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pir-tik´uÌ„Ì-lar, par-tik´uÌ„Ì-lar-li: The adverbial phrase “in particular†occurs twice in the King James Version (, ἐκ μεÌÏους, ek meÌrous, the Revised Version (British and American) “severally,†the Revised Version margin “each in his partâ€; and , οἱ καθ' ἑÌνα, hoi kath' heÌna, the Revised Version (British and American) “severallyâ€); in both cases it has the obsolete meaning of “severally,†“individually.†The adverb “particularly†occurs in the same sense in the King James Version, καθ' ἑÌν ἑÌκαστον, kath' heÌn heÌkaston, the Revised Version (British and American) “one by one,†and the King James Version, κατὰ μεÌÏος, kataÌ meÌros, the Revised Version (British and American) “severally.†We have the plural noun in the sense of “details†in 2 Macc 2:30: “to be curious in particularsâ€; 11:20, (the King James Version “Of the particulars I have given order,†the Revised Version (British and American) I have given order in detail); and the adjective “particular†in the sense of “special†in the first Prologue to Sirach (King James Version, Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) peculiares; the whole section was omitted in the Revised Version (British and American)).