ἁπλοῦς, ἁπλῆ, ἁπλουν (contracted from ἁπλῶς, ἁπλοη, ἁπλων) (from Aeschylus down), simple, single (in which there is nothing complicated or confused; without folds (cf. Trench, § lvi.)); whole; of the eye, good, fulfilling its office, sound: Mat_6:22; Luk_11:34 (others contend that the moral sense of the word is the only sense lexically warranted; cf. Test xii. Patr. test. Isach. § 3οὐ κατελάλησα τίνος, etc. πορευόμενος ἐν ἁπλότητι ὀφθαλμῶν, ibid. § 4πάντα ὁρᾷ ἐν ἁπλότητι, μή ἐπιδεχόμενος ὀφθαλμοῖς πονηρίας ἀπό τῆς πλάνης τοῦ κόσμου; yet cf. Fritzsche on Rom_12:8).

ἁπλοῦς haplous 2x pr. single; hence, simple, uncompounded; sound, perfect, Mat_6:22 ; Luk_11:34

ἁπλοῦς , -ῆ , -οῦν ( contr . fr. -όος ; < ἁ .- cop., πλόος ), [in LXX : Pro_11:25 * ;] simple, single: in a moral sense ( DCG , ii, 628 f .), ἀφθαλμός , Mat_6:22 , Luk_11:34 . (In Papyri of a marriage dowry, v. MM , s.v. ).† ἁπλόος , see ἁπλοῦς . SYN.: ἄδολος G97 , ἄκακος G172 , ἀκέραιος G185 ( Tr., Syn. , § lvi; Cremer , 107, 639).

ἁπλοῦς [page 58] The papyri have sundry uses of this word which effectively dispose of the contention that the moral sense is the only one lexically warranted (see Grimm-Thayer). Thus P Gen I. 21 .13 (ii/B.C.), the marriage-contract already referred to (under ἀπαλλάσσω ), where it is enacted that in the event of the wife s being set free, the husband shall repay τὴν φερνὴν ἁπλῆν , the marriage-dowry pure and simple, but that in the event of his not doing so at the proper time he shall repay it with interest. In this sense we often find ἁπλοῦς contrasted with σὺν ἡμιολίᾳ , as in BGU IV. 1056 .18 Augustus) ἐκτεῖσαι τὸ μὲν δάνηον σὺν ἡμιολίᾳ , τοὺς δὲ τόκους ἁπλοῦς , ib. 1147 .17 (B.C. 13). P Cairo Preis 1 .18 (ii/A.D.) πρᾶσις ἦν ἁπλῆ ἀνεύθυνος , P Tebt II. 340 .14 (A.D. 206) τὸ δὲ συναίρεμα τοῦτο δισσὸ (ν ) γρα (φὲν ) ἐπὶ τῷ ἁπλοῦν σ̣υνηγηθῆναι to be considered as one, P Oxy VI. 921 recto (iii/A.D.) where mention is made of different kinds of πήχεις ἁπλοῖ , καμαρωτικοί (or -ωτοί ) and ἐμβαδοί (see the editors introduction), with the reference to a ἁπλοῦν οἴκημα in OGIS 483 .111 (ii/B.C.), will serve to illustrate the variety of non-moral senses left to the word in the vernacular. In P Petr I. 12 .20 (iii/B.C.) ἁπλοΐδιον (for the Homeric ἁπλοις ) is used to denote a single garment. The moral sense is well illustrated by Syll 633 .12 (ii/A.D.) καὶ εὐείλατος γένοι [τ ]ο ὁ θεὸς τοῖς θεραπεύουσιν ἁπλῇ τῇ ψυχῇ . For the adverb see the separate article. In MGr ἁπλός means simple, naive, natural.

ἁπλοῦς, -ῆ, -οῦν (contr. fr. -όος; ἁ.- cop., πλόος), [in LXX: Pro.11:25 * ;] simple, single: in a moral sense (DCG, ii, 628 f.), ἀφθαλμός, Mat.6:22, Luk.11:34. (In π. of a marriage dowry, see MM, see word).† ἁπλόος, see: ἁπλοῦς SYN.: ἄδολος, ἄκακος, ἀκέραιος (Tr., Syn., § lvi; Cremer, 107, 639) (AS)