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- $$T0000850
- \Earthquake\
- <1,,4578,seismos>
- "a shaking, a shock," from seio, "to move to and fro, to shake,"
- chiefly with the idea of concussion (Eng., "seismic,"
- "seismology," "seismometry"), is used (a) of a "tempest" in the
- sea, Matt. 8:24; (b) of "earthquakes," Matt. 24:7; 27:54; 28:2;
- Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11; Acts 16:26; Rev. 6:12; 8:5; 11:13 (twice)
- ,19; 16:18 (twice). See TEMPEST.
-
- $$T0000851
- \Ease, Eased\
- <A-1,Verb,373,anapauo>
- signifies "to cause or permit one to cease from any labor or
- movement" so as to recover strength. It implies previous toil
- and care. Its chief significance is that of taking, or causing
- to take, rest; it is used in the Middle Voice in Luke 12:19,
- "take (thine) ease," indicative of unnecessary, self-indulgent
- relaxation. In the papyri it is used technically, as an
- agricultural term. Cp. anapausis, "rest." See REFRESH, REST.
-
- <B-1,Noun,425,anesis>
- denotes "a letting loose, relaxation, easing;" it is connected
- with aniemi, "to loosen, relax" (ana, "back," and hiemi, "to
- send"). It signifies "rest," not from toil, but from endurance
- and suffering. Thus it is said (a) of a "less vigorous"
- condition in imprisonment, Acts 24:23, "indulgence," AV,
- "liberty;" (b) "relief" from anxiety, 2 Cor. 2:13; 7:5, "relief"
- (AV, "rest"); (c) "relief" from persecutions, 2 Thess. 1:7,
- "rest;" (d) of "relief" from the sufferings of poverty, 2 Cor.
- 8:13, "be eased," lit., "(that there should be) easing for
- others (trouble to you)." Cp. the synonymous word anapausis,
- "cessation or rest" (akin to A). See INDULGENCE, LIBERTY,
- RELIEF, REST. In the Sept., 2 Chron. 23:15.
-
- $$T0000852
- \Easily\
- * For EASILY see EASY
-
- $$T0000853
- \East\
- <1,,395,anatole>
- primarily "a rising," as of the sun and stars, corresponds to
- anatello, "to make to rise," or, intransitively, "to arise,"
- which is also used of the sunlight, as well as of other objects
- in nature. In Luke 1:78 it is used metaphorically of Christ as
- "the Dayspring," the One through whom light came into the world,
- shining immediately into Israel, to dispel the darkness which
- was upon all nations. Cp. Mal. 4:2. Elsewhere it denotes the
- "east," as the quarter of the sun's rising, Matt. 2:1,2,9; 8:11;
- 24:27; Luke 13:29; Rev. 7:2; 16:12; 21:13. The "east" in general
- stands for that side of things upon which the rising of the sun
- gives light. In the heavenly city itself, Rev. 21:13, the
- reference to the "east" gate points to the outgoing of the
- influence of the city "eastward." See DAYSPRING.
-
- $$T0000854
- \Easter\
- <1,,3957,pascha>
- mistranslated "Easter" in Acts 12:4, AV, denotes the Passover
- (RV). The phrase "after the Passover" signifies after the whole
- festival was at an end. The term "Easter" is not of Christian
- origin. It is another form of Astarte, one of the titles of the
- Chaldean goddess, the queen of heaven. The festival of Pasch
- held by Christians in post-apostolic times was a continuation of
- the Jewish feast, but was not instituted by Christ, nor was it
- connected with Lent. From this Pasch the pagan festival of
- "Easter" was quite distinct and was introduced into the apostate
- Western religion, as part of the attempt to adapt pagan
- festivals to Christianity. See PASSOVER.
-
- $$T0000855
- \Easy, Easier, Easily\
- <1,,5543,chrestos>
- primarily signifies "fit for use, able to be used" (akin to
- chraomai, "to use"), hence, "good, virtuous, mild, pleasant" (in
- contrast to what is hard, harsh, sharp, bitter). It is said (a)
- of the character of God as "kind, gracious," Luke 6:35; 1 Pet.
- 2:3; "good," Rom. 2:4, where the neuter of the adjective is used
- as a noun, "the goodness" (cp. the corresponding noun
- chrestotes, "goodness," in the same verse); of the yoke of
- Christ, Matt. 11:30, "easy" (a suitable rendering would be
- "kindly"); (c) of believers, Eph. 4:32; (d) of things, as wine,
- Luke 5:39, RV, "good," for AV, "better" (cp. Jer. 24:3,5, of
- figs); (e) ethically, of manners, 1 Cor. 15:33. See GOOD,
- GRACIOUS, KIND.
