International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Degenerate

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Degenerate


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dē̇-jen´ẽr-āt: Only in , where Judah is compared to a “noble vine” which it “turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine.” It represents Hebrew ṣūrı̄m = “stray” or “degenerate (shoots),” from ṣūr = “to turn aside,” especially to turn aside from the right path (Greek pikria, literally, “bitterness”).