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mwzg, mwzgˀ (muzzāg, muzzāḡā) v.n.D mixture
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mixture
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EphFid 1:8.2↗ ܐܝܬ ܕܡܢ ܚܕ ܡܕܡ ܥܒܕܗ݀ ܘܐܝܬ ܕܡܢ ܫܒ̈ܥܐ ܡ̈ܘܙܓܝܢ‏ : there are some that he made from a single thing and some that are mixtures of seven things
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composition
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RSO3 10:1 text not cited
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in particular, the union of two natures in Christ
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physical temperament, constitution
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MiS 488a:12 ܗ݂ܘܐ ܚܡܝܡ ܡܘܙܓܐ‏ ; IsNin18 141:7↗ ܘܚܲܡܝ݂ܡ ܗܼܘ݂ܵܐ ܒܡܘ݂ܙܵܓܹܗ‏ : he was hot-tempered
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health
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LSt.26:5↗ ܡܘܙܓܐ ܗܘ ܢܛܘܪܗ ܕܦܓܪܐ ܐܝܟ ܐܣܛܘܢܐ ܠܒܝܬܐ‏ : health maintains a body as the column does a building
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temperature
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of the times of the year : weather
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Act14congr2 155:16 ܡ݁ܘ̈ܙܓܐ ܕܣܬܘܐ ܘܕܩܝܛܐ‏ : the weather of winter and of summer ; IshExod 50:15↗ ܝܪ̈ܚܝ ܫܢܬܐ ܕܦܪܝܫ ܡܘܙܓܐ ܕܒܗܘܢ ܡܫܡܫ ܐܐܪ ܒܟܠܚܕ‏ : the months of the year of diverse weather in which the air functions in each
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(med.) of the human body and things that impact it
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HunQuest 88:6 ܐܝܟ ܕܠܡܘܙܓܐ ܢܫܚܠܸܦ܃ ܐܟܙܢܐ ܕܡܝ̈ܐ ܩܪ̈ܝܪܐ ܒܐܫܬܐ‏ : like that which may change the temperature, such as cold water for a fever
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In Greek-based medical and philosophical texts this word is used to refer to the mixture of the four primary qualities: hot, cold, moist, and dry. These "temperatures" were not measured by thermometers but by the drug or food's observed effect on the body or on one another.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 723[379]J. Payne-Smith: 256

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