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el´ō̇ -kwent : "Moses said ... I am not eloquent" (אישׁ דּברים , 'ı̄sh debhārı̄m , "a man of words" (Exodus 4:10 )); but Aaron could "speak well." In Isaiah 3:3 the Revised Version (British and American) בּין , bı̄n , "intelligent," is rendered "skilful (enchanter)," the King James Version "eloquent (orator)." Apollos was "an eloquent man" (λόγιος , lógios , "full of words" (Acts 18:24 , the King James Version margin, "a learned man")).

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

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