Lexical Summary akribestatos: exact, precise Original Word: ἀκριβέστατοςTransliteration: akribestatos Phonetic Spelling: (ak-ree-bes'-ta-tos) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: exact, precise Meaning: exact, precise Strong's Concordance exact, precise.Superlative of akribes (a derivative of the same as akron); most exact -- most straitest. see GREEK akron Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 196: ἀκριβήςἀκριβής, (ές, genitive (οῦς, exact, careful. The neuter comparitive is used adverbially in Acts 18:26; Acts 23:15, 20; Acts 24:22; ἡ ἀκριβεστάτη αἵρεσις the straitest sect i. e. the most precise and rigorous in interpreting the Mosaic law, and in observing even the more minute precepts of the law and of tradition, Acts 26:5. (From Herodotus down.) |