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- $$T0000550
- \Consist\
- <1,,1510,eimi>
- "to be," is rendered "consist" (lit., "is") in Luke 12:15.
-
- <2,,4921,sunistemi>
- sun, "with," histemi, "to stand," denotes, in its intransitive
- sense, "to stand with or fall together, to be constituted, to be
- compact;" it is said of the universe as upheld by the Lord, Col.
- 1:17, lit., "by Him all things stand together," i.e., "consist"
- (the Latin consisto, "to stand together," is the exact
- equivalent of sunistemi). See APPROVE, COMMEND, MAKE, STAND.
-
- $$T0000551
- \Consolation, Console\
- <A-1,Noun,3874,paraklesis>
- is translated "consolation," in both AV and RV, in Luke 2:25;
- 6:24; Acts 15:31; in 1 Cor. 14:3, AV, "exhortation," RV,
- "comfort;" in the following the AV has "consolation," the RV,
- "comfort," Rom. 15:5; 2 Cor. 1:6,7; 7:7; Phil. 2:1; 2 Thess.
- 2:16; Philem. 1:7; in Acts 4:36, RV, "exhortation;" in Heb.
- 6:18, RV, "encouragement." See COMFORT.
-
- <A-2,Noun,3889,paramuthia>
- "a comfort, consolation;" See COMFORT, A, No. 2.
-
- <A-3,Noun,3890,paramuthion>
- "an encouragement, consolation," Phil. 2:1, RV, in the phrase
- "consolation of love." See COMFORT, A, No. 3.
-
- <B-1,Verb,3888,paramutheomai>
- "to speak soothingly to," is translated "console," John 11:19,
- RV; in John 11:31 "were comforting;" in 1 Thess. 2:11; 5:14, AV,
- "comforted" and "comfort," RV, "encouraged" and "encourage."
-
- $$T0000552
- \Consort (with)\
- <1,,4345,proskleroo>
- lit., "to assign by lot" (pros, "to," kleros, "a lot"), "to
- allot," is found in Acts 17:4, "consorted with," imparting to
- the Passive Voice (the form of the verb there) a Middle Voice
- significance, i.e., "they joined themselves to," or "threw in
- their lot with." The Passive Voice significance can be retained
- by translating (in the stricter sense of the word), "they were
- allotted" (i.e., by God) to Paul and Silas, as followers or
- disciples.
-
- $$T0000553
- \Conspiracy\
- <1,,4945,sunomosia>
- denotes, lit., "a swearing together" (sun, "with," omnumi, "to
- swear"), a "being leagued by oath, and so a conspiracy," Acts
- 23:13.
-
- $$T0000554
- \Constantly\
- * For CONSTANTLY see AFFIRM
-
- $$T0000555
- \Constrain, Constraint\
- <A-1,Verb,315,anakazo>
- see COMPEL, No. 1.
-
- <A-2,Verb,3849,parabiazomai>
- primarily denotes "to employ force contray to nature and right,
- to compel by using force" (para, "alongside," intensive, biazo,
- "to force"), and is used only of "constraining" by intreaty, as
- the two going to Emmaus did to Christ, Luke 24:29; as Lydia did
- to Paul and his companions, Acts 16:15.
-
- <A-3,Verb,4912,sunecho>
- "to hold together, confine, secure, to hold fast" (echo, "to
- have or hold"), "to constrain," is said (a) of the effect of the
- word of the Lord upon Paul, Acts 18:5 (AV, "was pressed in
- spirit," RV, "was constrained by the word"); of the effect of
- the love of Christ, 2 Cor. 5:14; (b) of being taken with a
- disease, Matt. 4:24; Luke 4:38; Acts 28:8; with fear, Luke 8:37;
- (c) of thronging or holding in a person, Luke 8:45; being
- straitened, Luke 12:50; being in a strait betwixt two, Phil.
- 1:23; keeping a city in on every side, Luke 19:43; keeping a
- tight hold on a person, as the men who seized the Lord Jesus
- did, after bringing Him into the High Priest's house, Luke
- 22:63; (d) of stopping the ears in refusal to listen, Acts 7:57.
- Luke uses the word nine times out of its twelve occurrences in
- the NT. See HOLD, KEEP, No. (1), PRESS, SICK (lie), STOP, STRAIT
- (be in a), TAKEN (be), THRONG.
-
- Note: The verb echo, "to have," with ananke, "a
- necessity," is translated "I was constrained," in Jude 1:3, RV
- (AV, "it was needful").
-
- <B-1,Adverb,317,anankastos>
- akin to A, No. 1, "by force, unwillingly, by constraint," is
- used in 1 Pet. 5:2.
-
- $$T0000556
- \Consult, Consultation\
- <A-1,Verb,1011,bouleuo>
- used in the Middle Voice, means (a) "to consult," Luke 14:31;
- (b) "to resolve," John 12:10, AV, "consulted;" RV, "took
- counsel." See COUNSEL.
-
- <A-2,Verb,4823,sumbouleuo>
- "to take counsel together," is translated "consulted together,"
- in Matt. 26:4, AV (RV, "took counsel.") See COUNSEL.
-
- <B-1,Noun,4824,sumboulion>
- a word of the Graeco-Roman period (akin to A, No. 2), "counsel,
- advice," is translated "consulation" in Mark 15:1 (with poieo,
- "to make"), "to hold a consultation;" elsewhere "counsel" in the
- RV, except in Acts 25:12, where, by metonymy, it means a
- "council." See COUNCIL.
-
- $$T0000557
- \Consume\
- <1,,355,analisko>
- "to use up, spend up, especially in a bad sense, to destroy," is
- said of the destruction of persons, (a) literally, Luke 9:54 and
- the RV marg. of 2 Thess. 2:8 (text, "shall slay"); (b)
- metaphorically, Gal. 5:15 "(that) ye be not consumed (one of
- another)."
-
- <2,,2654,katanalisko>
- "to consume utterly, wholly" (kata, intensive), is said, in Heb.
- 12:29, of God as "a consuming fire."
-
- <3,,853,aphanizo>
- lit., "to cause to disappear, put out of sight," came to mean
- "to do away with" (a, negative, phaino, "to cause to appear"),
- said of the destructive work of moth and rust, Matt. 6:19,20
- (RV, "consume," AV, "corrupt"). See CORRUPT, DISFIGURE, PERISH,
- VANISH.
-
- Note: Dapanao, "to expend, be at an expense," is
- translated "consume" in the AV of Jas. 4:3 (RV, "spend"). See
- SPEND.
-
- $$T0000558
- \Contain\
- <1,,5562,choreo>
- signifies (a), lit., "to give space, make room" (chora, "a
- place"); hence, transitively, "to have space or room for a
- thing, to contain," said of the waterpots as "containing" a
- certain quantity, John 2:6; of a space large enough to hold a
- number of people, Mark 2:2; of the world as not possible of
- "containing" certain books, John 21:25; (b) "to go," Matt.
- 15:17; "to have place," John 8:37; "to come," 2 Pet. 3:9; (c)
- metaphorically, "of receiving with the mind," Matt. 19:11,12; or
- "into the heart," 2 Cor. 7:2. See COME (No. 24), GO, PLACE,
- RECEIVE, ROOM.
-
- <2,,4023,periecho>
- lit., "to have round" (peri, "around," echo, "to have"), means
- "to encompass, enclose, contain," as a writing contains details,
- 1 Pet. 2:6. Some mss. have it in Acts 23:25, lit., "having this
- form" (the most authentic have echo, "to have"). For the
- secondary meaning, "amazed" (AV, "astonished"), Luke 5:9 (lit.,
- "amazement encompassed," i.e., seized, him).
