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Vine's Expository Dictionary of Bible Words

W. E. Vine's word studies, keyed to Strong's numbers, written for English readers who want the Greek word behind the translation. Devotionally warm and widely loved; its etymologies predate modern lexical semantics, and words' meanings are sometimes read off their roots — the very error later lexicons warn against.

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