Purity
ἁγνείαStrong’s G0047hagneia
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hagneia is the Greek word usually translated “purity”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”
Meaning
Usually translated “purity”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- purity 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Timothy 2
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἁγνεία hagneia · purity
ἁγνεία (WH, ἁγνία), [in LXX for טָהֳרָה, נָזִיר, נֶזֶר, etc. ;] purity: 1Ti.4:12, 5:2 (Cremer, 58. For exx. of ceremonial use in π., see MM, Exp., iv).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “purity” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PU'RITY, noun
[Latin puritas, form purus.]
- Freedom from foreign admixture or heterogeneous matter; as the purity of water, of wine, of spirit; the purity of drugs; the purity of metals.
- Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt; as the purity of a garment.
- Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; as purity of heart or life.
- Chastity; freedom from contamination by illicit sexual connection.
All definitions
- Freedom from any sinister or improper views; as the purity of motives or designs.
- Freedom from foreign idioms, from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as purity of style or language.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.