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the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Slack, Slackness
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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used intransitively signifies "to be slow, to tarry" (bradus, "slow"), said negatively of God, 2 Peter 3:9 , "is (not) slack;" in 1 Timothy 3:15 , translated "(if) I tarry." See TARRY. In the Sept., Genesis 43:10; Deuteronomy 7:10; Isaiah 46:13 .
"slowness" (akin to A), is rendered "slackness" in 2 Peter 3:9 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Slack, Slackness'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/s/slack-slackness.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Slack, Slackness'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/s/slack-slackness.html. 1940.
