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Fatness

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: πιότης

(Strong's #4096 — Noun Feminine — piotes — pee-ot'-ace )

from pion, "fat," from a root, pi---, signifying "swelling," is used metaphorically in Romans 11:17 . The gentile believer had become a sharer in the spiritual life and blessing bestowed by Divine covenant upon Abraham and his descendants as set forth under the figure of "the root of (not 'and') the fatness of the olive tree."

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