-
- Notes: (1) The verb allegoreo in Gal. 4:24, RV, is
- translated "contain an allegory" (AV, "are an allegory"), i.e.,
- they apply the facts of the narrative to illustrate principles.
- (2) In Eph. 2:15 "the law of commandments contained in
- ordinances" is, lit., "the law of commandments in ordinances."
- (3) In Rom. 2:14, the RV, translating literally, has "the things
- of the Law;" the AV inserts the words "contained in." (4) In 1
- Cor. 7:9, for the AV, "if they cannot contain," see CONTINENCY.
-
- $$T0000559
- \Contemptible\
- * For CONTEMPTIBLE see ACCOUNT No. 6
-
- $$T0000560
- \Contend (-ing)\
- <1,,118,athleo>
- "to engage in a contest" (cp. Eng., "athlete"), "to contend in
- public games," is used in 2 Tim. 2:5, RV, "contend in the
- games," for the AV, "strive for the masteries." See STRIVE.
-
- Note: In 1 Cor. 9:25, the verb agonizomai, "to strive,"
- is used in the same connection, RV, "striveth in the games." Cp.
- No. 3.
-
- <2,,1252,diakrino>
- lit., "to separate throughout or wholly" (dia, "asunder," krino,
- "to judge," from a root kri---, meaning "separation"), then, to
- distinguish, decide, signifies, in the Middle Voice, "to
- separate oneself from, or to contend with," as did the
- circumcisionists with Peter, Acts 11:2; as did Michael with
- Satan, Jude 1:9. See RV marg. of Jude 1:22, where the thought
- may be that of differing in opinion. See DIFFER, DISCERN, DOUBT,
- JUDGE, PARTIAL, STAGGER, WAVER.
-
- <3,,1864,epagonizomai>
- signifies "to contend about a thing, as a combatant" (epi, "upon
- or about," intensive, agon, "a contest"), "to contend
- earnestly," Jude 1:3. The word "earnestly" is added to convey
- the intensive force of the preposition.
-
- $$T0000561
- \Content (to be), Contentment\
- <A-1,Verb,174,arkeo>
- primarily signifies "to be sufficient, to be possessed of
- sufficient strength, to be strong, to be enough for a thing;"
- hence, "to defend, ward off;" in the Middle Voice, "to be
- satisfied, contented with," Luke 3:14, with wages; 1 Tim. 6:8,
- with food and raiment; Heb. 13:5, with "such things as ye have;"
- negatively of Diotrephes, in 3 John 1:10, "not content
- therewith." See ENOUGH, SUFFICE, SUFFICIENT.
-
- <A-2,Verb,4909,suneudokeo>
- in 1 Cor. 7:12,13, RV, signifies "to be content:" see CONSENT,
- No. 6.
-
- <B-1,Adjective,842,autarkes>
- as found in the papyri writings, means "sufficient in oneself"
- (autos, "self," arkeo, "see" A), "self-sufficient, adequate,
- needing no assistance;" hence, "content," Phil. 4:11.
-
- <B-2,Adjective,2425,hikanos>
- "sufficient," used with poieo, "to do," in Mark 15:15, is
- translated "to content (the multitude)," i.e., to do sufficient
- to satisfy them. See ABLE.
-
- <C-1,Noun,841,autarkeia>
- "contentment, satisfaction with what one has," is found in 1
- Tim. 6:6. For its other meaning "sufficiency," in 2 Cor. 9:8,
- see SUFFICIENCY.
-
- $$T0000562
- \Contention, Contentious\
- <1,,2054,eris>
- "strife, quarrel," especially "rivalry, contention, wrangling,"
- as in the church in Corinth, 1 Cor. 1:11, is translated
- "contentions" in Titus 3:9, AV. See DEBATE, STRIFE, VARIANCE.
-
- <2,,3948,paroxusmos>
- (Eng., "paroxysm"), lit., "a sharpening," hence "a sharpening of
- the feeling, or action" (para, "beside," intensive, oxus,
- "sharp"), denotes an incitement, a sharp contention, Acts 15:39,
- the effect of irritation; elsewhere in Heb. 10:24, "provoke,"
- unto love. See PROVOKE.
-
- <3,,5379,philoneikia>
- lit., "love of strife" (phileo, "to love," neikos, "strife"),
- signifies "eagerness to contend;" hence, a "contention," said of
- the disciples, Luke 22:24. Cp. B, 2.
-
- <4,Adjective,269,amachos>
- lit., "not fighting" (a, negative, mache, "a fight, combat,
- quarrel"), primarily signifying "invincible," came to mean "not
- contentious," 1 Tim. 3:3, RV; Titus 3:2 (AV, "not a brawler,"
- "no brawlers").
-
- <5,Adjective,5380,philoneikos>
- akin to A, No. 3, is used in 1 Cor. 11:16. In the Sept., Ezek.
- 3:7, "stubborn."
-
- Notes: (1) Eritheia, "contention," AV, in Phil. 1:17, is
- translated "faction," in the RV. The phrase hoi ex eritheias,
- Rom. 2:8, lit., "those of strife," is rendered "contentious," in
- the AV; RV, "factious." See FACTIOUS, STRIFE.
-
- (2) For agon, "a contest," "contention," 1 Thess. 2:2,
- AV; "conflict," RV, see CONFLICT.
-
- $$T0000563
- \Continency\
- <1,,1467,enkrateuomai>
- en, "in," kratos, "power, strength," lit., "to have power over
- oneself," is rendered "(if) they have (not) continency" (i.e.,
- are lacking in self-control), in 1 Cor. 7:9, RV; AV, "can (not)
- contain;" in 1 Cor. 9:25, "is temperate." See TEMPERATE.
-
- $$T0000564
- \Continual, Continually (see also Continue)\
- <A-1,Adverbial Phrase,1519 5056,eis telos>
- lit., "unto (the) end," signifies "continual," in Luke 18:5, of
- the importunate widow's applications to the unrighteous judge;
- see also Matt. 10:22; 24:13; Mark 13:13; John 13:1; 1 Thess.
- 2:16. Cp. heos telous, lit., "until the end," 1 Cor. 1:8; 2 Cor.
- 1:13; mechri telous, ditto, Heb. 3:6,14; achri telous, Heb.
- 6:11; Rev. 2:26.
-
- <A-2,Adverbial Phrase,1275,dia pantos>
- is used of a "period throughout or during which anything is
- done;" it is said of the disciples' "continuance" in the Temple
- after the ascension of Christ, Luke 24:53; of the regular
- entrance of the priests into the first tabernacle, Heb. 9:6, RV
- (AV "always"); of the constant sacrifice of praise enjoined upon
- believers, Heb. 13:15. See also Matt. 18:10; Mark 5:5; Acts
- 10:2; 24:16; Rom. 11:10; 2 Thess. 3:16, "at all times." See
- ALWAYS, No. 3, and Note under No. 3 below).
-
- <A-3,Adverbial Phrase,1519 1336,eis to dienekes>
- lit., "unto the carried-through" (dia, "through," enenka, "to
- carry"), i.e., unto (the) unbroken "continuance," is used of the
- continuous Priesthood of Christ, Heb. 7:3, and of the
- "continual" offering of sacrifices under the Law, Heb. 10:1. It
- is translated "for ever," in Heb. 10:12, of the everlasting
- session of Christ at the right hand of God; and in Heb. 10:14,
- of the everlasting effects of His sacrifice upon "them that are
- sanctified." See EVER.
