UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἔπος

MainId: 002049000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G2031

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002049001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002049001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 33.139

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Interpret, Mean, Explain

      LEXCollocations: ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-06-30 08:59:03

         DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: as to speak a word) an expression used to introduce an alternative form of expression as an interpretation of what has been said

         Glosses: ['that is', 'that is to say', 'so to speak', 'in a sense']

      LEXReferences: HEB 7:9