-
- <2,,2123,eukopoteros>
- the comparative degree of eukopos, "easy, with easy labor" (eu,
- "well," kopos, "labor"), hence, of that which is "easier to do,"
- is found in the Synoptics only, Matt. 9:5; 19:24; Mark 2:9;
- 10:25; Luke 5:23; 16:17; 18:25.
-
- Notes: (1) The adverb "easily" is included in the
- translation of euperistatos in Heb. 12:1, "easily beset," lit.,
- "the easily besetting sin," probably a figure from a garment,
- "easily surrounding," and therefore easily entangling. See
- BESET.
-
- (2) In 1 Cor. 13:5, AV, "is not easily provoked," there
- is no word in the original representing "easily;" RV, "is not
- provoked."
-
- (3) For "easy to be entreated" see INTREAT. For "easy to
- be understood" see UNDERSTAND.
-
- $$T0000856
- \Eat, Eat with, Eating\
- <A-1,Verb,2068,esthio>
- signifies "to eat" (as distinct from pino, "to drink"); it is a
- lengthened form from edo (Lat., edo; cp. Eng., "edible"); in
- Heb. 10:27, metaphorically, "devour;" it is said of the ordinary
- use of food and drink, 1 Cor. 9:7; 11:22; of partaking of food
- at table, e.g., Mark 2:16; of reveling, Matt. 24:49; Luke 12:45.
- Cp. the strengthened, form katesthio, and the verb sunesthio,
- below. See DEVOUR.
-
- <A-2,Verb,5315,phago>
- "to eat, devour, consume," is obsolete in the present and other
- tenses, but supplies certain tenses which are wanting in No. 1,
- above. In Luke 8:55 the AV has "(to give her) meat," the RV
- "(that something be given her) to eat." The idea that this verb
- combines both "eating" and "drinking," while No. 1
- differentiates the one from the other, is not borne out in the
- NT. The word is very frequent in the Gospels and is used eleven
- times in 1 Cor. See also No. 3. See MEAT.
-
- <A-3,Verb,5176,trogo>
- primarily, "to gnaw, to chew," stresses the slow process; it is
- used metaphorically of the habit of spiritually feeding upon
- Christ, John 6:54,56-58 (the aorists here do not indicate a
- definite act, but view a series of acts seen in perspective); of
- the constant custom of "eating" in certain company, John 13:18;
- of a practice unduly engrossing the world, Matt. 24:38.
-
- In John 6, the change in the Lord's use from the verb
- esthio (phago) to the stronger verb trogo, is noticeable. The
- more persistent the unbelief of His hearers, the more difficult
- His language and statements became. In vv. 49-53 the verb phago
- is used; in 54,58, trogo (in ver. 58 it is put into immediate
- contrast with phago). The use of trogo in Matt. 24:38; John
- 13:18 is a witness against pressing into the meaning of the word
- the sense of munching or gnawing; it had largely lost this sense
- in its common usage.
-
- <A-4,Verb,1089,geuo>
- primarily, "to cause to taste, to give one a taste of," is used
- in the Middle Voice and denotes (a) "to taste," its usual
- meaning; (b) "to take food, to eat," Acts 10:10; 20:11; 23:14;
- the meaning to taste must not be pressed in these passages, the
- verb having acquired the more general meaning. As to whether
- Acts 20:11 refers to the Lord's Supper or to an ordinary meal,
- the addition of the words "and eaten" is perhaps a sufficient
- indication that the latter is referred to here, whereas ver. 7,
- where the single phrase "to break bread" is used, refers to the
- Lord's Supper. A parallel instance is found in Acts 2:43,46. In
- the former verse the phrase "the breaking of bread,"
- unaccompanied by any word about taking food, clearly stands for
- the Lord's Supper; whereas in ver. 46 the phrase "breaking bread
- at home" is immediately explained by "they did take their food,"
- indicating their ordinary meals. See TASTE.
-
- <A-5,Verb,977,bibrosko>
- "to eat," is derived from a root, bor---, "to devour" (likewise
- seen in the noun broma, "food, meat;" cp. Eng., "carnivorous,"
- "voracious," from Lat. vorax). This verb is found in John 6:13.
- The difference between this and phago, No. 2, above, may be seen
- perhaps in the fact that whereas in the Lord's question to
- Philip in ver. 5, phago intimates nothing about a full supply,
- the verb bibrosko, in ver. 13, indicates that the people had
- been provided with a big meal, of which they had partaken
- eagerly.
