Ensue
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The verb 'ensue' translates the Greek dioko in 1 Peter 3:11, meaning 'to follow after' or 'to pursue', and appears in the Apocryphal book of Judith 9:5 to describe subsequent events.
What is the meaning of Ensue in the Bible?
The verb 'ensue' translates the Greek dioko in 1 Peter 3:11, meaning 'to follow after' or 'to pursue', and appears in the Apocryphal book of Judith 9:5 to describe subsequent events.
TEXTUAL SIGNIFICANCE
Recognizing this translation clarifies the imperative call to active moral pursuit in 1 Peter and the narrative sequence in Judith, aiding precise interpretation of the original Greek and Aramaic contexts.
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