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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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ded´li : In the Old Testament two words are used in the sense of a "mortal (Hebrew nephesh , "hateful," "foul") enemy" (Psalm 17:9 ), and in the sense of "fatal disease," the destructiveness of which causes a general panic (Hebrew māweth , "death," 1 Samuel 5:11 ).

In the New Testament we have in Revelation 13:3 , Revelation 13:12 the expression "deadly wound" (Greek thánatos ), better "death-stroke," as in the Revised Version (British and American), and the phrases "deadly thing," i.e. poison (θανασιμον τι , thanásimón ti , Mark 16:18 ), and "full of deadly poison" (mestḗ ioú thanatēphórou , James 3:8 ), said of an unruly tongue. Both Greek words convey the idea of "causing or bringing death" and occur in classical literature in a variety of uses in combination with the bite of venomous reptiles, deadly potions, mortal wounds and fatal contagion.

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Deadly'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​d/deadly.html. 1915.
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