-
- Note: No. 2 indicates that a certain thing is done
- frequently throughout a period; No. 3 stresses the unbroken
- continuity of what is mentioned.
-
- <B-1,Adjective,88,adialeiptos>
- "continual, unceasing:" see CEASE, B.
-
- $$T0000565
- \Continue, Continuance\
- <1,,1096,ginomai>
- signifies (a) "to begin to be" (suggesting origin); (b) "to
- become" (suggesting entrance on a new state); (c) "to come to
- pass" (suggesting effect); hence with the meaning (c) it is
- translated "continued" in Acts 19:10. See ARISE.
-
- <2,,1300,diateleo>
- "to bring through to an end" (dia, "through," telos, "an end"),
- "to finish fully" or, when used of time, "continue right
- through," is said of "continuing" fasting up to the time
- mentioned, Acts 27:33.
-
- <3,,3306,meno>
- see ABIDE.
-
- * Compounds of meno with this meaning, are as follows:
-
- <4,,1265,diameno>
- "to continue throughout," i.e., without interruption (No. 3 with
- dia, "through"), is said of the dumbness of Zacharias, Luke
- 1:22, AV, "remained;" of the "continuance" of the disciples with
- Christ, Luke 22:28; of the permanency of the truth of the Gospel
- with churches, Gal. 2:5; of the unchanged course of things, 2
- Pet. 3:4; of the eternal permanency of Christ, Heb. 1:11. See
- REMAIN.
-
- <5,,1696,emmeno>
- "to remain in" (en, "in"), is used of "abiding in a house," Acts
- 28:30 (in the best mss.); of "continuing" in the faith, Acts
- 14:22; in the Law, Gal. 3:10; in God's covenant, Heb. 8:9.
-
- <6,,1961,epimeno>
- lit., "to remain on," i.e., in addiion to (epi, "upon," and No.
- 3), "to continue along still to adibe," is used of "continuing"
- to ask, John 8:7; to knock, Acts 12:16; in the grace of God,
- Acts 13:43; in sin, Rom. 6:1; in God's goodness, Rom. 11:22; in
- unbelief, Rom. 11:23 (AV, "abide"); in the flesh, Phil. 1:24; in
- the faith, Col. 1:23; in doctrine, 1 Tim. 4:16; elsewhere of
- abiding in a place. See ABIDE, TARRY.
-
- <7,,3887,parameno>
- "to remain by or near" (para, "beside," and No. 3), hence, "to
- continue or persevere in anything," is used of the inability of
- Levitical priests to "continue," Heb. 7:23; of persevering in
- the law of liberty, Jas. 1:25; it is translated "abide" in Phil.
- 1:25 (2nd clause, in the best mss.), RV (see Note (1)), and in 1
- Cor. 16:6. See ABIDE.
-
- <8,,4357,prosmeno>
- "to remain with" (pros, "with," and No. 3), "to continue with a
- person," is said of the people with Christ, Matt. 15:32; Mark
- 8:2 (AV, "been with"); of "continuing" in supplications and
- prayers, 1 Tim. 5:5. See ABIDE, CLEAVE (unto), TARRY.
-
- <9,,4342,proskartereo>
- lit., "to be strong towards" (pros, "towards," used intensively,
- and kartereo, "to be strong"), "to endure in, or persevere in,
- to be continually steadfast with a person or thing," is used of
- "continuing" in prayer with others, Acts 1:14; Rom. 12:12; Col.
- 4:2; in the Apostles' teaching, Acts 2:42; in the Temple, Acts
- 2:46 ("continuing steadfastly," RV), the adverb representing the
- intensive preposition; in prayer and the ministry, Acts 6:4 (RV,
- "will continue steadfastly"); of Simon Magus with Philip, Acts
- 8:13. In Mark 3:9; Acts 10:7, it signifies "to wait on;" in Rom.
- 13:6, to attend "continually" upon. See ATTEND INSTANT, WAIT.
-
- <10,,1273,dianuktereuo>
- "to pass the night through" (dia, "through," nux, "a night"),
- "to continue all night," is found in Luke 6:12, of the Lord in
- spending all night in prayer.
-
- Notes: (1) The following are translated by the verb "to
- continue," in the AV, in the places mentioned: diatribo, "to
- tarry," (according to inferior mss.) John 11:54; Acts 15:35 (RV,
- "tarried"); histemi, "to stand," Acts 26:22 (RV, "stand"):
- kathizo, "to sit down," Acts 18:11 (RV, "dwelt"): parateino, "to
- extend, stretch," Acts 20:7 (RV, "prolonged"); parameno, "to
- abide together with," Phil. 1:25, RV, "abide with;" the AV,
- "continue," translating sumparameno (in some mss.), marks the
- difference from the preceding meno. See ABIDE, No. 4.
-
- (2) In Rom. 2:7, for AV, "patient continuance," the RV
- has "patience" (lit., "according to patience").
-
- (3) In Rev. 13:5 poieo, "to do," is rendered "to
- continue."
-
- $$T0000566
- \Contradict, Contradiction\
- <A-1,Verb,483,antilego>
- lit., "to speak against" (anti, "against," lego, "to speak"), is
- translated "contradict" in Acts 13:45. See ANSWER, GAINSAY,
- SPEAK (against).
-
- <B-1,Noun,485,antilogia>
- akin to A, is translated "contradiction" in the AV of Heb. 7:7;
- 12:3, "dispute," and "gainsaying." See DISPUTE, GAINSAY, STRIFE.
-
- $$T0000567
- \Contrariwise\
- <1,,5121,t'ounantion>
- for to enantion, "the contrary, on the contrary or
- contrariwise," is used in 2 Cor. 2:7; Gal. 2:7; 1 Pet. 3:9.
-
- $$T0000568
- \Contrary\
- <A-1,Verb,480,antikeimai>
- "to be contrary" (anti, "against," keimai, "to lie"), Gal. 5:17;
- 1 Tim. 1:10. See ADVERSARY.
-
- <B-1,Preposition,3844,para>
- "beside," has the meaning "contrary to" in Acts 18:13; Rom.
- 11:24; 16:17; "other than" in Gal. 1:8.
-
- <B-2,Preposition,561,apenanti>
- lit., "from over against, opposite to" (apo, "from," enantios,
- "against,"), is translated "contrary to" in Acts 17:7; "before"
- in Matt. 27:24; Rom. 3:18; "over against;" in Matt. 27:61; "in
- the presence of," in Acts 3:16.
-
- Note: The most authentic mss. have katenanti, "over
- against," in Matt. 21:2.
-
- <C-1,Adjective,1727,enantios>
- "over against" (en, "in," antios, "against"), is used primarily
- of place, Mark 15:39; of an opposing wind, Matt. 14:24; Mark
- 6:48; Acts 27:4; metaphorically, opposed as an adversary,
- antagonistic, Acts 26:9; 1 Thess. 2:15; Titus 2:8; Acts 28:17,
- "against."
-
- <C-2,Adjective,5227,hupenantios>
- hupo, "under," and No. 1, opposite to, is used of "that which is
- contrary to persons," Col. 2:14, and as a noun, "adversaries,"
- Heb. 10:27. See ADVERSARY.
-
- $$T0000569
- \Contribution\
- <1,,2842,koinonia>
- is twice rendered "contribution," Rom. 15:26; 2 Cor. 9:13, RV,
- (AV, "distribution"). See COMMUNION.
