Strong G574ἁπλῶς
without reserve
- Transliteration
- haplōs
- Pronunciation
- hap-loce'
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἁπλῶς
adv. (ἁπλοῦς), [in LXX: Pro.10:9 (תֹּם), Wis.16:27, 2Ma.6:6 *;]
simply, sincerely, graciously: Jas.1:5. ("Later writers comprehend under the one word the whole magnanimous and honourable type of character in which... singleness of mind is the central feature "-Hort, Ja., l.with)†
(AS)
adv. (ἁπλοῦς), [in LXX: Pro.10:9 (תֹּם), Wis.16:27, 2Ma.6:6 *;]
simply, sincerely, graciously: Jas.1:5. ("Later writers comprehend under the one word the whole magnanimous and honourable type of character in which... singleness of mind is the central feature "-Hort, Ja., l.with)†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G574 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- liberally1
First verses
- James 1:5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἁπλ-ῶς,
adverb of ἁπλοῦς, singly, in one way, μένειν ἁ. ἐν τῇ αὑτοῦ μορφῇ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 381c, etc.)]; ἁ. λέγεσθαι in one sense, opposed to πολλαχῶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 158b10)]; ἁ. λεγόμενα, opposed to συμπλεκόμενα, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1014a19, compare “Ph.” 195b15)]; opposed to κατ᾽ ἀλλήλων λέγεσθαι, without distinction of subject and predicate, Metaphorical[Refs (1041b1)]; ἐσθλοὶ μὲν γὰρ ἁ. παντοδαπῶς δὲ κακοί Poët. cited in [Refs (“EN” 1106b35, etc.)]
II simply, plainly, ἀλλ᾽ ἁ. φράσον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 464; ἁ. τι φράζουσ᾽ [prev. author] “Ch.” 121; ἁ. εἰπεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.154; λαλεῖν 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.23.)]
II.b openly, frankly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.52, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.37)]; in good faith, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.308, etc.: in bad sense, ἁ. ἔχειν)] to be a simpleton, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.16.)]
II.c in its natural state, uncooked, of food, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.192b.)]
II.2 simply, absolutely, ἁ. ἀδύνατον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45)]; τῶν νεῶν κατέδυ οὐδεμία ἁ. no ship was absolutely sunk (though some were disabled), [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.34; ἁ. οὐδὲ ἕν.. συνίημι 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 123)]; ὅσ᾽ ἐστὶν ἀγαθὰ.. ἁ. simply all the good things there are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 873; ἔδωκ᾽ ἐμαυτὸν ὑμῖν ἁ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.179)]; ἁ. absolutely, opposed to κατά τι (relatively), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 115b12)]; opposed to πρός τι, [Refs (“APr.” 41a5)]; opposed to πρὸς ἡμᾶς, [Refs (“APo.” 72a3)]; opposed to τινί, [Refs (“Top.” 116a21)]; ἁ. βαρύ, κοῦφον, μαλακόν, etc., [Refs (“Cael.” 311a17, 27, “Mete.” 386b32, +others)]; τὸ ἁ. καλόν, τὸ ἁ. ἀγαθόν, etc., [Refs (“EN” 1136b22, 1134b4, +others)]; opposed to ὁτιοῦν (in some particular), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Pol.” 1301a29; strengthened ἁ. οὕτως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 468c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.99)]; τὴν ἁ. δίκην absolute, strict justice, opposed to τοὐπιεικές and χάρις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 770; ἡ τελεία καὶ ἁ. κακία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1138a33)]; τὸ ἁ. the absolute, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 5)]: comparative ἁπλούστερον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.2;)] -τερως [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 6.2.4)]: superlative ἁπλούστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 921b.)]
II.3 in a word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 851, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.33, “Mem.” 1.3.2, etc.)]
