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1: κυβεία

(Strong's #2940 — Noun Feminine — kubia — koo-bi'-ah )

denotes "dice playing" (from kubos, "a cube, a die" as used in gaming); hence, metaphorically, "trickery, sleight," Ephesians 4:14 . The Eng. word is connected with "sly" ("not with slight").

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