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Inspiration of God, Inspired of God

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: θεόπνευστος

(Strong's #2315 — Adjective — theopneustos — theh-op'-nyoo-stos )

"inspired by God" (Theos, "God," pneo, "to breathe"), is used in 2 Timothy 3:16 , of the Scriptures as distinct from non-inspired writings. Wycliffe, Tyndale, Coverdale and the Great Bible have the rendering "inspired of God."

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Inspiration of God, Inspired of God'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​i/inspiration-of-god-inspired-of-god.html. 1940.
 
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