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Singleness

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀφελότης

(Strong's #858 — Noun Feminine — aphelotes — af-el-ot'-ace )

denotes "simplicity," Acts 2:46 , "singleness," for which Moulton and Milligan, from papyri examples, suggest "unworldly simplicity;" the idea here is that of an unalloyed benevolence expressed in act.

2: ἁπλότης

(Strong's #572 — Noun Feminine — haplotes — hap-lot'-ace )

see BOUNTY , No. 2.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Singleness'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/singleness.html. 1940.
 
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