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664 - apotomós

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Strong's Concordance

Original word: ἀποτόμως
Transliteration: apotomós
Definition (short): severely
Definition (full): abruptly, curtly

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: adverb from apo and temnó (to cut)
Definition: abruptly, curtly
NASB Translation: severely (1), severity (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Adverb from a derivative of a comparative of apo and temno (to cut); abruptly, i.e. Peremptorily -- sharply(-ness).

see GREEK apo

References

Strong's 664: 2 Occurrences
KJV: Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
NASB: For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
KJV: This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
NASB: This testimony is true. For this reason reprove them severely so that they may be sound in the faith,