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Immutable, Immutability

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀμετάθετος

(Strong's #276 — Adjective — ametathetos — am-et-ath'-et-os )

an adjective signifying "immutable" (a, negative, metatithemi, "to change"), Hebrews 6:18 , where the "two immutable things" are the promise and the oath. In Hebrews 6:17 the word is used in the neuter with the article, as a noun, denoting "the immutability," with reference to God's counsel. Examples from the papyri show that the word was used as a technical term in connection with wills, "The connotation adds considerably to the force of Hebrews 6:17 (and foll.)" (Moulton and Milligan).

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Immutable, Immutability'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​i/immutable-immutability.html. 1940.
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