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Immutable, Immutability

Immutable, Immutability an adjective signifying "immutable" (a, negative, metatithemi, "to change"), Heb 6:18, where the "two immutable things" are the promise and the oath. In Heb 6:17 the word is used in the...

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Immutable, Immutability <1,,276, ametathetos>

an adjective signifying "immutable" (a, negative, metatithemi, "to change"), Heb 6:18, where the "two immutable things" are the promise and the oath. In Heb 6:17 the word is used in the neuter with the article, as a noun, denoting "the immutability," with reference to God's counsel. Examples from the papyri show that the word was used as a technical term in connection with wills, "The connotation adds considerably to the force of Heb 6:17 (and foll.)" (Moulton and Milligan).

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