(Acts 18:14 ), villany or wickedness, not lewdness in the modern sense of the word. The word "lewd" is from the Saxon, and means properly "ignorant," "unlearned," and hence low, vicious (Acts 17:5 ).

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Lewdness'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/l/lewdness.html. 1897.

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