Pure
ἁγνόςStrong’s G0053hagnos
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hagnos is the Greek word usually translated “pure” and “innocent”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.”
Meaning
Usually translated “pure” and “innocent”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- pure 7
- innocent 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 2
- Philippians 1
- 1 Timothy 1
- Titus 1
- James 1
- 1 Peter 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Titus 2:5In contextTo be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
- 2 Corinthians 7:11For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
- Philippians 4:8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
- James 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
- 1 Peter 3:2While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Greek dictionary
ἁγνός hagnos · pure
ἁγνός, -ή, -όν (ἅγος, see: ἅγιος), [in LXX chiefly for טָהוֹר (Pss, and Pr. only), also 2Ma.13:8, 4Ma.18:7, al. ;] 1. free from ceremonial defilement, in a condition prepared for worship (for exx. of pagan usage, V. MM, VGT, see word). 2. holy, sacred, venerable (II Mac, l.with). 3. As in OT (cl.), pure, chaste, undefiled, guiltless; (a) of persons: 2Co.7:11 11:12, 1Ti.5:22, Tit.2:5, 1Jn.3:3; (b) of things: Php.4:8, Jas.3:17, 1Pe.3:2. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pure” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PURE, adjective
[Latin purus.]
- Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; clear; free from mixture; as pure water; pure clay; pure sand; pure air; pure silver of gold. pure wine is very scare.
- Free from moral defilement; without spot; not sullied or tarnished; incorrupt; undebased by moral turpitude; holy.“Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil” Habakkuk 1:13
- Genuine; real; true; incorrupt; unadulterated; as pure religion. James 1:27
- Unmixed; separate from any other subject or from every thing foreign; as pure mathematics.
All definitions and other forms of “pure”
- Free from guilt; guiltless; innocent.
- Not vitiated with improper or corrupt words or phrases; as a pure style of discourse or composition.
- Disinterested; as pure benevolence.
- Chaste; as a pure virgin.
- Free from vice or moral turpitude. Titus 1:15
- Ceremonially clean; unpolluted. Ezra 6:20
- Free from any thing improper; as, his motives are pure
- Mere; absolute; that and that only; unconnected with any thing else; as a pure villain.
PURE, verb transitive
To purify; to cleanse. [Not in use.]
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.