εἰλικρινής

** εἰλικρινής, -ές,

[in LXX: Wi 7:25 אB *;]

unalloyed, pure (Lat. sincerus; v. DCG, ii, 635^a);

(a) of unmixed substances;

(b) of abstract ideas;

(c) of ethical purity: Phl 1:10, II Pe 3:1.†

SYN.: ἁγνός (q.v.), καθαρός, cf. Tr., Syn.: §lxxxv; DB, iv, 176^a; Cremer, 378; Westc. on I Jo 3:3.