Demonstration
ἀπόδειξιςStrong’s G0585apodeixis
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Apodeixis is the Greek word usually translated “demonstration”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:”
Meaning
Usually translated “demonstration”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- demonstration 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
ἀπόδειξις apodeixis · demonstration
ἀπό-δειξις, -εως, ἡ (ἀποδείκνυμι) [in LXX: 3Ma.4:20, 4Ma.3:19 4Mac 13:10 * ;] 1. a showing off. 2. As used by Gk. philosophers, demonstration, certain proof: 1Co.2:4 (see ICC, in l; MM, see word; Lft., Notes, 173).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “demonstration” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEMONSTRATION, noun
- The act of demonstrating, or of exhibiting certain proof.
- The highest degree of evidence; certain proof exhibited, or such proof as establishes a fact or proposition beyond a possibility of doubt, or as shows the contrary position to be absurd or impossible.
- Indubitable evidence of the senses, or of reason; evidence which satisfies the mind of the certainty of a fact or proposition.
- In logic, a series of syllogisms, all whose premises are either definitions, self-evident truths, or propositions already established.
All definitions
- Show; exhibition.
- In anatomy, the exhibition of parts dissected.
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.