-
- $$T0000570
- \Controversy (without)\
- <1,,3672,homologoumenos>
- "confessedly, by common consent," akin to homologeo, "to
- confess" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), is rendered in 1
- Tim. 3:16 "without controversy;" some translate it
- "confessedly." See CONFESS, A, No. 1, and B.
-
- $$T0000571
- \Convenient, Conveniently\
- <A-1,Adjective,2121,eukairos>
- lit., "well-timed" (eu, "well," kairos, "a time, season"), hence
- signifies "timely, opportune, convenient;" it is said of a
- certain day, Mark 6:21; elsewhere, Heb. 4:16, "in time of need."
- See NEED. Cp. eukairia, "opportunity," Matt. 26:16; Luke 22:6;
- eukaireo, "to have opportunity," Mark 6:31; Acts 17:21 ("they
- spent their time," marg. "had leisure for nothing else"); 1 Cor.
- 16:12. See OPPORTUNITY, NEED, C, Note.
-
- <B-1,Adverb,2122,eukairos>
- "conveniently," Mark 14:11, is used elsewhere in 2 Tim. 4:2, "in
- season." See SEASON, C.
-
- <C-1,Verb,433,aneko>
- is rendered "befitting" in Eph. 5:4, for AV, "convenient;" so in
- Philem. 1:8. See BEFIT.
-
- <C-2,Verb,2520,katheko>
- "to be fitting," is so translated in Rom. 1:28, RV; AV, "(not)
- convenient;" in Acts 22:22, "it is (not) fit." See FIT.
-
- $$T0000572
- \Conversation\
- * This word is not used in the RV, as it does not now express
- the meaning of the words so translated in the AV. These are as
- follows:
-
- <A-1,Noun,391,anastrophe>
- see BEHAVIOR, B, No. 1.
-
- <A-2,Noun,5158,tropos>
- "a turning, a manner," is translated simply "be ye," RV in Heb.
- 13:5, instead of "let your conversation be." See MANNER, MEANS,
- WAY.
-
- <A-3,Noun,4175,politeuma>
- see CITIZENSHIP, No. 4.
-
- <B-1,Verb,390,anastrepho>
- see BEHAVE, A, No. 1.
-
- <B-2,Verb,4176,politeuo>
- see CITIZENSHIP, No. 4, Note.
-
- $$T0000573
- \Convert, Conversion\
- <A-1,Verb,4762,strepho>
- "to turn," is translated "be converted" in Matt. 18:3, AV. See
- TURN.
-
- <A-2,Verb,1994,epistrepho>
- "to turn about, turn towards" (epi, "towards" and No. 1), is
- used transitively, and so rendered "convert" (of causing a
- person to turn) in Jas. 5:19,20. Elsewhere, where the AV
- translates this verb, either in the Middle Voice and
- intransitive use, or the Passive, the RV adheres to the Middle
- Voice significance, and translates by "turn again," Matt. 13:15;
- Mark 4:12; Luke 22:32; Acts 3:19; 28:27. See COME (again), Note
- (4), GO (again), RETURN, TURN.
-
- <B-1,Noun,1995,epistrophe>
- akin to A, No. 2, "a turning about, or round, conversion," is
- found in Acts 15:3. The word implies "a turning from and a
- turning to;" corresponding to these are repentance and faith;
- cp. "turned to God from idols" (1 Thess. 1:9). Divine grace is
- the efficient cause, human agency the responding effect.
-
- $$T0000574
- \Convey\
- <1,,1593,ekneuo>
- primarily, "to bend to one side, to turn aside;" then "to take
- onself away, withdraw," is found in John 5:13, of Christ's
- "conveying" Himself away from one place to another. Some have
- regarded the verb as having the same meaning as ekneo, "to
- escape," as from peril, "slip away secretly;" but the Lord did
- not leave the place where He had healed the paralytic in order
- to escape danger, but to avoid the applause of the throng.
-
- $$T0000575
- \Convict (including the AV, Convince)\
- <1,,1651,elencho>
- signifies (a) "to convict, confute, refute," usually with the
- suggestion of putting the convicted person to shame; see Matt.
- 18:15, where more than telling the offender his fault is in
- view; it is used of "convicting" of sin, John 8:46; 16:8;
- gainsayers in regard to the faith, Titus 1:9; transgressors of
- the Law, Jas. 2:9; some texts have the verb in John 8:9; (b) "to
- reprove," 1 Cor. 14:24, RV (for AV, "convince"), for the
- unbeliever is there viewed as being reproved for, or "convicted"
- of, his sinful state; so in Luke 3:19; it is used of reproving
- works, John 3:20; Eph. 5:11,13; 1 Tim. 5:20; 2 Tim. 4:2; Titus
- 1:13; 2:15; all these speak of reproof by word of mouth. In Heb.
- 12:5; Rev. 3:19, the word is used of reproving by action. See
- FAULT, REBUKE, REPROVE.
-
- <2,,1827,exelencho>
- an intensive form of No. 1, "to convict thoroughly," is used of
- the Lord's future "conviction" of the ungodly, Jude 1:15.
-
- Note: For diakatelencho, "to confute powerfully in
- disputation," Acts 18:28 (AV, "convinced"), see CONFUTE.
-
- $$T0000576
- \Cool\
- <1,,2711,katapsucho>
- Luke 16:24, denotes "to cool off, make cool" (kata, "down,"
- psucho, "to cool"). In the Sept., Gen. 18:4.
-
- $$T0000577
- \Coppersmith\
- * For COPPERSMITH see under BRASS
-
- $$T0000578
- \Copy\
- <1,,5262,hupodeigma>
- from hupo, "under," deiknumi, "to show," properly denotes "what
- is shown below or privately;" it is translated "example," Heb.
- 8:5, AV (RV, "copy"). It signifies (a) a sign suggestive of
- anything, the delineation or representation of a thing, and so,
- a figure, "copy;" in Heb. 9:23 the RV has "copies," for the AV,
- "patterns;" (b) an example for imitation, John 13:15; Jas. 5:10;
- for warning, Heb. 4:11; 2 Pet. 2:6 (AV "ensample"). See EXAMPLE,
- PATTERN.
-
- Note: Cp. hupogrammos (hupo, "under," grapho, "to
- write"), "an underwriting, a writing copy, an example," is used
- in 1 Pet. 2:21.
-
- $$T0000579
- \Corban\
- <1,,2878,korban>
- signifies (a) "an offering," and was a Hebrew term for any
- sacrifice, whether by the shedding of blood or otherwise; (b) "a
- gift offered to God," Mark 7:11. Jews were much addicted to rash
- vows; a saying of the rabbis was, "It is hard for the parents,
- but the law is clear, vows must be kept." The Sept. translates
- the word by doron, "a gift." See korbanas, under TREASURY, Matt.
- 27:6.
-
- $$T0000580
- \Cord\
- <1,,4979,schoinion>
- "a cord or rope," a diminutive of schoinos, "a rush, bulrush,"
- meant a "cord" made of rushes; it denotes (a) "a small cord,"
- John 2:15 (plural), (b) "a rope," Acts 27:32. See ROPE.
-
- $$T0000581
- \Corn, Cornfield\
- <1,,4621,sitos>
- "wheat, corn;" in the plural, "grain," is translated "corn" in
- Mark 4:28; "wheat," Matt. 3:12; 13:25,29,30; Luke 3:17; 12:18
- (some mss. have genemata, "fruits," here); Luke 16:7; 22:31;
- John 12:24; Acts 27:38; 1 Cor. 15:37; Rev. 6:6; 18:13. See
- WHEAT.
-
- <2,,4621,sition>
- "corn, grain," a diminutive of No. 1, is found in Acts 7:12.
