Single
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) Alone; having no companion.
(2): ( a.) One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
(3): ( a.) Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
(4): ( a.) Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
(5): ( a.) Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
(6): ( a.) Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
(7): ( a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
(8): ( a.) Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
(9): ( v. t.) To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
(10): ( v. t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
(11): ( v. t.) To take alone, or one by one.
(12): ( v. i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
(13): ( n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single.
(14): ( n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
(15): ( n.) A handful of gleaned grain.
(16): ( n.) A game with but one player on each side; - usually in the plural.
(17): ( n.) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
King James Dictionary [2]
SIN'GLE, a.
1. Separate one only individual consisting of one only as a single star a single city a single act. 2. Particular individual. No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest. 3. Uncompounded. Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound. 4. Alone having no companion or assistant. Who single hast maintain'd against revolted multitudes the cause of truth. 5. Unmarried as a single man a single woman. 6. Not double not complicated as a single thread a single strand of a rope. 7. Performed with one person or antagonist on a side, or with one person only opposed to another as a single fight a single combat. 8. Pure simple incorrupt unbiased having clear vision of divine truth. Matt. 6. 9. Small weak silly 10. In botany, a single flower is when there is only one on a stem, and in common usage, one not double.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
"simple, single," is used in a moral sense in Matthew 6:22; Luke 11:34 , said of the eye; "singleness" of purpose keeps us from the snare of having a double treasure and consequently a divided heart. The papyri provide instances of its use in other than the moral sense, e.g., of a marriage dowry, to be repaid pure and simple by a husband (Moulton and Milligan). In the Sept., Proverbs 11:25 .
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [4]
Matthew 6:22 (b) The expression that is used by our Lord in this passage indicates that the individual is occupied only with the glory of GOD, the blessing of the people of GOD, and the growth of the church of GOD. He does not have one eye that looks out for himself, and the other eye which looks out for GOD's interests. (See also Luke 11:34).
