Exact, Exactly - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Exact, Exactly

[ 1,,G197, akribesteron ]
the comparative degree of akribos, accurately, carefully," is used in Acts 18:26, AV, "more perfectly," RV, "more carefully;" Acts 23:15, AV, "more perfectly," RV, "more exactly;" so Acts 23:20; Acts 24:22, AV, "more perfect," RV, "more exact" (lit., "knowing more exactly"). See CAREFULLY, PERFECTLY. Cp. akribeia, "precision, exactness," Acts 22:3, and akriboo, "to learn carefully, to enquire with exactness," Matthew 2:7, Matthew 2:16.

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