James Hastings Dictionary of the Bible: Mortify

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James Hastings Dictionary of the Bible: Mortify


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MORTIFY.—‘To mortify’ is in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] metaphorically ‘to put to death.’ Early writers could use it literally also, as Erasmus, Commune Crede, 81, ‘Christ was mortified, and killed in dede, as touchynge to his fleshe; but was quickened in spirite.’