-
- <A-6,Verb,2719,kataphago>
- "to satiate, to satisfy," as with food, is used in the Middle
- Voice in Acts 27:38, "had eaten enough;" in 1 Cor. 4:8, "ye are
- filled." See FILL.
-
- <A-7,Verb,2880,korennumi>
- "to satiate, to satisfy," as with food, is used in the Middle
- Voice in Acts 27:38, "had eaten enough;" in 1 Cor. 4:8, "ye are
- filled." See FILL.
-
- <A-8,Verb,4906,sunesthio>
- "to eat with" (sun, "with," and No. 1), is found in Luke 15:2;
- Acts 10:41; 11:3; 1 Cor. 5:11; Gal. 2:12.
-
- <A-9,Verb,3542 2192,nomen echo>
- is a phrase consisting of the noun nome, denoting (a)
- "pasturage," (b) "growth, increase," and echo, "to have." In
- John 10:9 the phrase signifies "to find pasture" (a). In 2 Tim.
- 2:17, with the meaning (b), the phrase is, lit., "will have
- growth," translated "will eat," i.e., "will spread like a
- gangrene." It is used in Greek writings, other than the NT, of
- the spread of a fire, and of ulcers. See PASTURE.
-
- Note: The verb metalambano, "to take a part or share of
- anything with others, to partake of, share," is translated "did
- eat," in Acts 2:46, corrected in the RV to "did take;" a still
- more suitable rendering would be "shared," the sharing of food
- being suggested; cp. metadidomi, "to share," e.g., Luke 3:11.
-
- <B-1,Noun,1035,brosis>
- akin to A, No. 5, denotes (a) "the act of eating," e.g., Rom.
- 14:17; said of rust, Matt. 6:19,20; or, more usually (b) "that
- which is eaten, food" (like broma, "food"), "meat," John 4:32;
- 6:27,55; Col. 2:16; Heb. 12:16 ("morsel of meat"); "food," 2
- Cor. 9:10; "eating," 1 Cor. 8:4. See FOOD, MEAT, RUST.
-
- <B-2,Noun,4371,prosphagion>
- primarily "a dainty or relish" (especially cooked fish), to be
- eaten with bread (pros, "to," and A, No. 2), then, "fish" in
- general, is used in John 21:5, "Have ye aught to eat?" (AV,
- "have ye any meat?"). Moulton remarks that the evidences of the
- papyri are to the effect that prosphagion, "is not so broad a
- word as 'something to eat.' The Apostles had left even loaves
- behind them once, Mark 8:14; they might well have left the
- 'relish' on this occasion. It would normally be fish; cp. Mark
- 6:38" (Gram. of NT Greek, Vol. 1, p. 170).
-
- <C-1,Adjective,1034,brosimos>
- akin to A, No. 5, and B., signifying "eatable," is found in Luke
- 24:41, RV, appropriately, "to eat," for the AV, "meat." In the
- Sept., Lev. 19:23; Neh. 9:25; Ezek. 47:12.
-
- $$T0000857
- \Edge, Edged\
- <A-1,Noun,4750,stoma>
- the mouth (cp. Eng., "stomach," from stomachos, 1 Tim. 5:23),
- has a secondary and figurative meaning in reference to the "edge
- of a sharp instrument, as of a sword," Luke 21:24; Heb. 11:34
- (cp. the Sept., e.g., Gen. 34:26; Judg. 18:27). See FACE, MOUTH.
-
- <B-1,Adjective,1366,distomos>
- lit., "double-mouthed" (dis, "twice," and A.), "two-edged," is
- used of a sword with two edges, Heb. 4:12; Rev. 1:16; 2:12. In
- the Sept., Judg. 3:16; Psa. 149:6; Prov. 5:4.
-
- $$T0000858
- \Edification, Edify, Edifying\
- <A-1,Noun,3619,oikodome>
- denotes (a) "the act of building" (oikos, "a home," and demo,
- "to build"); this is used only figuratively in the NT, in the
- sense of edification, the promotion of spiritual growth (lit.,
- "the things of building up"), Rom. 14:19; 15:2; 1 Cor.
- 14:3,5,12,26, e.g.; (b) "a building, edifice," whether material,
- Matt. 24:1, e.g., or figurative, of the future body of the
- believer, 2 Cor. 5:1, or of a local church, 1 Cor. 3:9, or the
- whole church, "the body of Christ," Eph. 2:21. See BUILDING.
