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How many words are only used once in the bible (NIV)?

Question #144825. Asked by pagea.
Last updated Nov 01 2017.
Originally posted Nov 01 2017 2:45 PM.

varnish

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varnish

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There is over 1,500 words that appear only once in the NIV bible. The term for this is called hapax legomenon, Greek for "something said only once.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapax_legomenon

Nov 01 2017, 3:13 PM

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