The meaning of Opinion in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

o-pin'-yun (dea', ce'ippim): "Opinion" occurs only 5 times, thrice in Job (Job 32:6, Job 32:10, Job 32:17) as the translation of dea', "knowledge," "opinion" (in the address of Elihu), and once of ce'ippim, from ca'aph, "to divide or branch out," hence, division or party, unsettled opinion (in the memorable appeal of Elijah, "How long halt ye between two opinions?" I Kings 18:21, the American Standard Revised Version "How long go ye limping between the two sides?"). In Ecclesiasticus 3:24, we have, "For many are deceived by their own vain opinion" (hupolepsis, "a taking up," "a hasty judgment"), the Revised Version (British and American) The conceit of many hath led them astray.

W. L. Walker

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