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εἰλικρινής

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Gloss: pure

Transliteration: eilikrinēs

Strong’s: G1506

εἰλικρινής, -ές,
[in LXX: Wi 72^ kB * ;]
unalloyed, pure (Lat. sincerus; see DCG, ii, 635a);
__(a) of unmixed substances;
__(b) of abstract ideas;
__(with) of ethical purity: Php.1:10, 2Pe.3:1.†
<re>SYN.: ἁγνός (which see), καθαρός, cf. Tr., Syn.: §lxxxv; DB, iv, 176a; Cremer, 378; Westc. on 1Jn.3:3.</re> (AS)

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