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Answer
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
ANSWER . An answer is (1) an apology or defence, as 2 Timothy 4:16 ‘at my first answer no man stood by me’; so perhaps 1 Peter 3:21 ‘the answer of a good conscience’; (2) oracle, Divine response, as Romans 11:4 ‘what saith the answer of God?’
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Answer'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​a/answer.html. 1909.