Lexical Summary eilikrinēs: judged by sunlight, unalloyed, pure Original Word: εἰλικρινήςTransliteration: eilikrinēs Phonetic Spelling: (i-lik-ree-nace') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: judged by sunlight, unalloyed, pure Meaning: judged by sunlight, unalloyed, pure Strong's Concordance pure, sincere. From heile (the sun's ray) and krino; judged by sunlight, i.e. Tested as genuine (figuratively) -- pure, sincere. see GREEK krino Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1506: εἰλικρινήςεἰλικρινής, ἐιλικρινες ((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 εἰλικρινής. (see references above); according to the conjecture of others from ἐιλος, ἐίλειν, 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, § lxxxv.); (Hippocrates), Xenophon, Plato (Aristotle, Plutarch), Polybius, Philo (others).) |
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