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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ὀκνηρός

(Strong's #3636 — Adjective — okneros — ok-nay-ros' )

"shrinking, timid" (from okneo, "to shrink, delay"), is used negatively in Philippians 3:1 , RV, "irksome" (AV, "grievous"), i.e., "I do not hesitate;" in Matthew 25:26; Romans 12:11 , "slothful." See GRIEVOUS , SLOTHFUL.

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