-
- <B-1,Verb,3618,oikodomeo>
- lit., "to build a house" (see above), (a) usually signifies "to
- build," whether literally, or figuratively; the present
- participle, lit., "the (ones) building," is used as a noun, "the
- builders," in Matt. 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11 (in
- some mss.; the most authentic have the noun oikodomos); 1 Pet.
- 2:7; (b) is used metaphorically, in the sense of "edifying,"
- promoting the spiritual growth and development of character of
- believers, by teaching or by example, suggesting such spiritual
- progress as the result of patient labor. It is said (1) of the
- effect of this upon local churches, Acts 9:31; 1 Cor. 14:4; (2)
- of the individual action of believers towards each other, 1 Cor.
- 8:1; 10:23; 14:17; 1 Thess. 5:11; (3) of an individual in regard
- to himself, 1 Cor. 14:4. In 1 Cor. 8:10, where it is translated
- "emboldened," the Apostle uses it with pathetic irony, of the
- action of a brother in "building up" his brother who had a weak
- conscience, causing him to compromise his scruples;
- "strengthened," or "confirmed," would be suitable renderings.
- See BUILD, EMBOLDEN.
-
- $$T0000859
- \Effect (of none)\
- <1,,208,akuroo>
- signifies "to render void, deprive of force and authority" (from
- a, negative, and kuros, "might, authority;" kurios, "a lord," is
- from the same root), the opposite to kuroo, "to confirm" (see
- CONFIRM). It is used of making "void" the Word of God, Matt.
- 15:6; Mark 7:13 (AV, "making of none effect"), and of the
- promise of God to Abraham as not being deprived of authority by
- the Law 430 years after, Gal. 3:17, "disannul." Kuroo is used in
- ver. 15. See DISANNUL, VOID.
-
- <2,,2673,katargeo>
- "to reduce to inactivity, to render useless," is translated "to
- make of none effect," in Rom. 3:3,31; 4:14; Gal. 3:17 (cp.
- akuroo, No. 1, in the same verse), and in the AV of Gal. 5:4,
- RV, "ye are severed" (from Christ). For the meaning and use of
- the word see ABOLISH and DESTROY.
-
- <3,,2758,kenoo>
- "to make empty, to empty," is translated "should be made of none
- effect" in 1 Cor. 1:17, AV (RV "made void"); it is used (a) of
- the Cross of Christ, there; (b) of Christ, in emptying Himself,
- Phil. 2:7; (c) of faith, Rom. 4:14; (d) of the Apostle Paul's
- glorying in the Gospel ministry, 1 Cor. 9:15; (e) of his
- glorying on behalf of the church at Corinth, 2 Cor. 9:3. See
- EMPTY, VAIN, VOID.
-
- Note: In Rom. 9:6 the verb ekpipto, lit., "to fall out
- of, as of a ship falling out of its course" (cp. the same word
- in Acts 27:17, "were driven"), is translated "hath taken none
- effect," AV (RV, "hath come to nought"). See NOUGHT.
-
- $$T0000860
- \Effectual\
- <A-1,Adjective,1756,energes>
- denotes "active, powerful in action" (en, "in," ergon, "work;"
- Eng. "energy;" the word "work" is derived from the same root).
- It is translated "effectual" in 1 Cor. 16:9, of the door opened
- for the Gospel in Ephesus, and made "effectual" in the results
- of entering it; and in Philem. 1:6, of the fellowship of
- Philemon's faith "in the knowledge of every good thing" (RV). In
- Heb. 4:12 it describes the Word of God as "active," RV (AV,
- "powerful"), i.e., full of power to achieve results. See ACTIVE,
- POWERFUL.
-
- <B-1,Verb,1754,energeo>
- "to put forth power, be operative, to work" (its usual meaning),
- is rendered by the verb "to work effectually," or "to be
- effectual," in the AV of 2 Cor. 1:6; Gal. 2:8; 1 Thess. 2:13; in
- each case the RV translates it by the simple verb "to work"
- (past tense, "wrought"). In Jas. 5:16 the RV omits the
- superfluous word "effectual," and translates the sentence "the
- supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working,"
- the verb being in the present participial form. Here the meaning
- may be "in its inworking," i.e., in the effect produced in the
- praying man, bringing him into line with the will of God, as in
- the case of Elijah. For a fuller treatment of the word, see
- WORK. See also DO, MIGHTY, SHEW, Note (11).
-
- Note: The noun energeia, "working," is translated
- "effectual working," in the AV of Eph. 3:7; 4:16.
