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Strong's #186 - ἀκλινής
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- not inclining, firm, unmoved
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ἀκλῐνής, ές,
1. lending to neither side, unswerving, Pl. Phd. 109a; πρὸς τὸ δίκαιον Nic.Dam. p.144D.; impartial, ἀκοαί POxy. 904.9 (V A. D.); regular, ἀκλινέων καλάμων Revelation 10:11 (Satyr.), etc.: Math., without inclination, of a perpendicular, Procl. in Euc. p.132F.; horizontal, of a plane, Papp. 1048.2, Hero Dioptr. 19: Music., fixed, of notes in scale, Alyp. 4: Medic., persistent, πυρετοί Herod. ap. Orib. 6.20.24. Adv. -νῶς Ph. 2.669; Ion. -νέως AP 5.54 (Diosc.).
2. metaph., steadfast, steady, φιλία ib. 12.158 (Mel.); ὁμολογία Hebrews 10:23; ψυχή Luc. Dem.Enc. 33; unmoved, tranquil, Nonn. D. 35.11, al.
ἀκλινής, (ές (κλίνω), not inclining, firm, unmoved: Hebrews 10:23. (Frequent in secular writings.)
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** ἀκλινής , -ές
(< κλίνω ),
[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 6:7; 4 Maccabees 17:3*;]
unbending, firm: metaph. (MM, VGT, s.v.), Hebrews 10:23.†
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This NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Hebrews 10:28) occurs in a petition (v/A.D.) of stilted style but far from accurate : P Oxy VI. 9049 ταῖς ἀκλεινεῖς (l. -έσιν) ἀκοαῖς τῆς ὑμετέρας ἐξουσίας, ";the impartial ears of your highness.";
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