adjective

eilikrinos

Greekεἰλικρινής (eilikrinēs)

Strong’sG1506

pure, uncontaminated, sincere

stem eilikrin-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

pure1×sincere1×

What it means

** εἰλικρινής, -ές,

[in LXX: Wi 7:25 אB *;]

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

(a) of unmixed substances;

(b) of abstract ideas;

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

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1506 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidi-lik-ree-nace'

judged by sunlight, i.e. tested as genuine (figuratively)

Fromfrom εἵλη (the sun's ray) and G2919;

King Jamespure, sincere.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	eilikrinos	eilikrinas	eilikrinem	eilikrinois1×εἰλικρινεῖς	eilikrinais	eilikrineim
object accusative	eilikrinon	eilikrinan1×εἰλικρινῆ		eilikrinoin	eilikrinain
direct address vocative	eilikrinor	eilikrinar		eilikrinoir	eilikrinair
of, belonging to genitive	eilikrinou	eilikrinau	eilikrineu	eilikrinoiu	eilikrinaiu	eilikrineiu
to, for dative	eilikrino	eilikrina	eilikrine	eilikrinoi	eilikrinai	eilikrinei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

eilikrinstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

eilikrin is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

eilikrinan“sincere”objectaccusative singular1×

2 Peter 3:1“sincere”Houtan ēdē, agapētoir, deuteran vi grafamō epistolan, en hai diegeiramō vu en hupomnēsia tan eilikrinan dianoian,Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking

eilikrinois“pure”subjectnominative plural1×

Philippians 1:10“pure”eis tem dokimazarō vin teim diaferarōteim, hina aveiō eilikrinois kai aproskopois eis hēmeran Christou,so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,