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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2171" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2171" /> == | ||
<p> '''''chām´bẽr''''' -'''''ing''''' : Illicit intercourse; the rendering in English [[Versions]] of the Bible since Tyndale of κοίταις , <i> '''''koı́tais''''' </i> (literally "beds," Romans 13:13 ). The Greek usage is paralleled in classic authors and the Septuagint; like the English participle, it denotes repeated or habitual acts. The word is not recorded elsewhere in English literature as verb or participle in this sense; in <i> Othello </i> , iii, 3, a chamberer is an intriguer, male wanton, in Byron, <i> Werner </i> , | <p> '''''chām´bẽr''''' -'''''ing''''' : Illicit intercourse; the rendering in English [[Versions]] of the Bible since Tyndale of κοίταις , <i> '''''koı́tais''''' </i> (literally "beds," Romans 13:13 ). The Greek usage is paralleled in classic authors and the Septuagint; like the English participle, it denotes repeated or habitual acts. The word is not recorded elsewhere in English literature as verb or participle in this sense; in <i> Othello </i> , iii, 3, a chamberer is an intriguer, male wanton, in Byron, <i> Werner </i> , IV, 1, 404, a gallant or carpet knight, and in Chaucer, <i> Clerk's [[Tale]] </i> , 766, a concubine. </p> | ||
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