Lexicon
ἐφευρετής
epheuretēs
G2182
G:N-M Greek

inventor

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Epheuretes denotes people identified in Romans 1:30 as inventors of evil.

The attested use identifies people as inventors whose activity is directed toward evil in a vice list.

Senses in use

  1. People who devise evil · dominant

    In Romans 1:30, the accusative plural masculine form occurs within a list of accusations; the APB renders the relevant clause “inventors of evil,” alongside “Slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, boastful.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Romans 1:30, the APB presents the term in the phrase “inventors of evil.” This identifies the clause-level presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.

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