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Lexicon :: Strong's G664 - apotomōs

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ἀποτόμως
Transliteration
apotomōs (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-ot-om'-oce
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of a comparative of ἀπό (G575) and temno (to cut)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:106,1169

Strong’s Definitions

ἀποτόμως apotómōs, ap-ot-om'-oce; adverb from a derivative of a comparative of G575 and τέμνω témnō (to cut); abruptly, i.e. peremptorily:—sharply(-ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G664 in the following manner: sharpness (1x), sharply (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G664 in the following manner: sharpness (1x), sharply (1x).

  1. abruptly, precipitously

  2. sharply, severely, curtly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀποτόμως apotómōs, ap-ot-om'-oce; adverb from a derivative of a comparative of G575 and τέμνω témnō (to cut); abruptly, i.e. peremptorily:—sharply(-ness).
STRONGS G664:
ἀποτόμως, adverb (cf. ἀποτομία);
a. abruptly, precipitously.
b. tropically, sharply, severely [cf. our curtly]: Titus 1:13; 2 Corinthians 13:10. On the adjective ἀπότομος cf. Grimm on Sap., p. 121 [who in illustration of its use in Wis. 5:20, 22; Wis. 6:5, 11; Wis. 11:10; Wis. 12:9; Wis. 18:15, refers to the similar metaphorical use in Diodorus 2, 57; Longinus, de sublim. 27; and the use of the Latin abscisus in Valerius Maximus, 2, 7, 14, etc.; see also Polybius 17, 11, 2; Polycarp, ad Phil. 6, 1].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Corinthians
13:10
Titus
1:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G664 matches the Greek ἀποτόμως (apotomōs),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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