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G1644 ἐλαφρία (elaphría)
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Quick Definition

ἐλαφρία, ας, ἡ n.f. levity, fickleness

Strong's Definition

from 1645; levity (figuratively), i.e. fickleness

KJV Usage: lightness

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ας | ἐλαφρός

88.99 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Sensible Behavior, Senseless Behavior

fickleness behavior characterized by caprice and instability In some instances ἐλαφρία may be rendered in 2CO 1:17 as ‘not thinking about what I was doing’ or ‘not keeping the same thoughts about what I was doing.’

2CO 1:17

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐλαφρία, -as, 7), (ἐλαφρός, lightness; used of levity and fickleness of mind, 2 Co.i. 17; a later word, cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 343.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐλαφρία elaphria 1x

lightness in weight; hence, lightness of mind, levity, 2 Cor. 1:17*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† ἐλαφρία, -ας, ἡ lightness, levity: II Co 1:17.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐλαφρία (elaphria) — lightness. ἐλαφρ-ία, ἡ, lightness: levity, [NT]

II. alleviation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. ={ὀλιγότης}, [Refs]

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