Eilikrines means “pure” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1506 — gezer (“part”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1506 εἰλικρινής (eilikrines) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eilikrines (ei-lik-ree-nace') adj. 1. judged by sunlight 2. (figuratively) tested as genuine It has 3 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include sincere and pure. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
eilikrines (ei-lik-ree-nace') adj. 1. judged by sunlight 2. (figuratively) tested as genuine [from heile "the sun's ray" and G2919] KJV: pure, sincere Root(s): G2919
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1506. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
pure
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eilikrines, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G1506 (εἰλικρινής) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For she is the breath of the power of God, And a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty: Therefore can no defiled thing fall into her.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1506.
That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
For she is the breath of the power of God, And a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty: Therefore can no defiled thing fall into her.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1506, grouped by book.
Eilikrines (Strong's G1506) is a Greek word most simply glossed "pure". eilikrines (ei-lik-ree-nace') adj. 1. judged by sunlight 2. (figuratively) tested as genuine
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G1506 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1506 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sincere and pure. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1506, with linked reader references where each row is available.