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Swerve

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀστοχέω

(Strong's #795 — Verb — astocheo — as-tokh-eh'-o )

"to miss the mark," is translated "having swerved" in 1 Timothy 1:6 . See ERR , No. 3. Moulton and Milligan illustrate the use of the verb from the papyri, e.g., of a man in extravagant terms bewailing the loss of a pet fighting cock, "(I am distraught, for my cock) has failed (me)."

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