Vincent Word Studies - Hebrews 3:17 - 3:17

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Vincent Word Studies - Hebrews 3:17 - 3:17


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The interrogation still continued. “With whom was he displeased forty years? Was it not with them?” etc.

Carcasses (τὰ κῶλα)

N.T.o. lxx for פֶּֽגֶר, a corpse. Κῶλον properly a limb. The idea of dismemberment underlies the use of the word. Comp. Num 14:29 (lxx), and 1Co 10:5, of the rebellious Israelites, who κατεστρώθησαν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ were strewn down along in the wilderness.