Lexicon akribestatos: exact, precise. Original Word: ἀκριβέστατοςPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: akribestatos Phonetic Spelling: (ak-ree-bes'-ta-tos) Short Definition: most exact, strict Definition: most exact, strict. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 196 akribéstatos – the superlative ("-est") form of 199 /akribṓs meaning "the most accurate of all." See 199 (akribōs). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originsuperl. of akribés, q.v. Thayer's STRONGS NT 196: ἀκριβήςἀκριβής, (ές, genitive (οῦς, exact, careful. The neuter comparitive is used adverbially in Acts 18:26; Acts 23:15, 20; Acts 24:22; ἡ ἀκριβεστάτη αἵρεσις the straitest sect i. e. the most precise and rigorous in interpreting the Mosaic law, and in observing even the more minute precepts of the law and of tradition, Acts 26:5. (From Herodotus down.)
Strong's exact, precise. Superlative of akribes (a derivative of the same as akron); most exact -- most straitest. see GREEK akron |
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