-
- <3,,4702,sporimos>
- lit., "sown, or fit for sowing" (speiro "to sow, scatter seed"),
- denotes, in the plural, "sown fields, fields of grain,
- cornfields," Matt. 12:1, RV; Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1 (cp. spora, 1
- Pet. 1:23, and sporos, "seed").
-
- <4,,4719,stachus>
- means "an ear of grain," Matt. 12:1; Mark 2:23; 4:28; Luke 6:1.
- Cp. the name Stachys in Rom. 16:9.
-
- Notes: (1) Aloao, "to thresh," from alon, "a
- threshing-floor," is translated "treadeth out (the) corn," in 1
- Cor. 9:9,10; 1 Tim. 5:18. Cp. THRESH, TREAD.
-
- (2) Kokkos, "a grain" (its regular meaning), is
- translated "corn" in the AV of John 12:24 (RV, "grain"). See
- GRAIN.
-
- $$T0000582
- \Corner, Cornerstone\
- <1,,1137,gonia>
- "an angle" (Eng., "coign"), signifies (a) "an external angle,"
- as of the "corner" of a street, Matt. 6:5; or of a building,
- 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet. 2:7, "the
- corner stone or head-stone of the corner" (see below); or the
- four extreme limits of the earth, Rev. 7:1; 20:8; (b) "an
- internal corner," a secret place, Acts 26:26. See QUARTER.
-
- <2,,746,arche>
- "a beginning" (its usual meaning), "first in time, order, or
- place," is used to denote the extremities or "corners" of a
- sheet, Acts 10:11; 11:5. See BEGINNING.
-
- Note: For the adjective akrogoniaios (from akros,
- "extreme, highest," and No. 1), "a chief corner stone," see
- CHIEF. They were laid so as to give strength to the two walls
- with which they were connected. So Christ unites Jew and
- Gentile, Eph. 2:20; again, as one may carelessly stumble over
- the "corner stone," when turning the "corner," so Christ proved
- a stumbling stone to Jews, 1 Pet. 2:6.
-
- $$T0000583
- \Corpse\
- <1,,4430,ptoma>
- see BODY, No. 3.
-
- $$T0000584
- \Correct, Correction, Corrector, Correcting\
- <A-1,Noun,1357,diorthoma>
- signifies "a reform, amendment, correction," lit., "a making
- straight" (dia, "through," orthoo, "to make straight"). In Acts
- 24:2, lit., "reformations come about (or take place, lit.,
- 'become')," the RV has "evils are corrected," AV, "worthy deeds
- are done;" there is no word for "worthy" or for "deeds" in the
- original. Some texts have katorthoma, which has the same
- meaning. See diorthosis, "reformation," Heb. 9:10.
-
- <A-2,Noun,1882,epanorthosis>
- lit., "a restoration to an upright or right state" (epi, "to,"
- ana, "up, or again," and orthoo, see No. 1), hence,
- "correction," is used of the Scripture in 2 Tim. 3:16, referring
- to improvement of life and character.
-
- <A-3,Noun,3810,paideutes>
- has two meanings, corresponding to the two meanings of the verb
- paideuo (see below) from which it is derived, (a) "a teacher,
- preceptor, corrector," Rom. 2:20 (AV, "instructor"), (b) "a
- chastiser," Heb. 12:9, rendered "to chasten" (AV, "which
- corrected;" lit., "chastisers"). See INSTRUCTOR.
-
- <B-1,Verb,381,paideuo>
- "to train up a child" (pais), is rendered "correcting" in 2 Tim.
- 2:25, RV, AV, "instructing." See CHASTEN.
-
- $$T0000585
- \Corrupt, Verb and Adjective. Corruption, Corruptible, Incorruption, Incorruptible\
- <A-1,Verb,2585,kapeleuo>
- primarily signifies "to be a retailer, to peddle, to
- hucksterize" (from kapelos, "an inn-keeper, a petty retailer,
- especially of wine, a huckster, peddler," in contrast to
- emporos, "a merchant"); hence, "to get base gain by dealing in
- anything," and so, more generally, "to do anything for sordid
- personal advantage." It is found in 2 Cor. 2:17, with reference
- to the ministry of the Gospel. The significance can be best
- ascertained by comparison and contrast with the verb doloo in 2
- Cor. 4:2 (likewise there only in the NT), "to handle
- deceitfully." The meanings are not identical. While both involve
- the deceitful dealing of adulterating the word of truth,
- kapeleuo has the broader significance of doing so in order to
- make dishonest gain. Those to whom the Apostle refers in 2 Cor.
- 2:17 are such as make merchandise of souls through covetousness
- (cp. Titus 1:11; 2 Pet. 2:3,14,15; Jude 1:11,16; Ezek. 13:19);
- accordingly "hucksterizing" would be the most appropriate
- rendering in this passage, while "handling deceitfully" is the
- right meaning in 2 Cor. 4:2. See Trench, Syn. lxii. In Isa.
- 1:22, the Sept. has "thy wine-merchants" (kapeloi,
- "hucksterizers").
-
- <A-2,Verb,5351,phtheiro>
- signifies "to destroy by means of corrupting," and so "bringing
- into a worse state;" (a) with this significance it is used of
- the effect of evil company upon the manners of believers, and so
- of the effect of association with those who deny the truth and
- hold false doctrine, 1 Cor. 15:33 (this was a saying of the
- pagan poet Menander, which became a well known proverb); in 2
- Cor. 7:2, of the effects of dishonorable dealing by bringing
- people to want (a charge made against the Apostle); in 2 Cor.
- 11:3, of the effects upon the minds (or thoughts) of believers
- by "corrupting" them "from the simplicity and the purity that is
- toward Christ;" in Eph. 4:22, intransitively, of the old nature
- in waxing "corrupt," "morally decaying, on the way to final
- ruin" (Moule), "after the lusts of deceit;" in Rev. 19:2,
- metaphorically, of the Babylonish harlot, in "corrupting" the
- inhabitants of the earth by her false religion.
-
- (b) With the significance of destroying, it is used of
- marring a local church by leading it away from that condition of
- holiness of life and purity of doctrine in which it should
- abide, 1 Cor. 3:17 (AV, "defile"), and of God's retributive
- destruction of the offender who is guilty of this sin (id.); of
- the effects of the work of false and abominable teachers upon
- themselves, 2 Pet. 2:12 (some texts have kataphtheiro; AV,
- "shall utterly perish"), and Jude 1:10 (AV, "corrupt
- themselves." RV, marg., "are corrupted"). See DEFILE and
- DESTROY.
-
- <A-3,Verb,1311,diaphtheiro>
- dia, "through," intensive, and No. 2, "to corrupt utterly,
- through and through," is said of men "corrupted in mind," whose
- wranglings result from the doctrines of false teachers, 1 Tim.
- 6:5 (the AV wrongly renders it as an adjective, "corrupt"). It
- is translated "destroyeth" instead of "corrupteth," in the RV of
- Luke 12:33, of the work of a moth; in Rev. 8:9, of the effect of
- Divine judgments hereafter upon navigation; in Rev. 11:18, of
- the Divine retribution of destruction upon those who have
- destroyed the earth; in 2 Cor. 4:16 it is translated "is
- decaying," said of the human body. See DESTROY, PERISH.
-
- <A-4,Verb,2704,kataphtheiro>
- kata, "down," intensive, and No. 2, is said of men who are
- reprobate concerning the faith, "corrupted in mind" (AV,
- "corrupt"), 2 Tim. 3:8. For 2 Pet. 2:12, RV, "shall be
- destroyed," see No. 2.
