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dē̇ -jen´ẽr -āt : Only in Jeremiah 2:21 , where Judah is compared to a "noble vine" which it "turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine." It represents Hebrew ṣūrı̄m = "stray" or "degenerate (shoots)," from ṣūr = "to turn aside," especially to turn aside from the right path (Greek pikria , literally, "bitterness").

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Degenerate'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/d/degenerate.html. 1915.

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