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ἀνήμερος
anēmeros
G0434
G:A Greek

brutal

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anemeros describes people listed among destructive traits and set against what is good.

The sole attested use places the term in a plural list of destructive personal qualities, alongside being unfeeling, irreconcilable, devilish, intemperate, and hating good.

Senses in use

  1. A destructive quality in a vice list · dominant

    In 2 Timothy 3:3, the nominative plural masculine form occurs in a series describing “They” by adverse qualities. The APB renders the list “unfeeling, irreconcilable, devilish, intemperate, brutal, and hating good,”.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Timothy 3:3, the APB includes “brutal” within a list of adverse qualities. The verse context rather than the English sequence establishes the term's specific contribution.

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