adverb

haplōs

Greekἁπλῶς (haplōs)

Strong’sG574

simply, sincerely

stem haplō-once in the New Testament

Translated as

generously1×

What it means

ἁπλῶς,

adv.

(< ἁπλοῦς), [in LXX: Pr 10:9 (בַּתֹּם), Wi 16:27, II Mac 6:6*;]

simply, sincerely, graciously: Ja 1:5. ("Later writers comprehend under the one word the whole magnanimous and honourable type of character in which... singleness of mind is the central feature"—Hort, Ja., 1:5)†

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

Strong’s G574 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhap-loce'

bountifully;

Fromadverb from G573 (in the objective sense of G572);

King Jamesliberally.

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

haplōs1×

James 1:5“generously”Ei de tinos vu leipetō sofiau, aitatōr para tou dōarōtou theou pantoi haplōs kai mē oneidizarōtou, kai dōiti auto;Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.