-
- <A-5,Verb,4595,sepo>
- signifies "to make corrupt, to destroy;" in the Passive Voice
- with Middle sense, "to become corrupt or rotten, to perish,"
- said of riches, Jas. 5:2, of the gold and silver of the
- luxurious rich who have ground down their laborers. The verb is
- derived from a root signifying "to rot off, drop to pieces."
-
- <A-6,Verb,853,aphanizo>
- see CONSUME, No. 3.
-
- <B-1,Noun,5356,phthora>
- connected with phtheiro, No. 2, above, signifies "a bringing or
- being brought into an inferior or worse condition, a destruction
- or corruption." It is used (a) physically, (1), of the condition
- of creation, as under bondage, Rom. 8:21; (2) of the effect of
- the withdrawal of life, and so of the condition of the human
- body in burial, 1 Cor. 15:42; (3) by metonymy, of anything which
- is liable to "corruption," 1 Cor. 15:50; (4) of the physical
- effects of merely gratifying the natural desires and ministering
- to one's own needs or lusts, Gal. 6:8, to the flesh in contrast
- to the Spirit, "corruption" being antithetic to "eternal life;"
- (5) of that which is naturally short-lived and transient, Col.
- 2:22, "perish;" (b) of the death and decay of beasts, 2 Pet.
- 2:12, RV, "destroyed" (first part of verse; lit., "unto ...
- destruction"); (c) ethically, with a moral significance, (1) of
- the effect of lusts, 2 Pet. 1:4; (2) of the effect upon
- themselves of the work of false and immoral teachers, 2 Pet.
- 2:12, RV, "destroying;" AV, "corruption," and 2 Pet. 2:19. See
- DESTROY, PERISH.
-
- Note: There is nothing in any of these words suggesting
- or involving annihilation.
-
- <B-2,Noun,1312,diaphthora>
- an intensified form of No. 1, "utter or thorough corruption,"
- referring in the NT to physical decomposition and decay, is used
- six times, five of which refer, negatively, to the body of God's
- "Holy One," after His death, which body, by reason of His
- absolute holiness, could not see "corruption," Acts 2:27,31;
- 13:34,35,37; once it is used of a human body, that of David,
- which, by contrast, saw "corruption," Acts 13:36.
-
- <B-3,Noun,861,aphtharsia>
- "incorruption," a, negative, with A, No. 2, is used (a) of the
- resurrection body, 1 Cor. 15:42,50,53,54; (b) of a condition
- associated with glory and honor and life, including perhaps a
- moral significance, Rom. 2:7; 2 Tim. 1:10; this is wrongly
- translated "immortality" in the AV; (c) of love to Christ, that
- which is sincere and undiminishing, Eph. 6:24 (translated
- "uncorruptness"). See IMMORTALITY, SINCERITY.
-
- Note: For Titus 2:7 (where some texts have aphtharsia),
- see No. 4.
-
- <B-4,Noun,5356,aphthoria>
- similar to No. 3, "uncorruptness, free from (moral) taint," is
- said of doctrine, Titus 2:7 (some texts have adiaphthoria, the
- negative form of No. 2, above).
-
- <C-1,Adjective,5349,phthartos>
- "corruptible," akin to A, No. 2, is used (a) of man as being
- mortal, liable to decay (in contrast to God), Rom. 1:23; (b) of
- man's body as death-doomed, 1 Cor. 15:53,54; (c) of a crown of
- reward at the Greek games, 1 Cor. 9:25; (d) of silver and gold,
- as specimens or "corruptible" things, 1 Pet. 1:18; (e) of
- natural seed, 1 Pet. 1:23.
-
- <C-2,Adjective,862,apthartos>
- "not liable to corruption or decay, incorruptible" (a, negative,
- and A, No. 2), is used of (a) God, Rom. 1:23; 1 Tim 1:17 (AV,
- "immortal"); (b) the raised dead, 1 Cor. 15:52; (c) rewards
- given to the saints hereafter, metaphorically described as a
- "crown," 1 Cor. 9:25; (d) the eternal inheritance of the saints,
- 1 Pet. 1:4; (e) the Word of God, as incorruptible" seed, 1 Pet.
- 1:23; (f) a meek and quiet spirit, metaphorically spoken of as
- "incorruptible" apparel, 1 Pet. 3:4. See IMMORAL.
-
- <C-3,Adjective,4550,sapros>
- "corrupt," akin to sepo, A, No. 5; see BAD No. 3.
-
- Note: (1) Trench, Syn. lxviii, contrasts this with
- amarantos, and amarantinos, "unwithering, not fading away," 1
- Pet. 1:4; 5:4. These are, however, distinct terms (see FADE) and
- are not strictly synonymous, though used in the same description
- of the heavenly inheritance.
-
- $$T0000586
- \Cost, Costliness, Costly\
- <A-1,Noun,1160,dapane>
- "expense, cost" (from dapto, "to tear;" from a root dap, meaning
- "to divide"), is found in Luke 14:28, in the Lord's illustration
- of counting the "cost" of becoming His disciple. Cp. dapanao,
- "to spend," and its compounds, under CHARGE, SPEND.
-
- <A-2,Noun,5094,timiotes>
- "costliness" (from timios, "valued at great price, precious;"
- see No. 3, below), is connected with time, "honor, price," and
- used in Rev. 18:19, in reference to Babylon.
-
- <B-1,Adjective,5093,timios>
- akin to A, No. 2, is translated "costly" in 1 Cor. 3:12, of
- "costly" stones, in a metaphorical sense (AV, "precious"). Cp.
- Rev. 17:4; 18:12,16; 21:19. See DEAR, HONORABLE, PRECIOUS,
- REPUTATION.
-
- <B-2,Adjective,4185,poluteles>
- primarily, "the very end or limit" (from polus, "much," telos,
- "revenue"), with reference to price, of highest "cost," very
- expensive, is said of spikenard, Mark 14:3; raiment, 1 Tim. 2:9;
- metaphorically, of a meek and quiet spirit, 1 Pet. 3:4, "of
- great price;" cp. No. 1 and A, No. 2, above. See PRECIOUS,
- PRICE.
-
- <B-3,Adjective,4186,polutimos>
- lit., "of great value" (see A, No. 2 and B, No. 1), is used of a
- pearl, Matt. 13:46; of spikenard, John 12:3 (RV, "very
- precious," AV "very costly"). See PRICE. The comparative
- polutimo(v.l.io)teros, "much more precious," is used in 1 Pet.
- 1:7.
-
- $$T0000587
- \Couch\
- <1,,2826,klinidion>
- "a small bed," a diminutive form of kline, "a bed" (from klino,
- "to incline, recline"), is used in Luke 5:19,24 of the "bed"
- (kline, in ver. 18) on which the palsied man was brought. See
- BED.
-
- <2,,2895,krabbatos>
- see BED, No. 4.
-
- $$T0000588
- \Could\
- <1,,2192,echo>
- "to have," is rendered "could" in Mark 14:8, "she hath done what
- she could," lit., "she hath done what she had." See HAVE.
-
- <2,,2480,ischuo>
- "to have strength," is translated in Mark 14:37 "couldest thou
- not." See ABLE.
-
- Notes: (1) Emblepo in Acts 22:11, lit., "I was not
- seeing," is translated "I could not see." See BEHOLD.
-
- (2) See CAN, when not used as part of another verb.