-
- $$T0000861
- \Effeminate\
- <1,,3120,malakos>
- "soft, soft to the touch" (Lat., mollis, Eng., "mollify,"
- "emollient," etc.), is used (a) of raiment, Matt. 11:8 (twice);
- Luke 7:25; (b) metaphorically, in a bad sense, 1 Cor. 6:9,
- "effeminate," not simply of a male who practices forms of
- lewdness, but persons in general, who are guilty of addiction to
- sins of the flesh, voluptuous.
-
- $$T0000862
- \Effulgence\
- <1,,541,apaugasma>
- "radiance, effulgence," is used of light shining from a luminous
- body (apo, "from," and auge, "brightness"). The word is found in
- Heb. 1:3, where it is used of the Son of God as "being the
- effulgence of His glory." The word "effulgence" exactly
- corresponds (in its Latin form) to apaugasma. The "glory" of God
- expresses all that He is in His nature and His actings and their
- manifestation. The Son, being one with the Father in Godhood, is
- in Himself, and ever was, the shining forth of the "glory,"
- manifesting in Himself all that God is and does, all, for
- instance, that is involved in His being "the very image of His
- substance," and in His creative acts, His sustaining power, and
- in His making purification of sins, with all that pertains
- thereto and issues from it.
-
- $$T0000863
- \Egg\
- <1,,5609,oon>
- denotes "an egg" (Lat., ovum), Luke 11:12.
-
- $$T0000864
- \Eight, Eighteen, Eighth\
- <1,,3638,okto>
- "eight" (Lat., octo, octavus; cp. Eng., "octagon," "octave,"
- "octavo," "October," etc.), is used in Luke 2:21; 9:28; John
- 20:26; Acts 9:33; 25:6; 1 Pet. 3:20; in composition with other
- numerals, okto kai deka, lit., "eight and ten, eighteen," Luke
- 13:4,11,16; triakonta kai okto, "thirty and eight," John 5:5.
-
- <2,,3590,ogdoos>
- "eighth" (connected with the preceding), is used in Luke 1:59;
- Acts 7:8; 2 Pet. 2:5; Rev. 17:11; 21:20.
-
- <3,,3637,oktaemeros>
- an adjective, signifying an "eighth-day" person or thing, "eight
- days old" (okto, and hemera, "a day"), is used in Phil. 3:5.
- This, and similar numerical adjectives not found in the NT,
- indicate duration rather than intervals. The Apostle shows by
- his being an "eighth-day" person as to circumcision, that his
- parents were neither Ishmaelites (circumcised in their
- thirteenth year) nor other Gentiles, converted to Judaism
- (circumcised on becoming Jews).
-
- $$T0000865
- \Either\
- <1,,2228,e>
- is a disjunctive particle. One of its uses is to distinguish
- things which exclude each other, or one of which can take the
- place of another. It is translated "either" in Matt. 6:24;
- 12:33; Luke 16:13; Acts 17:21; 1 Cor. 14:6. The RV rightly omits
- it in Luke 6:42, and translates it by "or" in Luke 15:8; Phil.
- 3:12; Jas. 3:12.
-
- Note: The adverb enteuthen, denoting "hence," is
- repeated in the phrase rendered "on either side," (lit., "hence
- and hence") in John 19:18. The RV of Rev. 22:2 translates it "on
- this side," distinguishing it from ekeithen, "on that side;" the
- AV, following another reading for the latter adverb, has "on
- either side." See HENCE.
-
- $$T0000866
- \Elder, Eldest\
- <A-1,Adjective,4245,presbuteros>
- an adjective, the comparative degree of presbus, "an old man, an
- elder," is used (a) of age, whether of the "elder" of two
- persons, Luke 15:25, or more, John 8:9, "the eldest;" or of a
- person advanced in life, a senior, Acts 2:17; in Heb. 11:2, the
- "elders" are the forefathers in Israel; so in Matt. 15:2; Mark
- 7:3,5; the feminine of the adjective is used of "elder" women in
- the churches, 1 Tim. 5:2, not in respect of position but in
- seniority of age; (b) of rank or positions of responsibility,
- (1) among Gentiles, as in the Sept. of Gen. 50:7; Num. 22:7; (2)
- in the Jewish nation, firstly, those who were the heads or
- leaders of the tribes and families, as of the seventy who
- assisted Moses, Num. 11:16; Deut. 27:1, and those assembled by
- Solomon; secondly, members of the Sanhedrin, consisting of the
- chief priests, "elders" and scribes, learned in Jewish law,
- e.g., Matt. 16:21; 26:47; thirdly, those who managed public
- affairs in the various cities, Luke 7:3; (3) in the Christian
- churches, those who, being raised up and qualified by the work
- of the Holy Spirit, were appointed to have the spiritual care
- of, and to exercise oversight over, the churches. To these the
- term "bishops," episkopoi, or "overseers," is applied (see Acts
- 20, ver. 17 with ver. 28, and Titus 1:5,7), the latter term
- indicating the nature of their work, presbuteroi their maturity
- of spirtual experience. The Divine arrangement seen throughout
- the NT was for a plurality of these to be appointed in each
- church, Acts 14:23; 20:17; Phil. 1:1; 1 Tim. 5:17; Titus 1:5.
