G53 – hagnos – Strong’s Greek Lexicon
STRONGS G53:
ἁγνός , -ή, -ον, (ἅζομαι, see ἅγιος );
1. exciting reverence, venerable, sacred: πῦρ καί ἡ σποδός, 2 Macc. 13:8; Euripides, El. 812.
2. pure (Euripides, Or. 1604 ἁγνός γάρ εἰμί χεῖρας, ἀλλ’ οὐ τὰς φρένας, Hipp. 316f, ἁγνάς… χεῖρας άίματος ϕέρεις, χεῖρες μἐν ἁγναί ϕρἠν δʹ ἔχει μίασμα);
a. pure from carnality, chaste, modest: Titus 2:5; παρθένος an unsullied virgin, 2 Corinthians 11:2 (4 Macc. 18:7).
b. pure from every fault, immaculate: 2 Corinthians 7:11; Philippians 4:8; 1 Timothy 5:22; 1 Peter 3:2; 1 John 3:3 (of God [yet cf. ἐκεῖνος 1 b.]); James 3:17. (From Homer down.) [Cf. references under the word ἅγιος, at the end; Westc. on 1 John 3:3.]
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2 Corinthians 7:11; 11:2
Philippians 4:8
1 Timothy 5:22
Titus 2:5
James 3:17
1 Peter 3:2
1 John 3:3; 3:3