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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: κνήθω

(Strong's #2833 — Verb — knetho — knay'-tho )

"to scratch, tickle," is used in the Passive Voice, metaphorically, of an eagerness to hear, in 2 Timothy 4:3 , lit., "itched (as to the hearing)," of those who, not enduring sound doctrine, heap to themselves teachers.

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