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the Week of Proper 5 / Ordinary 10
the Week of Proper 5 / Ordinary 10
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Impostors
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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primarily denotes "a wailer" (goao, "to wail"); hence, from the howl in which spells were chanted, "a wizard, sorcerer, enchanter," and hence, "a juggler, cheat, impostor," rendered "impostors" in 2 Timothy 3:13 , RV (AV, "seducers"); possibly the false teachers referred to practiced magical arts; cp. 2 Timothy 3:8 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Impostors'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​i/impostors.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Impostors'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​i/impostors.html. 1940.