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GreekG0053Adjective

ἁγνός

hagnos

8Occurrences
G0053Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, clean, i.e. (figuratively) innocent, modest, perfect

from the same as G40 (ἅγιος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. free from ceremonial defilement, in a condition prepared for worship (for exx. of pagan usage
V
MM, VGT, ).
2.holy, sacred, venerable (II Mac, l.with).
3.As in OT, pure, chaste, undefiled, guiltless
(a)of persons
(b)of things
Synonyms
*εἰλικρινής *(which see), pure, primarily as winnowed, purged, first found in ethical sense in NT (sincere). On the equivalence of ἁ. and *καθαρός *(which see), see DCG, ii, 459a though Westc. (Epp. Jo., 101) notes a distinction between them.
LXX: chiefly for טָהוֹר (Pss, and Pr. only), also

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ἁγνός appears 8 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Corinthians
2
1 John
1
1 Peter
1
1 Timothy
1
James
1
Philippians
1
Titus
1

Key Passages

1 John 3:3BSB

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

1 Peter 3:2BSB

when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.

1 Timothy 5:22BSB

Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

2 Corinthians 11:2BSB

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

2 Corinthians 7:11BSB

Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.