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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.

Bibliography Information
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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