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hinu wheua

1. (noun) bone marrow.

Ora tonu hoki te kupu a te Atua, mana tonu, koi rawa atu i tētahi hoari matarua, ngoto tonu, ā wehea noatia te ngākau me te wairua, ngā ponapona me te hinu wheua (PT Ngā Hiperu 4:12). / For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow.

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