Adolos ἄδολος
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| ἄδολος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | adolos |
| Strong's number | G97 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | pure |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Adolos (Greek ἄδολος, Strong's G97) is a Greek adjective meaning “pure”. It occurs 1 time in 1 verse of the New Testament.
Definition
ἄδολος, -ον,
1. guileless (Pind., Thuc).
2. Of liquids (Æsch., Eur., and late prose writers), genuine, pure (in π. and in MGr. of wine, also of corn: MM, VGT, see word; Milligan, NTD, 77): of milk, metaphorically, 1Pe.2:2.
† SYN.: ἀκέραιος (which see), ἄκακος, ἁπλοῦς. (AS)
1. guileless (Pind., Thuc).
2. Of liquids (Æsch., Eur., and late prose writers), genuine, pure (in π. and in MGr. of wine, also of corn: MM, VGT, see word; Milligan, NTD, 77): of milk, metaphorically, 1Pe.2:2.
† SYN.: ἀκέραιος (which see), ἄκακος, ἁπλοῦς. (AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sincere (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | pure (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Adolos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Peter
- 1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).