Word study · lex.G53
ἁγνός hagnos
pure · chaste · undefiled
Team definition
Related to ἅγιος. It can describe freedom from ceremonial defilement, a condition prepared for worship, and, in moral use, what is pure, chaste, undefiled, or guiltless. It is used of persons and of things; Phil 4:8 has ὅσα ἁγνά. The entry does not equate it with every near synonym for purity.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 8
Senses
1. pure or chaste, of persons 2 Cor 7:11, 1 Tim 5:22, Titus 2:5, 1 John 3:3
2. pure, of things Phil 4:8, Jas 3:17, 1 Pet 3:2
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. ἁγνός (G53)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G53
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
The virtue list and what was seen in Paul (4:8–9) Phil 4:8; Phil 4:9