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διατριβή (diatribē)

diatribē

pastime

G6896 · Greek · New Testament · 0 verses

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Koine Greek
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New Testament
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Definition

Definition

1. a way of spending time : hence, a pastime (pass-time), amusement , (Aristophanes Comicus)
2. serious employment, study , (Aristophanes Comicus),
3. a way of life, living , δ. ἐν ἀγορᾷ (Aristophanes Comicus)
4. in bad sense, a waste of time, delay , (Euripides); in plural, (Thucydides) (ML)