Strong’s G53 · Greek
ἁγνός
hagnós
Definition
properly, clean, i.e. (figuratively) innocent, modest, perfect
Etymology
from the same as G40 (ἅγιος);
Where the KJV renders it
- chaste
- clean
- pure
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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