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dē̇ -hôrt ´ (ἀποστρέφω , apostréphō ; the Revised Version (British and American) DISSUADE ): Not found in the English Bible; once only in Apocrypha (1 Macc 9:9). An obsolete English word; the opposite of "exhort." It means "to dissuade," "to forbid," "to restrain from.»
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Dehort'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​d/dehort.html. 1915.
 
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