- The duty of "elders" is described by the verb episkopeo. They
- were appointed according as they had given evidence of
- fulfilling the Divine qualifications, Titus 1:6-9; cp. 1 Tim.
- 3:1-7; 1 Pet. 5:2; (4) the twenty-four "elders" enthroned in
- heaven around the throne of God, Rev. 4:4,10; 5:5-14; 7:11,13;
- 11:16; 14:3; 19:4. The number twenty-four is representative of
- earthly conditions. The word "elder" is nowhere applied to
- angels. See OLD.
-
- <A-2,Adjective,4850,sumpresbuteros>
- "a fellow-elder" (sun, "with"), is used in 1 Pet. 5:1.
-
- <A-3,Adjective,3187,meizon>
- "greater," the comparative degree of megas, "great," is used of
- age, and translated "elder" in Rom. 9:12, with reference to Esau
- and Jacob. See GREATER, GREATEST, MORE.
-
- <B-1,Noun,4244,presbuterion>
- "an assembly of aged men," denotes (a) the Council or Senate
- among the Jews, Luke 22:66; Acts 22:5; (b) the "elders" or
- bishops in a local church, 1 Tim. 4:14, "the presbytery." For
- their functions see A, No. 1, (3).
-
- $$T0000867
- \Elect, Elected, Election\
- <A-1,Adjective,1588,eklektos>
- lit. signifies "picked out, chosen" (ek, "from," lego, "to
- gather, pick out"), and is used of (a) Christ, the "chosen" of
- God, as the Messiah, Luke 23:35 (for the verb in Luke 9:35 see
- Note below), and metaphorically as a "living Stone," "a chief
- corner Stone," 1 Pet. 2:4,6; some mss. have it in John 1:34,
- instead of huios, "Son;" (b) angels, 1 Tim. 5:21, as "chosen" to
- be of especially high rank in administrative association with
- God, or as His messengers to human beings, doubtless in contrast
- to fallen angels (see 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 1:6); (c) believers (Jews
- or Gentiles), Matt. 24:22,24,31; Mark 13:20,22,27; Luke 18:7;
- Rom. 8:33; Col. 3:12; 2 Tim. 2:10; Titus 1:1; 1 Pet. 1:1; 2:9
- (as a spiritual race); Matt. 20:16; 22:14; Rev. 17:14, "chosen;"
- individual believers are so mentioned in Rom. 16:13; 2 John
- 1:1,13.
-
- Believers were "chosen" "before the foundation of the
- world" (cp. "before times eternal," 2 Tim. 1:9), in Christ, Eph.
- 1:4, to adoption, Eph. 1:5; good works, Eph. 2:10; conformity to
- Christ, Rom. 8:29; salvation from the delusions of the
- Antichrist and the doom of the deluded, 2 Thess. 2:13; eternal
- glory, Rom. 9:23.
-
- The source of their "election" is God's grace, not human
- will, Eph. 1:4, 5; Rom. 9:11; 11:5. They are given by God the
- Father to Christ as the fruit of His death, all being foreknown
- and foreseen by God, John 17:6; Rom. 8:29. While Christ's death
- was sufficient for all men, and is effective in the case of the
- "elect," yet men are treated as responsible, being capable of
- the will and power to choose. For the rendering "being chosen as
- firstfruits," an alternative reading in 2 Thess. 2:13, see
- FIRSTFRUITS. See CHOICE, B.
-
- <A-2,Adjective,4899,suneklektos>
- means "elect together with," 1 Pet. 5:13.
