Peradventure - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Peradventure

[ A-1,Adverb,G5029, tacha ]
primarily quickly" (from tachus, "quick"), signifies "peradventure" in Romans 5:7; in Philemon 1:15, "perhaps." See PERHAPS.

[ B-1,Conjunction,G3379, mepote ]
often written as two words, usually signifies "lest ever, lest haply, haply;" in indirect questions, "if haply" or "whether haply," e.g., Luke 3:15, RV; in Matthew 25:9, RV, "peradventure" (AV, "lest"); "if peradventure," in 2 Timothy 2:25. See HAPLY.

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