1 | Strong's Number: g53 | Greek: hagnos |
Chaste:
signifies
(a) "pure from every fault, immaculate," 2Cr 7:11 (AV, "clear"); Phl 4:8; 1Ti 5:22; Jam 3:17; 1Jo 3:3 (in all which the RV rendering is "pure"), and 1Pe 3:2, "chaste;"
(b) "pure from carnality, modest," 2Cr 11:2, RV, "pure;" Tts 2:5, "chaste."
See CLEAR, HOLY, PURE.
Note: Cp. hagios, "holy, as being free from admixture of evil;" hosios, "holy, as being free from defilement;" eilikrines, "pure, as being tested," lit., "judged by the sunlight;" katharos, "pure, as being cleansed."
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