Bible Dictionary
TRUCEBKEAKER
A trucebreaker is one who refuses or violates peace with others. The term translates a word literally associated with the absence of a treaty-making libation and is rendered “implacable” in newer translations.
Definition
A trucebreaker is one who refuses or violates peace or treaty relations and is therefore implacable. The term can also describe a person with whom no treaty can be made.
Biblical Usage
The King James Version uses “trucebreakers” in 2 Timothy 3:3. Later translations render the underlying word “implacable.”
Historical Background
The Greek word literally means “without a libation.” Because a libation accompanied treaty-making in Greek lands, its absence came to signify that no treaty had been made or could be made.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>troos'-brak-er: The King James Version rendering in 2Ti 3:3 of aspondos, literally, "without a libation." As a libation always accompanied the making of a treaty in Greek lands, the lack implied that no treaty had been made, or, by a natural extension of meaning, could be made. Hence, the word came to mean "implacable" (Revised Version).</p>