Chaste
Chaste
signifies (a) “pure from every fault, immaculate,” 2Co 7:11 (AV, “clear”); Phi 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,” 2Co 11:2, RV, “pure;” Tit 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.”