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<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ἀποτομία''''' ''' (Strong'S #663 — Noun [[Feminine]] — apotomia — ap-ot-om-ee'-ah ) </div> <p> "steepness, sharpness" (apo, "off," temno, "to cut;" tome, "a cutting"), is used metaphorically in Romans 11:22 (twice) of "the severity of God," which lies in His temporary retributive dealings with Israel. In the papyri it is used of exacting to the full the provisions of a statue. Cp. the adverb apotomos, "sharply" (which see). </p> <div> '''2: '''''Ἀφειδία''''' ''' (Strong'S #857 — Noun Feminine — apheidia — af-i-dee'-ah ) </div> <p> primarily "extravagance" (a, negative, pheidomai, "to spare"), hence, "unsparing treatment, severity," is used in Colossians 2:23 , RV, "severity (to the body)," AV, "neglecting of" (marg., "punishing, not sparing"); here it refers to ascetic discipline; it was often used among the [[Greeks]] of courageous exposure to hardship and danger. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62948" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62948" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> SEVER'ITY, n. L. sveritas. </p> 1. Harshness rigor austerity want of mildness or indulgence as the severity of a reprimand or reproof. 2. Rigor extreme strictness as the severity of discipline or government. 3. Excessive figor extreme degree or amount. [[Severity]] of penalties or punishments often defeats the object by exciting pity. 4. [[Extremity]] quality or power of distressing as the severity of pain or anguish. 5. [[Extreme]] degree as the severity of cold or heat. 6. Extreme coldness or inclemency as the severity of the winter. 7. Harshness cruel treatment sharpness of punishment as severity practiced on prisoners of war. 8. Exactness rigor niceness as the severity of a test. 9. Strictness rigid accuracy. <p> Confining myself to the severity of truth. Dryden. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_173846" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_173846" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:59, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"steepness, sharpness" (apo, "off," temno, "to cut;" tome, "a cutting"), is used metaphorically in Romans 11:22 (twice) of "the severity of God," which lies in His temporary retributive dealings with Israel. In the papyri it is used of exacting to the full the provisions of a statue. Cp. the adverb apotomos, "sharply" (which see).
primarily "extravagance" (a, negative, pheidomai, "to spare"), hence, "unsparing treatment, severity," is used in Colossians 2:23 , RV, "severity (to the body)," AV, "neglecting of" (marg., "punishing, not sparing"); here it refers to ascetic discipline; it was often used among the Greeks of courageous exposure to hardship and danger.
King James Dictionary [2]
SEVER'ITY, n. L. sveritas.
1. Harshness rigor austerity want of mildness or indulgence as the severity of a reprimand or reproof. 2. Rigor extreme strictness as the severity of discipline or government. 3. Excessive figor extreme degree or amount. Severity of penalties or punishments often defeats the object by exciting pity. 4. Extremity quality or power of distressing as the severity of pain or anguish. 5. Extreme degree as the severity of cold or heat. 6. Extreme coldness or inclemency as the severity of the winter. 7. Harshness cruel treatment sharpness of punishment as severity practiced on prisoners of war. 8. Exactness rigor niceness as the severity of a test. 9. Strictness rigid accuracy.
Confining myself to the severity of truth. Dryden.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( n.) The quality or state of being severe.
(2): ( n.) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties.
(3): ( n.) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter.
(4): ( n.) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.
(5): ( n.) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.
