Strong's Lexicon
G664 — ἀποτόμως
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G664 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀποτόμως |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Etymology: | adverb from a derivative of a comparative of G575 and temno "to cut" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | apotomos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-ot-om'-oce |
| Meaning: | 1. abruptly, i.e. peremptorily |
| KJV Renderings: | sharply(-ness) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποτόμως, adverb (cf. ἀποτομία);
a. abruptly, precipitously.
b. tropically, sharply, severely (cf. our curtly): Tit 1:13; 2Co 13:10. On the adjective ἀπότομος cf. Grimm on Sap., p. 121 (who in illustration of its use in Wis 5:20; Wis 5:22 Wis 6:5; Wis 6:11 Wis 11:10 Wis 12:9 Wis 18:15, refers to the similar metaphorically, use in Diodorus 2, 57; Longinus, de sublim. 27; and the use of the Latinabscisus in Valerius Maximus, 2, 7, 14, etc.; see also Polb. 17, 11, 2; Polycarp, ad Phil. 6, 1 [ET]).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀποτόμωσ (sharply(-ness))
2 Corinthians 13:10
- KJV: Therefore I write these things being absent lest being present I should use sharpness according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification and not to destruction
- GK: διά τούτο ταύτα απών γράφω ίνα παρών μη αποτόμως χρήσωμαι κατά την εξουσίαν ην έδωκέ μοι ο κύριος εις οικοδομήν και ουκ εις καθαίρεσιν
Titus 1:13
- KJV: This witness is true Wherefore rebuke them sharply that they may be sound in the faith
- GK: η μαρτυρία αύτη εστίν αληθής δι΄ ην αίτιαν έλεγχε αυτούς αποτόμως ίνα υγιαίνωσιν εν τη πίστει
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