Singleness

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Ἀφελότης (Strong'S #858 — Noun Feminine — aphelotes — af-el-ot'-ace )

denotes "simplicity,"  Acts 2:46 , "singleness," for which Moulton and Milligan, from papyri examples, suggest "unworldly simplicity;" the idea here is that of an unalloyed benevolence expressed in act.

2: Ἁπλότης (Strong'S #572 — Noun Feminine — haplotes — hap-lot'-ace )

see Bounty , No. 2.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity.

(2): ( n.) Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart.

King James Dictionary

SIN'GLENESS, n.

1. The state of being one only or separate from all others the opposite of doubleness, complication or multiplicity. 2. Simplicity sincerity purity of mind or purpose freedom from duplicity as singleness of belief singleness of heart.