STRONGS G663:
ἀποτομία,
-ας,
ἡ, (the nature of that which is
ἀπότομος, cut off, abrupt, precipitous like a cliff, rough; from
ἀποτέμνω), properly
sharpness (differing from
ἀποτομή a cutting off, a segment);
severity, roughness, rigor:
Romans 11:22 (where opposed to
χρηστότης, as in Plutarch, de book educ. c. 18 to
πραότης, in Dionysius Halicarnassus 8, 61 to
τὸ ἐπιεικές, and in Diodorus, p. 591 [except 83 (fragment 50:32, 27, 3 Dindorf)] to
ἡμερότης).
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