It's difficult to ascertain the meaning of a hapax legomenon.
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It's difficult to ascertain the meaning of a hapax legomenon.
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The word 'Flother' only occurs once in Old English, thus making it a hapax legemenon.
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The Assyrian student, moreover, has an advantage which the Hebrew student has not; he possesses dictionaries and vocabularies compiled by the Assyro-Babylonians themselves, and these frequently throw light on a word which otherwise would be a “hapax legomenon.”
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Never build a doctrine on or draw a teaching from an unclear or debated hapax.
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