Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A nose-leaf; the leafy appendage of the snout of a bat. See cut under Phyllorhina.

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  • For the short vowel in the LXX, cp. thema, ekthema, epithema, parathema, prosthema, sunthema. aphairema Ex. 29: 27; Lvt. 7: 4, 24 etc.

    A Grammar of Septuagint Greek 1856-1924 1905

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