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Extreme; Extremity
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eks -trēm ´, eks -trem´i -ti We have the adjective "extreme" in 2 Esdras 5:14, "extreme fear," the Revised Version (British and American) "trembling"; in The Wisdom of Solomon 12:27, "extreme ( térma ) damnation," the Revised Version (British and American) "the last end of condemnation"; in 2 Macc 7:42, "extreme (huperballoúsas ) tortures," the Revised Version (British and American) "exceeding barbarities"; in Ecclesiasticus 42:8 it is used as an adverb, "the extreme aged" (eschatogḗrōs ), the Revised Version (British and American) "of extreme old age."
Extremity: פשׁ , pash ; Septuagint παράπτωμα , paráptōma , occurs only in Job 35:15 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "arrogance," and ἀκμή , akmḗ in 2 Macc 1:7.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Extreme; Extremity'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/e/extreme-extremity.html. 1915.
