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brute

Meaning of “brute”

Beastlike or lacking reason and understanding.

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KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616
2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Peter 2:12

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2 Peter 2:12
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Peter 2:12 · retained source text

But these, as natural bruit beasts made to bee taken and destroyed speake euill of the things that they vnderstand not, and shall vtterly perish in their owne corruption,

Jude 1:10
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jude 1:10 · retained source text

But these speake euill of those things, which they know not: but what they knowe naturally, as brute beastes, in those things they corrupt themselues.

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