Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Given by inspiration of the Spirit of God.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Given by the inspiration of the Spirit of God.
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- adjective
divinely inspired
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"theopneustic," i.e., "breathed into by God" in such a sense that the writers were supernaturally guided to express exactly what God intended them to express as a revelation of his mind and will.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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In the Middle Ages, as in certain primitive societies, they were thought to be under the special protection of God, and the possibility always existed that what sounded like inane chatter was, in actual fact, theopneustic glossolalia.
WISDOM OF THE FOOL WALTER KAISER 1968
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The theocracy needed a new form of prophetic gift: God-inspired (theopneustic) men must speak and act for God, the
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So that even in their case the characteristic of the Mosaic dispensation was theopneustic, rather than theologic.
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The first is theophanic; the second, theopneustic; and the third, theologic.
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The apostle Paul uses this word in 2 Timothy 3:16.
English Standard Version: All Scripture is breathed out by God theopneustos and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
New International Version: All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
March 20, 2021