Definition

singleness, i.e. (subjectively) sincerity (without dissimulation or self-seeking), or (objectively) generosity (copious bestowal)

Etymology

from G573 (ἁπλοῦς);

Where the KJV renders it

• bountifulness
• liberal(-ity)
• simplicity
• singleness

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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