- ἁπλοῦς
- ἁπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν (Att. contr.; Aeschyl., Thu.+) pert. to being motivated by singleness of purpose so as to be open and aboveboard, single, without guile, sincere, straightforward i.e. without a hidden agenda (Plut., Mor. 63f: the gods take delight in beneficence for its own sake, but a flatterer’s performance is with mixed motives) εἶναι ἁ. τῇ καρδίᾳ be guileless B 19:2 (cp. SIG 1042, 12 ἁ. τῇ ψυχῇ; Pr 11:25; Ps.-Phocyl. 50). ἁ. διάνοια a sincere mind 1 Cl 23:1. W. ἄκακος (Diod S 13, 76; Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 61, 2 Jac.; Appian, Bell. Civ. 5, 136 §566) Hs 9, 24, 2. Of the eye (Damasc., Vi. Isid. 16 [p. 16, 9–11 Z.], with ref. to frank expression) single = unjaundiced, sincere (s. ἁπλότης 1; opp. πονηρός, whose mng. is apparent fr. Mt 20:15; Mk 7:22. Cp. Sir 14:10; 31:13; TestIss 3:2 πορευόμενος ἐν ἁπλότητι ὀφθαλμῶν; also IArsameia, Antiochus I, lines 210–20 [tr. Danker, Benefactor 251]: of attempt to conceal jealousy over another’s good fortune and ‘melting one’s eye’ in the process) Mt 6:22 (the Kommagene ins helps explain the intercalation of vss. 22f between two logia on approach to riches); Lk 11:34 (s. Jülicher, Gleichn. 98ff esp. 100f; WBrandt, ZNW 14, 1913, 189ff; CEdlund, D. Auge der Einfalt: ASNU 19, ’52, 51–122; HCadbury, The Single Eye: HTR 47, ’54, 69–74 holds out for generous; opposed by TThienemann, Gordon Review 1, ’55, 10–22. Plut., Mor. 63f distinguishes ἁ. ‘unreserved’ fr. ἐλευθέριος ‘liberal.’ See also λύχνος b, ὀφθαλμός 1, πονηρός 1b and 3a. Zahn, Mt p. 291 and Betz, SM 451 adopt a physiological sense for ἁ.: ‘healthy.’).—As of animals gener. (Aristot., HA 9, 1), so the superl. ἁπλούστατος (the form in X., Mem. 4, 2, 16; Polyb. 9, 10, 5; Strabo 7, 3, 7; Philo, Vi. Cont. 82) quite simple, guileless, of doves Mt 10:16 D.—The comp. ἁπλούστερον very simply B 6:5 (s. ἁπλῶς).—CSpicq, La vertu de Simplicité dans l’A. et le N. Test.: RSPT 22, ’33, 1–26; ESjöberg, StTh 5, ’51, 89–105; HBacht, Geist u. Leben 29, ’56, 416–26; JAmstutz, ΑΠΛΟΤΗΣ ’68; Betz, SM 437–53, esp. 449–53.—DELG s.v. ἁπλόος. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.
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