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damnable

Meaning of “damnable”

Destructive; bringing ruin, condemnation, or destruction.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604Skeat 1893Webster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Peter 2:1

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The KJV occurrence

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2 Peter 2:1
BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Peter 2:1 · retained source text

¶ But there were false prophets also among the people, euen as there shall bee false teachers among you, who priuily shall bring in damnable heresies, euen denying the Lord that bought them, and bring vpon themselues swift destruction.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

2 Peter 2:1

BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

That may be damned or condemned; deserving damnation.

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