King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G663
Transliteration: apotomia
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ot-om-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: sharpness, steepness
Meaning: sharpness, steepness
ἀποτομία, ἀποτομιας, ἡ (the nature of that which is ἀπότομος, cut off, abrupt, precipitous like a cliff, rough; from ἀποτέμνω), properly, sharpness (differing from ἀποτομή a cutting off, a segment); severity, roughness, rigor: Romans 11:22 (where opposed to χρηστότης, as in Plutarch, de book educ. c. 18 to πραότης, in Dionysius Halicarnassus 8, 61 to τό ἐπιεικές, and in Diodorus, p. 591 (except 83 (fragment 50:32, 27, 3 Dindorf)) to ἡμερότης).
Word Summary
apotomia: sharpness, steepness
Original Word: ἀποτομίαTransliteration: apotomia
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ot-om-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: sharpness, steepness
Meaning: sharpness, steepness
Strong's Concordance
severity. From the base of apotomos; (figuratively) decisiveness, i.e. Rigor -- severity.
see GREEK apotomos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 663: ἀποτομίαἀποτομία, ἀποτομιας, ἡ (the nature of that which is ἀπότομος, cut off, abrupt, precipitous like a cliff, rough; from ἀποτέμνω), properly, sharpness (differing from ἀποτομή a cutting off, a segment); severity, roughness, rigor: Romans 11:22 (where opposed to χρηστότης, as in Plutarch, de book educ. c. 18 to πραότης, in Dionysius Halicarnassus 8, 61 to τό ἐπιεικές, and in Diodorus, p. 591 (except 83 (fragment 50:32, 27, 3 Dindorf)) to ἡμερότης).