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in-oÌ‚r´di-nā̇t (“ill-regulated,†hence, “immoderate,†“excessiveâ€; Latin in, “not,†ordinatus, “set in orderâ€): Only twice in the King James Version. In each case there is no corresponding adjective in the original, but the word was inserted by the translators as being implied in the noun. It disappears in Revised Version: , “in her inordinate love†(the Revised Version (British and American) “in her dotingâ€); עגבה, ‛ăghaÌ„bhaÌ„h, “lustâ€; “inordinate affection†(the Revised Version (British and American) “passionâ€); παÌθος, paÌthos, a word which in classical Greek may have either a good or a bad sense (any affection or emotion of the mind), but in the New Testament is used only in a bad sense (passion).