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Mortify

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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MORTIFY . ‘To mortify’ is in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] metaphorically ‘to put to death.’ Early writers could use it literally also, as Erasmus, Commune Crede , 81, ‘Christ was mortified, and killed in dede, as touchynge to his fleshe; but was quickened in spirite.’

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Mortify'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​m/mortify.html. 1909.
 
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