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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Exorcist
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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denotes (a) "one who administers an oath;" (b) "an exorcist" (akin to exorkizo, "to adjure," from orkos, "an oath"), "one who empolys a formula of conjuration for the expulsion of demons," Acts 19:13 . The practice of "exorcism" was carried on by strolling Jews, who used their power in the recitation of particular names.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Exorcist'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/e/exorcist.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Exorcist'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/e/exorcist.html. 1940.
