ἔνοχος
Liable to (a condition, penalty or imputation)
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What does ἔνοχος (énochos) mean in the Bible?
ἔνοχος (énochos) is a Greek word meaning "liable to (a condition, penalty or imputation)". ἔνοχος, -ον (= ἐνεχόμενος), (in LXX for רָשַׁע hi.
Meaning
Liable to judgment or penalty; legally culpable before a tribunal or under divine law.
, δουλείας, Heb.2:15.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Biblical Occurrences
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Appears In
Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.
Word Pictures (Robertson)
A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.
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