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1: φρίσσω

(Strong's #5425 — Verb — phrisso — fris'-so )

primarily, "to be rough, to bristle," then, "to shiver, shudder, tremble," is said of demons, James 2:19 , RV, "shudder" (AV, "tremble"). Cp. Matthew 8:29 , indicating a cognizance of their appointed doom.

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