Lexicon apotomia: sharpness, steepness Original Word: ἀποτομία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: apotomia Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ot-om-ee'-ah) Short Definition: harshness, severity Definition: (lit: sheerness, of a rock), abruptness, harshness, severity, rigor. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom apo and the same as apotomósDefinitionsharpness, steepness NASB Translationseverity (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 663: ἀποτομίαἀποτομία, ἀποτομιας, ἡ (the nature of that which is ἀπότομος, cut off, abrupt, precipitous like a cliff, rough; from ἀποτέμνω), properly, sharpness (differing from ἀποτομή a cutting off, a segment); severity, roughness, rigor: Romans 11:22 (where opposed to χρηστότης, as in Plutarch, de book educ. c. 18 to πραότης, in Dionysius Halicarnassus 8, 61 to τό ἐπιεικές, and in Diodorus, p. 591 (except 83 (fragment 50:32, 27, 3 Dindorf)) to ἡμερότης).
Strong's severity. From the base of apotomos; (figuratively) decisiveness, i.e. Rigor -- severity. see GREEK apotomos |
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