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Exact, Exactly

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀκριβέστερον

(Strong's #197 — Adjective — akribesteron — ak-ree-bes'-ter-on )

the comparative degree of akribos, "accurately, carefully," is used in Acts 18:26 , AV, "more perfectly," RV, "more carefully;" Acts 23:15 , AV, "more perfectly," RV, "more exactly;" so Acts 23:20; 24:22 , AV, "more perfect," RV, "more exact" (lit., "knowing more exactly"). See CAREFULLY , PERFECTLY. Cp. akribeia, "precision, exactness," Acts 22:3 , and akriboo, "to learn carefully, to enquire with exactness," Matthew 2:7,16 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Exact, Exactly'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​e/exact-exactly.html. 1940.
 
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