Lexicon aphelotés: simplicity Original Word: ἀφελότης, τητος, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: aphelotés Phonetic Spelling: (af-el-ot'-ace) Short Definition: simplicity, sincerity Definition: simplicity, sincerity. HELPS word-Studies 858 aphelótēs (derived from 1 /A "not" and phelleus, "stony ground") – properly, without rocks (the opposite of phelleus, "rocky land"), i.e. smoothness (a level plain); (figuratively) what is uncomplicated and unencumbered, i.e. without hindrances or stumbling blocks (J. Thayer). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom aphelés (without a stone, even, smooth) Definitionsimplicity NASB Translationsincerity (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 858: ἀφελότηςἀφελότης, ἀφελοτητος, ἡ (from ἀφέλῃς without rock, smooth, plain, and this from φελλεύς rocky land), simplicity ( A. V. singleness): καρδίας, Acts 2:46 (found only here (and in ecclesiastical writings). The Greeks used ἀφελεια).
Strong's singleness, simplicity From a compound of a (as a negative particle) and phellos (in the sense of a stone as stubbing the foot); smoothness, i.e. (figuratively) simplicity -- singleness. see GREEK a |
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