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Strong's #858 - ἀφελότης
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ἀφελοìτης
From a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and φεìλλος phellos (in the sense of a stone as stubbing the foot)
φελλός, ὁ,
1. cork-oak, Quercus Suber, Thphr. HP 1.2.7, 1.5.2, al.
2. cork, φελλῶν καὶ βίβλων καὶ δεσμῶν ἐργαστικαὶ [τέχναι ] Pl. Plt. 288e: esp. of the corks on a net, Pi. P. 2.80, A. Ch. 506; in a cistern or bowl, Hero Spir. 1.20, POxy. 2146.7 (iii A. D.).
ἀφελότης, ἀφελοτητος, ἡ (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).
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*† ἀφελότης , -ητος , ἡ
= cl. ἀφέλεια (v. MM, s.v.),
simplicity: Acts 2:46†
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Vettius Valens dispels Grimm-Thayer’s aspersions once more : see p. 240.15, the cultured man ῥᾳδίως ἁλίσκεται ὡς ἄπειρος τῶν παθῶν ὑπ᾽ ἀφελότητος καὶ ἀδιοικησίας προδεδομένος , ";betrayed by simplicity and lack of practical capacity."; So p. 153.80, if Kroll’s conjecture is sound, ου φθόνῳ φερόμενοι οὐδὲ ἀφελότητι . So here is one writer neither ";biblical"; nor ";ecclesiastical"; who agrees with Luke in preferring this abstract to ἀφέλεια , which however he uses once, p. 42.34 εἰς ἀ . τὸν τρόπον ἐμφαίνοντες . The astrologer may further be quoted for the adverb ἀφελῶς , p. 168.23 πολλὰ δὲ ἀ . πιστεύσας ἀπώλεσεν , again confirming the colour of unworldly simplicity which appears in Acts 2:46. The same adverb may be quoted from an inscr., IosPE i. 22.24, ἑαυτὸν ἀ . τῇ πατρίδι εἰς ἅπαντα ἐπεδίδον , as well as in Hellenistic literature. Thus Preuschen (HZNT ad Acts 2:46) cites Athenaeus, Deipnos. X. 419d (II. 412.16 Kaibel) ἑστιαθεὶς ἀφελῶς καὶ μουσικῶς , where ";simple"; meals are contrasted with τὰ πολυτελῆ δεῖπνα . Add Kaibel 727.14 (Christian?) εἰκοστὸν δὲ βιώσασαν ἀφελῶς ἐνιαυτόν : the same epitaph speaks of a ψυχὴν ἀφελῆ .
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