858. aphelotés
Lexicon
aphelotés: Simplicity, sincerity, frankness

Original Word: ἀφελότης
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: aphelotés
Pronunciation: ah-feh-LO-tace
Phonetic Spelling: (af-el-ot'-ace)
KJV: singleness
NASB: sincerity
Word Origin: [from a compound of G1 (α - Alpha) (as a negative particle) and phellos (in the sense of) "a stone as stubbing the foot"]

1. smoothness
2. (figuratively) simplicity

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
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

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 Origin
from aphelés (without a stone, even, smooth)
Definition
simplicity
NASB Translation
sincerity (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 858: ἀφελότης

ἀφελότης, ἀφελοτητος, (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).

Forms and Transliterations
αφελοτητι αφελότητι ἀφελότητι αφελώς apheloteti aphelotēti aphelóteti aphelótēti
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 2:46 N-DFS
GRK: ἀγαλλιάσει καὶ ἀφελότητι καρδίας
NAS: with gladness and sincerity of heart,
KJV: gladness and singleness of heart,
INT: gladness and sincerity of heart

Strong's Greek 858
1 Occurrence


ἀφελότητι — 1 Occ.

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