-
- $$T0000589
- \Council, Councillor\
- <1,,4824,sumboulion>
- "a uniting in counsel" (sun, "together," boule, "counsel,
- advice"), denotes (a) "counsel" which is given, taken and acted
- upon, e.g., Matt. 12:14, RV, "took counsel," for AV, "held a
- council;" Matt. 22:15; hence (b) "a council," an assembly of
- counsellors or persons in consultation, Acts 25:12, of the
- "council" with which Festus conferred concerning Paul. The
- governors and procurators of provinces had a board of advisers
- or assessors, with whom they took "counsel," before pronouncing
- judgment. See CONSULTATION.
-
- <2,,4892,sunedrion>
- properly, "a settling together" (sun, "together," hedra, "a
- seat"), hence, (a) "any assembly or session of persons
- deliberating or adjusting," as in the Sept. of Ps. 26:4 (lit.,
- "with a council of vanity"); Prov. 22:10; Jer. 15:17, etc.; in
- the NT, e.g., Matt. 10:17; Mark 13:9; John 11:47, in particular,
- it denoted (b) "the Sanhedrin," the Great Council at Jerusalem,
- consisting of 71 members, namely, prominent members of the
- families of the high priest, elders and scribes. The Jews trace
- the origin of this to Num. 11:16. The more important causes came
- up before this tribunal. The Roman rulers of Judea permitted the
- Sanhedrin to try such cases, and even to pronounce sentence of
- death, with the condition that such a sentence should be valid
- only if confirmed by the Roman procurator. In John 11:47, it is
- used of a meeting of the Sanhedrin; in Acts 4:15, of the place
- of meeting.
-
- <3,,1010,bouleutes>
- Joseph of Arimathaea is described as "a councillor of honorable
- estate," Mark 15:43, RV; cp. Luke 23:50 (not as AV,
- "counsellor").
-
- $$T0000590
- \Counsel\
- <A-1,Noun,1012,boule>
- see under ADVICE.
-
- <A-2,Noun,4825,sumboulos>
- "a councillor with," occurs in Rom. 11:34.
-
- <B-1,Verb,1011,bouleuo>
- "to take counsel, to resolve," is used in the Middle Voice in
- the NT, "took counsel" in Acts 5:33, AV (RV translates
- boulomai); both in 27:39; in Luke 14:31, RV "take counsel" (AV,
- "consulteth"); in John 11:53, AV and RV (so the best mss.); John
- 12:10, RV, "took counsel," for AV, "consulted;" in 2 Cor. 1:17
- (twice), "purpose." See CONSULT, MINDED, PURPOSE.
-
- <B-2,Verb,4823,sumbouleuo>
- in the Active Voice, "to advise, to counsel," John 18:14, "gave
- counsel;" in Rev. 3:18, "I counsel;" in the Middle Voice, "to
- take cousel, consult," Matt. 26:4, RV, "took counsel together,"
- for AV, "consulted;" Acts 9:23, "took counsel" (RV adds
- "together"); in some mss. John 11:53. See CONSULT.
-
- $$T0000591
- \Count\
- <1,,2192,echo>
- "to have, to hold;" then, "to hold in the mind, to regard, to
- count," has this significance in Matt. 14:5, "they counted Him
- as a prophet;" Philem. 1:17, "If then thou countest me a
- partner;" Mark 11:32, AV, (RV, "hold"); Acts 20:24, AV. See
- ABLE.
-
- <2,,2233,hegeomai>
- primarily, "to lead the way;" hence, "to lead before the mind,
- account," is found with this meaning in Phil. 2:3, RV (AV,
- "esteem"); Phil. 2:6, RV (AV, "thought"); Phil. 2:25 (AV,
- "supposed"); Phil. 3:7,8; 2 Thess. 3:15; 1 Tim. 1:12; 6:1; Heb.
- 10:29; Jas. 1:2; Heb. 11:11 (AV, "judged"); 2 Pet. 2:13; 3:9.
- See ACCOUNT.
-
- <3,,3049,logizomai>
- "to reckon," is rendered "count" in 2 Cor. 10:2, RV (AV,
- "think"); "counted" in the AV of Rom. 2:26; 4:3,5; 9:8 (RV,
- "reckoned").
-
- <4,,5585,psephizo>
- akin to psephos, "a stone," used in voting, occurs in Luke
- 14:28; Rev. 13:18.
-
- <5,,4860,sumpsephizo>
- "to count up," occurs in Acts 19:19.
-
- Note: In Jas. 5:11, makarizo, "to pronounce blessed," is
- rendered "count ... happy," AV (RV, "call ..."). For kataxioo
- see ACCOUNT, No. 5. For "descent is counted" see GENEALOGY.
-
- $$T0000592
- \Countenance\
- <1,,3799,opsis>
- only Rev. 1:16 has "countenance." See APPEARANCE.
-
- <2,,4383,prosopon>
- is translated "countenance" in Luke 9:29; Acts 2:28, and in the
- AV of 2 Cor. 3:7 (RV, "face"). See APPEARANCE.
-
- <3,,2397,eidea>
- akin to eidon, "to see:" see APPEARANCE.
-
- Notes: (1) In Acts 13:24 prosopon is translated "before"
- (lit., "before the presence of His coming").
-
- (2) Skuthropos, "of a sad countenance" (skuthros,
- "gloomy, sad," ops, "an eye"), is used in Matt. 6:16; Luke
- 24:17, "sad."
-
- (3) Stugnazo, "to be or become hateful, gloomy, in
- aspect," is translated "his countenance fell," Mark 10:22, RV
- (AV, "he was sad"). It is used of the heaven or sky in Matt.
- 16:3, "lowring." See LOWRING.
-
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- \Country\
- <A-1,Noun,68,agros>
- denotes "a field, especially a cultivated field;" hence, "the
- country" in contrast to the town (Eng., "agrarian,
- agriculture"), e.g., Mark 5:14; 6:36; 15:21; 16:12; Luke 8:34;
- 9:12 (plural, lit., "fields"); 23:26; a piece of ground, e.g.,
- Mark 10:29; Acts 4:37. See FARM.
-
- <A-2,Noun,3968,patris>
- primarily signifies "one's fatherland, native country, of one's
- own town," Matt. 13:54,57; Mark 6:1,4; Luke 4:23,24; John 4:44;
- Heb. 11:14.
-
- <A-3,Noun,5561,chora>
- properly denotes "the space lying between two limits or places;"
- accordingly it has a variety of meanings: "country," Matt. 2:12;
- 8:28; Mark 1:5, RV (AV, "land"); Mark 5:1,10; Luke 2:8; 8:26;
- 15:13,14, RV (AV, "land"), Luke 15:15; 19:12; 21:21; Acts 10:39,
- RV (AV, "land"); Acts 12:20; 26:20, RV (AV, "coasts"); Acts
- 27:27; in Mark 6:55 (in the best mss.) and Acts 18:23, RV,
- "region." See COAST, FIELD, GROUND, LAND, REGION.
-
- <A-4,Noun,4066,perichoros>
- peri, "around," and No. 3, signifies "country round about," Luke
- 8:37; "country about," Luke 3:3, AV (RV, "region round about");
- in Matt. 14:35; Luke 4:37, AV, "country round about" (RV,
- "region round about"); Matt. 3:5; Mark 1:28; Luke 4:14; 7:17;
- Acts 14:6. See REGION.
-
- <A-5,Noun,3313,meros>
- "a part," is rendered "country" in Acts 19:1, RV.
-
- Note: Some inferior mss. have No. 4 in Mark 6:55, for
- No. 3.
