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Severity

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀποτομία

(Strong's #663 — Noun Feminine — apotomia — ap-ot-om-ee'-ah )

"steepness, sharpness" (apo, "off," temno, "to cut;" tome, "a cutting"), is used metaphorically in Romans 11:22 (twice) of "the severity of God," which lies in His temporary retributive dealings with Israel. In the papyri it is used of exacting to the full the provisions of a statue. Cp. the adverb apotomos, "sharply" (which see).

2: ἀφειδία

(Strong's #857 — Noun Feminine — apheidia — af-i-dee'-ah )

primarily "extravagance" (a, negative, pheidomai, "to spare"), hence, "unsparing treatment, severity," is used in Colossians 2:23 , RV, "severity (to the body)," AV, "neglecting of" (marg., "punishing, not sparing"); here it refers to ascetic discipline; it was often used among the Greeks of courageous exposure to hardship and danger.

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