II.4 generally, opposed to σαφέστερον, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1341b39, +others)]; ὡς ἁ. εἰπεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1285a31, “EN” 1115a8, +others; ἁ. δηλῶσαι “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 11.4; τὸν ἀκριβῶς ἐπιστάμενον λέγειν ἁ. οὐκ ἂν δυνάμενον εἰπεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.11, compare 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 100, 243)]: in bad sense, loosely, superficially, λίαν ἁ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 987a21, “GA” 756b17, +others)]; οὐχ ἁ. φέρειν not lightly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 899.)]
II.5 foolishly, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.72b.)]
adverb of ἁπλοῦς, singly, in one way, μένειν ἁ. ἐν τῇ αὑτοῦ μορφῇ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 381c, etc.)]; ἁ. λέγεσθαι in one sense, opposed to πολλαχῶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 158b10)]; ἁ. λεγόμενα, opposed to συμπλεκόμενα, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1014a19, compare “Ph.” 195b15)]; opposed to κατ᾽ ἀλλήλων λέγεσθαι, without distinction of subject and predicate, Metaphorical[Refs (1041b1)]; ἐσθλοὶ μὲν γὰρ ἁ. παντοδαπῶς δὲ κακοί Poët. cited in [Refs (“EN” 1106b35, etc.)]
II simply, plainly, ἀλλ᾽ ἁ. φράσον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 464; ἁ. τι φράζουσ᾽ [prev. author] “Ch.” 121; ἁ. εἰπεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.154; λαλεῖν 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.23.)]
II.b openly, frankly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.52, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.37)]; in good faith, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.308, etc.: in bad sense, ἁ. ἔχειν)] to be a simpleton, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.16.)]
II.c in its natural state, uncooked, of food, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.192b.)]
II.2 simply, absolutely, ἁ. ἀδύνατον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45)]; τῶν νεῶν κατέδυ οὐδεμία ἁ. no ship was absolutely sunk (though some were disabled), [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.34; ἁ. οὐδὲ ἕν.. συνίημι 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 123)]; ὅσ᾽ ἐστὶν ἀγαθὰ.. ἁ. simply all the good things there are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 873; ἔδωκ᾽ ἐμαυτὸν ὑμῖν ἁ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.179)]; ἁ. absolutely, opposed to κατά τι (relatively), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 115b12)]; opposed to πρός τι, [Refs (“APr.” 41a5)]; opposed to πρὸς ἡμᾶς, [Refs (“APo.” 72a3)]; opposed to τινί, [Refs (“Top.” 116a21)]; ἁ. βαρύ, κοῦφον, μαλακόν, etc., [Refs (“Cael.” 311a17, 27, “Mete.” 386b32, +others)]; τὸ ἁ. καλόν, τὸ ἁ. ἀγαθόν, etc., [Refs (“EN” 1136b22, 1134b4, +others)]; opposed to ὁτιοῦν (in some particular), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Pol.” 1301a29; strengthened ἁ. οὕτως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 468c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.99)]; τὴν ἁ. δίκην absolute, strict justice, opposed to τοὐπιεικές and χάρις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 770; ἡ τελεία καὶ ἁ. κακία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1138a33)]; τὸ ἁ. the absolute, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 5)]: comparative ἁπλούστερον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.2;)] -τερως [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 6.2.4)]: superlative ἁπλούστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 921b.)]
II.3 in a word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 851, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.33, “Mem.” 1.3.2, etc.)]
II.4 generally, opposed to σαφέστερον, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1341b39, +others)]; ὡς ἁ. εἰπεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1285a31, “EN” 1115a8, +others; ἁ. δηλῶσαι “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 11.4; τὸν ἀκριβῶς ἐπιστάμενον λέγειν ἁ. οὐκ ἂν δυνάμενον εἰπεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.11, compare 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 100, 243)]: in bad sense, loosely, superficially, λίαν ἁ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 987a21, “GA” 756b17, +others)]; οὐχ ἁ. φέρειν not lightly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 899.)]
II.5 foolishly, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.72b.)]