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adverb

hagnōs

Greekἁγνῶς (hagnōs)

Strong’sG55

purely, sincerely

stem hagnō-once in the New Testament

Translated as

sincerely

What it means

* ἁγνῶς

(< ἁγνός),

adv.,
purely, with pure motives: Phl 1:17.†

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

Strong’s G55 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhag-noce'

purely, i.e. honestly

Fromadverb from G53;

King Jamessincerely.

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

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

hagnōs

Philippians 1:17“sincerely”tois de ek eritheiau ton Christon katangellalō, ouk hagnōs, oierōtois thlipsian egeirarō toi desmoi mu.The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.