ἁγνός, ή, όν, (cf. ἅγιος)

pure, chaste, holy, Hom. (only in Od.), etc.:

I of places and things dedicated to gods, hallowed, ἑορτή Od. 21.259; of frankincense, ἁγνὴ ὀδμή Xenoph. 1.7; ἄλσος h.Merc. 187; τέμενος Pi. P. 4.204; ὕδωρ Id. I. 6(5).74; πυρὸς ἁγνόταται παγαί Id. P. 1.21; αἰθήρ A. Pr. 282; φάος, λουτρόν, S. El. 86, Ant. 1201; θύματα Id. Tr. 287, cf. Th. 1.126, D.H. 1.38; of food, Jul. Or. 6.192c (Comp.); χρηστήρια E. Ion 243, etc.; ἐν ἁγνῷ on holy ground, A. Supp. 223, but χῶρον οὐχ ἁ. πατεῖν a spot not lawful to tread on, S. OC 37.

2. of divine persons, chaste, pure, Hom., mostly of Artemis, χρυσόθρονος Ἄ. ἁ. Od. 5.123, 18.202, etc.; also ἁ. Περσεφόνεια 11.386, cf. h.Cer. 337; of Demeter, h.Cer. 203, 439; Χάριτες Sapph. 65; ἁ. θεαί, Demeter and Persephone, IG 14.204, 4.31; Apollo, Pi. P. 9.64; Zeus, A. Supp. 653, S. Ph. 1289: of the attributes of gods, θεῶν σέβας S. OT 830.

II after Hom.,

1. of persons, undefiled, chaste, of maidens, Alc. 55, Pi. P. 4.103, A. Fr. 242; ἁ. αὐδά, of a maiden’s voice, Ag. 245; of Hippolytus, E. Hipp. 102; c. gen., λέχους ἁ. δέμας ib. 1003; γάμων ἁ. Pl. Lg. 840d, cf. Men. Epit. 223; ἁ. ἀπ’ ἀνδρὸς συνουσίας Jusj. ap. D. 59.78.

2. pure from blood, guiltless, ἁγνοὶ τοὐπὶ τήνδε τὴν κόρην S. Ant. 889; ἁ. χεῖρας E. Or. 1604; μητροκτόνος.. τόθ’ ἁ. ὤν Id. El. 975, cf. IA 940; ὅθ’ ἁ. ἦν when he had been purified, S. Tr. 258: c. gen., ἁγνὰς χεῖρας αἵματος E. Hipp. 316; φόνου Pl. Lg. 759c; Δάματρος ἀκτᾶς δέμας ἁ. ἴσχειν pure from food, E. Hipp. 138.

3. generally, pure, upright, ἀέθλων ἁ. κρίσις Pi. O. 3.21; ψυχῆς φιλία ἁ. X. Smp. 8.15, etc.

III Adv. ἁγνῶς καὶ καθαρῶς h.Ap. 121, Hes. Op. 337; ἁ. ἔχειν X. Mem. 3.8.10.

ἄγνος, ἡ, Att. ὁ, = λύγος,

I chaste-tree, the branches of which were strewed by matrons on their beds at the Thesmophoria, Vitex Agnus-castus, h.Merc. 410, Chionid. 2, cf. Trag.Adesp. 396, Pl. Phdr. 230b, Hp. Int. 30, Arist. H A 627a9, Nic. Th. 71, Dsc. 1.103. (Associated with the notion of chastity from the like ness of its name to ἁγνός.)

II ἄγνος, ὁ, name of a fish, = καλλιώνυμος Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 8.356a (sine acc. cod., ἁγνός Kaib.).

III a kind of bird, Sch. Pl. Phdr. l.c., Suid.

ἁγνός hagnos 8x

    pure, chaste, modest, innocent, blameless innocent; pure, purity.

G53 — ἁγνός

(ή, (ἅζομαι, see ἅγιος);

1. exciting reverence, venerable, sacred: πῦρ καί ἡ σποδός, 2 Macc. 13:8; Euripides, El. 812.

2. pure (Euripides, Or. 1604 ἁγνός γάρ εἰμί χεῖρας, ἀλλ' οὐ τάς φρένας, Hipp. 316f, ἁγνάς... μίασμα);

a. pure from carnality, chaste, modest: Tit 2:5; παρθένος an unsullied virgin, 2Co 11:2 (4 Macc. 18:7).

b. pure from every fault, immaculate: 2Co 7:11; Phi 4:8; 1Ti 5:22; 1Pe 3:2; 1Jo 3:3 (of God (yet cf. ἐκεῖνος 1 b.)); Jam 3:17. (From Homer down.) (Cf. references under the word ἅγιος, at the end; Westc. on 1Jo 3:3.)

ἁγνός , - ή , όν

( < ἅγος , see ἅγιος ),

[in LXX chiefly for H2889 (Pss. and Pr. only), also 2Ma 13:8 , 4Ma 18:7 , al. ;]

1. free from ceremonial defilement, in a condition prepared for worship (for exx . of pagan usage, v. MM , VGT , s.v. ).

2. holy, sacred, venerable (2Mac, l.c .).

3. As in OT ( cl .), pure, chaste, undefiled, guiltless;

(a) of persons: 2Co 7:11, 2Co 11:12 , 1Ti 5:22, Tit 2:5 , 1Jn 3:3;

(b) of things: Php 4:8, Jas 3:17 , 1Pe 3:2. †

SYN.: εἰλικρινής G1506 ( q.v. ), pure, primarily as winnowed, purged, first found in ethical sense in NT (sincere). On the equivalence of ἁ . and καθαρός G2513 ( q.v. ), v. DCG, ii, 459a, though Westc . (Epp. Jo., 101) notes a distinction between them.

詞類次數：形容詞（8）

原文字根：純 相當於：H2134（זַךְ‎） H2135（זָכָה‎） H2889（טָהֹור‎）

字義溯源：潔淨的，純潔的，貞潔的，清潔的；源自（G40（ἅγιος）=神聖的）；而G40（ἅγιος）出自（G60（ἀγοραῖος）Y*=敬畏）。這純潔要以神的純潔為準則（約壹3:3），乃是來自從上頭來的智慧（雅3:17），而在日常生活中表現出貞潔來（提前5:22；多2:5），信徒該常常思想這事（腓4:8）。參讀G40（ἅγιος）同義字

出現次數：總共（8）；林後（2）；腓（1）；提前（1）；多（1）；雅（1）；彼前（1）；約壹（1）

譯字彙編：

1）潔淨的（2）林後7:11；約壹3:3；

2）貞潔（2）林後11:2；多2:5；

3）貞潔的（1）彼前3:2；

4）純潔（1）雅3:17；

5）純潔的（1）腓4:8；

6）清潔（1）提前5:22