denotes (a) "simplicity, sincerity, unaffectedness" (from haplous, "single, simple," in contrast to diplous, "double"), Rom 12:8, "simplicity;" 2Co 11:3 (in some mss. in 2Co 1:12); Eph 6:5, Col 3:22, singleness;" (b) "simplicity as manifested in generous giving," "liberality," 2Co 8:2, 2Co 9:11 (AV, "bountifulness," RV marg., "singleness"); 2Co 9:13 (AV, "liberal"). See BOUNTY, No. 2.
is rendered "liberality" in 1Co 16:3, AV. See BOUNTY, No. 3. "liberally, with singleness of heart," is used in Jam 1:5 of God as the gracious and "liberal" Giver. The word may be taken either (a) in a logical sense, signifying unconditionally, simply, or (b) in a moral sense, generously; for the double meaning compare A, No. 1. On this passage Hort writes as follows: "Later writers comprehend under the one word the whole magnanimous and honorable type of character in which singleness of mind is the central feature."
