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Strictness

ἀκρίβειαStrong’s G0195

akribeia

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Akribeia is the Greek word usually translated “exactness”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.”
Acts 22:3 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “exactness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • exactness 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Greek dictionary

    ἀκρίβεια akribeia · strictness

    ἀκρίβεια, -ας, ἡ (ἀκριβής), [in LXX: Dan LXX TH 7:16 (יַצִּיב), Wis.12:21, Sir.16:25 42:4 * ;] exactness, precision (for exx., see MM, VGT, see word): Act.22:3.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “strictness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    STRICTNESS, noun

    1. Closeness; tightness; opposed to laxity.
    2. Exactness in the observance of rules, laws, rites and the like; rigorous accuracy; nice regularity or precision.
    3. Rigor; severity.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.