-
- <B-1,Noun,1589,ekloge>
- denotes "a picking out, selection" (Eng., "eclogue"), then,
- "that which is chosen;" in Acts 9:15, said of the "choice" of
- God of Saul of Tarsus, the phrase is, lit., "a vessel of
- choice." It is used four times in Romans; in Acts 9:11, of Esau
- and Jacob, where the phrase "the purpose ... according to
- election" is virtually equivalent to "the electing purpose;" in
- Acts 11:5, the "remnant according to the election of grace"
- refers to believing Jews, saved from among the unbelieving
- nation; so in Acts 11:7; in Acts 11:28, "the election" may mean
- either the "act of choosing" or the "chosen" ones; the context,
- speaking of the fathers, points to the former, the choice of the
- nation according to the covenant of promise. In 1 Thess. 1:4,
- "your election" refers not to the church collectively, but to
- the individuals constituting it; the Apostle's assurance of
- their "election" gives the reason for his thankgiving. Believers
- are to give "the more diligence to make their calling and
- election sure," by the exercise of the qualities and graces
- which make them fruitful in the knowledge of God, 2 Pet. 1:10.
- For the corresponding verb eklegomai, see CHOOSE.
-
- $$T0000868
- \Elements\
- <1,,4747,stoicheion>
- used in the plural, primarily signifies any first things from
- which others in a series, or a composite whole, take their rise;
- the word denotes "an element, first principle" (from stoichos,
- "a row, rank, series;" cp. the verb stoicheo, "to walk or march
- in rank;" see WALK); it was used of the letters of the alphabet,
- as elements of speech. In the NT it is used of (a) the substance
- of the material world, 2 Pet. 3:10,12; (b) the delusive
- speculations of gentile cults and of Jewish theories, treated as
- elementary principles, "the rudiments of the world," Col. 2:8,
- spoken of as "philosophy and vain deceit;" these were presented
- as superior to faith in Christ; at Colosse the worship of
- angels, mentioned in Col. 2:18, is explicable by the
- supposition, held by both Jews and Gentiles in that district,
- that the constellations were either themselves animated heavenly
- beings, or were governed by them; (c) the rudimentary principles
- of religion, Jewish or Gentile, also described as "the rudiments
- of the world," Col. 2:20, and as "weak and beggarly rudiments,"
- Gal. 4:3,9, RV, constituting a yoke of bondage; (d) the
- "elementary" principles (the A.B.C.) of the OT, as a revelation
- from God, Heb. 5:12, RV, "rudiments," lit., "the rudiments of
- the beginning of the oracles of God," such as are taught to
- spiritual babes. See PRINCIPLES, RUDIMENTS.
-
- $$T0000869
- \Eleven, Eleventh\
- <1,,1733,hendeka>
- lit., "one ten" (lat., undecim), is used only of the eleven
- Apostles remaining after the death of Judas Iscariot, Matt.
- 28:16; Mark 16:14; Luke 24:9,33; Acts 1:26; 2:14.
-
- <2,,1734,hendekatos>
- an adjective derived from the above, is found in Matt. 20:6,9;
- Rev. 21:20.
-
- $$T0000870
- \Eloquent\
- <1,,3052,logios>
- an adjective, from logos, "a word," primarily meant "learned, a
- man skilled in literature and the arts." In the AV of Acts
- 18:24, it is translated "eloquent," said of Apollos; the RV is
- almost certainly right in translating it "learned." It was much
- more frequently used among the Greeks of one who was erudite
- than of one who was skilled in words. He had stores of
- "learning" and could use it convincingly.
-
- $$T0000871
- \Else\
- <1,,1893,epei>
- a conjunction, when used of cause, meaning "since," "otherwise,"
- "for then," "because;" in an ellipsis, "else," as in 1 Cor.
- 7:14, where the ellipsis would be "if the unbelieving husband
- were not sanctified in the wife, your children would be
- unclean;" cp. Rom. 11:6,22; 1 Cor. 5:10; Heb. 9:26. Sometimes it
- introduces a question, as in Rom. 3:6; 1. Cor. 14:16; 15:29;
- Heb. 10:2. It is translated "else" in 1 Cor. 14:16 and in the RV
- in Heb. 9:26; 10:2, for AV, "for then."
-
- $$T0000872
- \Elsewhere\
- <1,,237,allachou>
- connected with allos, "another," is used in Mark 1:38 (RV only).
-
- $$T0000873
- \Embark\
- * For EMBARK (RV, in Acts 27:2) see ABOARD
-
- $$T0000874
- \Embolden\
- <1,,3618,oikodomeo>
- is rendered "embolden" in 1 Cor. 8:10, in reference to
- blameworthy actions (see marg.), the delinquent being built up,
- so to speak, to do what is contrary to his conscience. See
- BUILD, EDIFICATION.