-
- <B-1,Adjective,510,anoterikos>
- "upper," is used in the plural in Acts 19:1, to denote "upper
- regions," with AV, "coast," RV, "country," i.e., the high
- central plateau, in contrast to the roundabout way by the river
- through the valley. See COAST.
-
- <B-2,Adjective,3714,oreinos>
- "hilly" (from oros, "a hill, mountain"), is translated "hill
- country" in Luke 1:39,65.
-
- <C-1,Verb,589,apodemeo>
- signifies "to go or travel into a far country," lit., "to be
- away from one's people" (apo, "from," demos, "a people"), Matt.
- 21:33; 25:14; in Matt 25:15 the verb is translated in the RV,
- "went on his journey" (AV, "took his journey"); Mark 12:1; Luke
- 20:9, "went into another country," RV. In Luke 15:13 both
- versions translate by "took his journey" ("into a far country"
- being separately expressed); see JOURNEY. Cp. apodemos, lit.,
- "away from one's own people, gone abroad," Mark 13:34.
-
- Notes: (1) Ge, "earth, land," is translated "country" in
- the AV of Matt. 9:31; Acts 7:3; RV, "land." See LAND.
-
- (2) Genos, "a race," is mistranslated "country" in the
- AV of Acts 4:36 (RV, "by race"). See below.
-
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- \Countrymen\
- <1,,1085,genos>
- properly denotes "an offspring;" then, "a family;" then, "a
- race, nation;" otherwise, "a kind or species;" it is translated
- "countrymen," in 2 Cor. 11:26, in Paul's reference to his
- fellow-nationals; so in Gal. 1:14, RV, for AV, "nation." See
- BEGET.
-
- <2,,4853,sumphuletes>
- lit., "a fellow-tribesman" (sun, "with," phule, "a tribe, race,
- nation, people"), hence, one who is of the same people, a
- fellow-countryman, is found in 1 Thess. 2:14.
-
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- \Coupled\
- * Note: The word "coupled" is inserted in italics in 1 Pet. 3:2,
- the more adequately to express the original, which is, lit.,
- "your chaste behavior in fear."
-
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- \Courage\
- <A-1,Noun,2294,tharsos>
- akin to tharseo, "to be of good cheer," is found in Acts 28:15.
-
- <B-1,Verb,2292,tharreo>
- is translated by some form of the verb "to be of good courage,"
- in the RV in five of the six places where it is used: 2 Cor.
- 5:6, "being of good courage" (AV, "we are ... confident"); 2
- Cor. 5:8, "we are of good courage" (AV, "we are confident"); 2
- Cor. 7:16, "I am of good courage" (AV, "I have confidence"); 2
- Cor. 10:1, "I am of good courage" (AV, "I am bold"); 2 Cor.
- 10:2, "show courage" (AV, "be bold"); Heb. 13:6, "with good
- courage," lit., "being of good courage" (AV, "boldly"). See
- BOLD, CONFIDENCE.
-
- Note: Tharreo is a later form of tharseo. Cp. tolmao,
- "to be bold."
-
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- \Course\
- <A-1,Noun,165,aion>
- "an age" (see AGE), is sometimes wrongly spoken of as a
- "dispensation," which does not mean a period of time, but a mode
- of dealing. It is translated "course" in Eph. 2:2, "the course
- of this world," i.e., the cycle or present round of things. See
- AGE, ETERNAL, EVER, WORLD.
-
- <A-2,Noun,1408,dromos>
- properly, "a running, a race" (from edramon, "to run"), hence,
- metaphorically, denotes "a career, course of occupation, or of
- life," viewed in a special aspect, Acts 13:25; 20:24; 2 Tim.
- 4:7.
-
- <A-3,Noun,2183,ephemeria>
- primarily, "daily service," as, e.g., in the Sept. of 2 Chron.
- 13:11 (from epi, "upon, or by," hemera, "a day," Eng.,
- "ephemeral"), hence denoted a "class," or "course," into which
- the priests were divided for the daily service in the Temple,
- each "class" serving for seven days (see 1 Chron. 9:25). In the
- NT it is used in Luke 1:5,8.
-
- Note: Cp. ephemeros, "daily (food)," Jas. 2:15.
-
- <A-4,Noun,5164,trochos>
- "a wheel," is translated "wheel" in Jas. 3:6, RV, with
- metaphorical reference to the round of human activity (AV,
- "course"), as a glowing axle would set on fire the whole wooden
- wheel.
-
- <B-1,Verb,5562,choreo>
- "to make room for, to go forward," is rendered "hath not free
- course," in John 8:37, RV (AV, "hath no place"). See COME, No.
- 24.
-
- Notes: (1) Connected with dromos, A, No. 2, is
- euthudromeo, "to make (or run) a straight course" (euthus,
- "straight"), Acts 16:11; 21:1. (2) In 2 Thess. 3:1, trecho, "to
- run" (RV), is translated "have free course" (AV). (3) In 1 Cor.
- 14:27, ana meros, "by turn," "in turn" (RV), is rendered "by
- course" (AV). (4) For ploos, "a sailing or voyage, course," Acts
- 21:7, AV (RV, "voyage"), see VOYAGE.
-
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- \Court\
- <1,,60,agoraios>
- is an adjective, "signifying pertaining to the agora, any place
- of public meeting, and especially where trials were held," Acts
- 19:38; the RV translates the sentence "the courts are open;" a
- more literal rendering is "court days are kept." In Acts 17:5 it
- is translated in the RV, "rabble;" AV, "baser sort," lit.,
- "frequenters of the markets." See BASER.
-
- <2,,833,aule>
- primarily, "an uncovered space around a house, enclosed by a
- wall, where the stables were," hence was used to describe (a)
- "the courtyard of a house;" in the OT it is used of the "courts"
- of the tabernacle and Temple; in this sense it is found in the
- NT in Rev. 11:2; (b) "the courts in the dwellings of well-to-do
- folk," which usually had two, one exterior, between the door and
- the street (called the proaulion, or "porch," Mark 14:68), the
- other, interior, surrounded by the buildings of the dwellings,
- as in Matt. 26:69 (in contrast to the room where the judges were
- sitting); Mark 14:66; Luke 22:55; AV, "hall;" RV "court" gives
- the proper significance, Matt. 26:3,58; Mark 14:54; 15:16 (RV,
- "Praetorium"); Luke 11:21; John 18:15. It is here to be
- distinguished from the Praetorium, translated "palace." See
- HALL, PALACE. For the other meaning "sheepfold," John 10:1,16,
- see FOLD.
-
- <3,,933,basileion>
- an adjective meaning "royal," signifies, in the neuter plural,
- "a royal palace," translated "kings' courts" in Luke 7:25; in
- the singular, 1 Pet. 2:9, "royal." See ROYAL.
-
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- \Courteous, Courteously\
- <A-1,Adjective,5391,tapeinophron>
- "lowly-minded," is used in 1 Pet. 3:8, "be courteous," AV (RV,
- "humble-minded").
-
- <B-1,Adverb,5390,philophronos>
- lit., "friendly," or, more fully, "with friendly thoughtfulness"
- (philos, "friend," phren, "the mind"), is found in Acts 28:7, of
- the hospitality showed by Publius to Paul and his
- fellow-shipwrecked travelers. Note: Some mss. have the
- corresponding adjective philophron, "courteous," in 1 Pet. 3:8;
- the most authentic mss. have tapeinophron, "humble-minded."
-
- <B-2,Adverb,5364,philanthropos>
- is translated "courteously" in Acts 27:3, AV; RV, "kindly"
- (Eng., "philanthropically"). See KINDLY.
-
-