pure

Greek Adjective

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. SYN.: ἁγνός (which see), καθαρός, cf. Tr, Syn.: §lxxxv; DB, iv, 176a; Cremer, 378; Westc. on 1Jn.3:3. (AS)

pure

Greek Adjective

εἰλικριν-ής, ές, unmixed, without alloy, pure, ἐκ πυρὸς τοῦ -εστάτου καὶ ὕδατος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θέρμη, ψῦξις, [Refs]; διὰ τὸ εἰλικρινῆ ἕκαστα εἶναι (i.e. τὰ φῦλα) distinct and separate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἧττον εἰ, opposed to τὸ καθαρώτερον, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) pure, simple, absolute, αὐτῇ καθ᾽ αὑτὴν εἰλικρινεῖ τῇ διανοίᾳ χρώμενος the pure and absolute intellect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γνωσόμεθα. πᾶν τὸ εἰ. the pure and absolute, [Refs]; τὸ καθαρόν τε καὶ εἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡδονὴ εἰ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of evil things, sheer, absolute, ἀδικία [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) sincere, ἀπόδεξις [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of persons, [NT]. adverb - νῶς [Refs 1st c.BC+] 4) total, ἐκλείψεις [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) adverb -νῶς without mixture, of itself, simply, absolutely, διὰ τὸ εἰ. εἶναι Ἕλληνας καὶ ἀμιγεῖς βαρβάρων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ εἰ. ὄν absolute being, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; without qualification, - νῶς Ταραντῖνοι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: Ionic dialect εἰλικριν-έως, κρίνεσθαι to have a clear crisis, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —The word is confined to Prose.

Greek

Adjective

judged by sunlight, i.e. tested as genuine (figuratively); pure, sincere; from (the sun's ray) and g2919 (κρίνω)