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Swelling
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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denotes "a puffing up, swelling with pride" (akin to phusioo, "to puff up"), 2 Corinthians 12:20 , "swellings."
an adjective denoting "of excessive weight or size," is used metaphorically in the sense of "immoderate," especially of arrogant speech, in the neuter plural, virtually as a noun, 2 Peter 2:18; Jude 1:16 , "great swelling words," doubtless with reference to gnostic phraseology.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Swelling'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/s/swelling.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Swelling'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/s/swelling.html. 1940.
