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 58.)]
III.c of precious metals, unalloyed, pure, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“SIG” 901.9 (Delph., 4th c.AD), “PCair.” 67041.)]
III.d ἁ. ἐπίδεσμος, a kind of bandage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 7, etc.)]
III.2 absolute, sheer, ἀκρασία[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1149a2; συμφορά 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.8, etc.)]
III.3 simple, unqualified [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (ἁπλῶς 11.3), οὐ πάνυ μοι δοκεῖ.. οὕτως ἁπλοῦν εἶναι ὥστε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 331b, compare “Smp.” 206a, “Tht.” 188d, +others)]
III.4 general, opposed to ἀκριβής, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1025b7 (_comparative_), compare 1030a16.)]
IV adverb ἁπλῶς, see entry vocative
V comparative and superlative ἁπλούστερος, ἁπλούστατος, see above; irregular superlative ἁπλότατος[Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.185 (1st c.BC: Zosimus Epigrammaticus))]. (Cf. δι-πλόο; ἁ- = sṃ; -πλόος perhaps identical with πλοῦς 'voyage', cf. Serb. jedan put '(one journey, hence) once'; transition from 'once' to 'simple' as in Lett. vienkars?~Xs 'simple' (cf. Lithuanian vienkart 'once').)