STRONGS G1506:
εἰλικρινής,
-ές, ([on the breathing see
WH's Appendix, p. 144; Liddell and Scott, under the word, at the end]; commonly supposed to be from
εἴλη or
ἕλη, sunlight, and
κρίνω, properly, found pure when unfolded and examined by the sun's light; hence, some write
εἰλ. [see references above]; according to the conjecture of others from
εἶλος,
εἰλειν, properly, sifted and cleansed by rapid movement or rolling to and fro),
pure, unsullied, sincere; of the soul, an
εἰλικρινής man:
Philippians 1:10;
διάνοια,
2 Peter 3:1. (Wis. 7:25, where cf.
Grimm, Exgt. Hdb.; [see, on the word, also Trench, § 85]; [Hippocrates], Xenophon, Plato, [Aristotle, Plutarch], Polybius, Philo, [others].)
[Synonyms: εἰλικρινής, καθαρός: According to Trench as above the former word expresses freedom from the falsehoods, the latter from the defilements, of the flesh and of the world.]
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