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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀθυμέω

(Strong's #120 — Verb — athumeo — ath-oo-meh'-o )

"to be disheartened, dispirited, discouraged" (a, negative, thumos, "spirit, courage," from the root thu---, found in thuo, "to rush," denoting "feeling, passion;" hence Eng., "fume"), is found in Colossians 3:21 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Discourage'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/discourage.html. 1940.
 
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