Topic
Extreme; Extremity
6 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Job 35:15ISBE
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
- Wisdom of Solomon 12:27ISBE
For, look, for what things they grudged, when they were punished, that is, for them whom they thought to be gods; now being punished in them, when they saw it, they acknowledged him to be the true God, whom before they denied to know: and therefore came…
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 42:8ISBE
Be not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish, and the extreme aged that contendeth with those that are young: thus shalt thou be truly learned, and approved of all men living.
- 2 Maccabees 1:7ISBE
What time as Demetrius reigned, in the hundred threescore and ninth year, we the Jews wrote unto you in the extremity of trouble that came upon us in those years, from the time that Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and kingdom,
- 2 Maccabees 7:42ISBE
Let this be enough now to have spoken concerning the idolatrous feasts, and the extreme tortures.
- 2 Esdras 5:14ISBE
Then I awaked, and an extreme fearfulness went through all my body, and my mind was troubled, so that it fainted.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
eks-trem', eks-trem'-i-ti We have the adjective "extreme" in /APC 2Esdras 5:14, "extreme fear," the Revised Version (British and American) "trembling"; in /APC Wisdom 12:27, "extreme (terma) damnation," the Revised Version (British and American) "the last end of condemnation"; in /APC 2Macc 7:42, "extreme (huperballousas) tortures," the Revised Version (British and American) "exceeding barbarities"; in Ecclesiasticus 42:8 it is used as an adverb, "the extreme aged" (eschatogeros), the Revised Version (British and American) "of extreme old age." Extremity: pash; Septuagint paraptoma, occurs only in Job 35:15 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "arrogance," and akme in /APC 2Macc 1:7.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.