Pureness Pure Purity

Pureness Pure Purity

'''A — 1: ἁγνός (Strong'S #53 — Adjective — hagnos — hag-nos' )

"pure from defilement, not contaminated" (from the same root as hagios, "holy"), is rendered "pure" in  Philippians 4:8;  1 Timothy 5:22;  James 3:17;  1 John 3:3; see Chaste.

'''A — 2: καθαρός (Strong'S #2513 — Adjective — katharos — kath-ar-os' )

"pure," as being cleansed, e.g.,  Matthew 5:8;  1 Timothy 1:5;  3:9;  2 Timothy 1:3;  2:22;  Titus 1:15;  Hebrews 10:22;  James 1:27;  1 Peter 1:22;  Revelation 15:6;  21:18;  22:1 (in some mss.). See Chaste , Note, Clean , A.

 1 Peter 1:22

'''A — 3: εἰλικρινής (Strong'S #1506 — Adjective — elikrines — i-lik-ree-nace' )

signifies "unalloyed, pure;" (a) it was used of unmixed substances; (b) in the Nt it is used of moral and ethical "purity,"  Philippians 1:10 , "sincere;" so the Rv in  2 Peter 3:1 (Av, "pure"). Some regard the etymological meaning as "tested by the sunlight" (Cremer). See Chaste , Note, Sincere.

'''B — 1: ἁγνότης (Strong'S #54 — Noun Feminine — hagnotes — hag-not'-ace )

the state of being hagnos (A, No. 1), occurs in  2 Corinthians 6:6 , "pureness;"  2 Corinthians 11:3 , in the best mss., "(and the) purity," Rv.

'''B — 2: ἁγνεία (Strong'S #47 — Noun Feminine — hagneia — hag-ni'-ah )

synonymous with No. 1, "purity," occurs in  1 Timothy 4:12;  5:2 , where it denotes the chastity which excludes all impurity of spirit, manner, or act.