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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76770" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76770" /> == | ||
<div> 1: Φθινοπωρινός (Strong'S #5352 | <div> '''1: '''''Φθινοπωρινός''''' ''' (Strong'S #5352 — adjective — phthinoporinos — fthin-op-o-ree-nos' ) </div> <p> an adjective signifying autumnal (from phthinoporon, "late autumn," from phthino, "to waste away," or "wane," and opora, "autumn"), is used in Jude 1:12 , where unfruitful and worthless men are figuratively described as trees such as they are at the close of "autumn," fruitless and leafless (AV, "trees whose fruit withereth"). </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_90148" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_90148" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) The harvest or fruits of autumn. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21663" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21663" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:44, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
an adjective signifying autumnal (from phthinoporon, "late autumn," from phthino, "to waste away," or "wane," and opora, "autumn"), is used in Jude 1:12 , where unfruitful and worthless men are figuratively described as trees such as they are at the close of "autumn," fruitless and leafless (AV, "trees whose fruit withereth").
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (n.) The harvest or fruits of autumn.
(2): (n.) The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.
(3): (n.) The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
in the mythology of the ancients, was represented as a young man with a basket of fruit in one hand and caressing a dog with the other.
