ἁπλοῦς

εἰλικρινής eilikrinḗs · G1506 · sincere, without hidden motives

εἰλικρινής conveys genuineness and transparency (literally "judged by sunlight"), closely overlapping with ἁπλοῦς in its figurative sense of moral clarity and singleness. Both describe an undivided, transparent character quality without mixture or duplicity.

תָּמִים tâmîym · H8549 · whole, complete, full

Hebrew תָּמִים captures the sense of 'wholeness' and 'soundness' that overlaps with ἁπλοῦς in its figurative sense of moral integrity and singleness of purpose (e.g., in Matthew 6:22 'if your eye is single/sound'). Both terms convey the idea of being undivided, sound, and morally uncomplicated.

To be healthy, to be sound23.132

In Matthew 6:22, Jesus says, “the eye is the lamp of the body; so then, if your eye is clear (haploũs), your whole body will be full of light,” describing an eye in sound, healthy working order.

Generous, generously, liberal57.107

In the same saying as recorded in Luke 11:34, “when your eye is clear (haploũs), your whole body also is full of light,” a figure many interpreters connect to an open, generous disposition reflected outwardly in a person's whole conduct, as the parallel command against greed later in the same discourse (Luke 11:39-41) suggests.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.