STRONGS G1222:
δήπου [L WH δή ποῦ; cf.
Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 123f], adverb (from
δή and
ποῦ), properly,
now in some way, whatever that way is; it is used when something is affirmed in a slightly ironical manner, as if with an affectation of uncertainty,
perhaps, doubtless, verily:
οὐ δήπου,
not surely (German
doch nicht etwa),
hardly I trow; (cf.
Rost in Passow, i., p. 613
b;
Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2, p. 427f.). Once in Scripture:
Hebrews 2:16.
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