-
- $$T0000875
- \Embrace\
- <1,,782,aspazomai>
- lit. signifies "to draw to oneself;" hence, "to greet, salute,
- welcome," the ordinary meaning, e.g., in Rom. 16, where it is
- used 21 times. It also signifies "to bid farewell," e.g., Acts
- 20:1, RV, "took leave of" (AV, "embraced"). A "salutation or
- farewell" was generally made by embracing and kissing (see Luke
- 10:4, which indicates the posibility of delay on the journey by
- frequent salutation). In Heb. 11:13 it is said of those who
- greeted the promises from afar, RV, "greeted," for AV,
- "embraced." Cp. aspasmos, "a salutation." See GREET, LEAVE
- (take), SALUTE.
-
- Note: In Acts 21:6 the most authentic texts have
- apaspazomai (apo, and No. 1), "to bid farewell."
-
- <2,,4843,sumperilambano>
- lit., "to take around with," (sun, "with" peri, "around,"
- lambano, "to take"), "to embrace," is used in Acts 20:10, in
- connection with Paul's recovery of Eutychus. In the Sept., Ezra
- 5:3, "to enclose."
-
- $$T0000876
- \Emerald\
- <A-1,Noun,4665,smaragdos>
- is a transparent stone of a light green color, occupying the
- first place in the second row on the high priest's breastplate,
- Exod. 28:18. Tyre imported it from Syria, Ezek. 27:16. It is one
- of the foundations of the heavenly Jerusalem, Rev. 21:19. The
- name was applied to other stones of a similar character, such as
- the carbuncle.
-
- <B-1,Adjective,4664,smaragdinos>
- "emerald in character," descriptive of the rainbow round about
- the throne in Rev. 4:3, is used in the papyri to denote emerald
- green.
-
- $$T0000877
- \Emperor\
- <1,,4575,sebastos>
- "august, reverent," the masculine gender of an adjective (from
- sebas, "reverential awe"), became used as the title of the Roman
- emperor, Acts 25:21,25, RV, for AV, "Augustus;" then, taking its
- name from the emperor, it became a title of honor applied to
- certain legions or cohorts or battalions, marked for their
- valor, Acts 27:1. Cp. sebazomai, "to worship," Rom. 1:25;
- sebasma, "an object of worship," Acts 17:23; 2 Thess. 2:4.
-
- $$T0000878
- \Empty\
- <A-1,Verb,2758,kenoo>
- "to empty," is so translated in Phil. 2:7, RV, for AV, "made ...
- of no reputation." The clauses which follow the verb are
- exegetical of its meaning, especially the phrases "the form of a
- servant," and "the likeness of men." Christ did not "empty"
- Himself of Godhood. He did not cease to be what He essentially
- and eternally was. The AV, while not an exact translation, goes
- far to express the act of the Lord (see GIFFORD on the
- Incarnation). For other occurrences of the word, see Rom. 4:14;
- 1 Cor. 1:17; 9:15; 2 Cor. 9:3. In the Sept., Jer. 14:2; 15:9.
-
- <A-2,Verb,4980,scholazo>
- from schole, "leisure," that for which leisure is employed, such
- as "a lecture" (hence, "the place where lectures are given;"
- Eng., "school"), is used of persons, to have time for anything
- and so to be occupied in, 1 Cor. 7:5; of things, to be
- unoccupied, empty, Matt. 12:44 (some mss. have it in Luke
- 11:25). See GIVE (oneself to).
-
- <B-1,Adjective,2756,kenos>
- expresses the "hollowness" of anything, the "absence" of that
- which otherwise might be possesed. It is used (a) literally,
- Mark 12:3; Luke 1:53; 20:10,11; (b) metaphorically, of
- imaginations, Acts 4:25; of words which convey erroneous
- teachings, Eph. 5:6; of deceit, Col. 2:8; of a person whose
- professed faith is not accompanied by works, Jas. 2:20;
- negatively, concerning the grace of God, 1 Cor. 15:10; of
- refusal to receive it, 2 Cor. 6:1; of faith, 1 Cor. 15:14; of
- preaching (id); and other forms of Christian activity and labor,
- 1 Cor. 15:58; Gal. 2:2; Phil. 2:16; 1 Thess. 2:1; 3:5. The
- synonymous word mataios, "vain," signifies "void" of result, it
- marks the aimlessness of anything. The vain (kenos) man in Jas.
- 2:20 is one who is "empty" of Divinely imparted wisdom; in Jas.
- 1:26 the vain (mataios) religion is one that produces nothing
- profitable. Kenos stresses the absence of quality, mataios, the
- absence of useful aim or effect. Cp. the corresponding adverb
- kenos, "in vain," in Jas. 4:5, the noun kenodoxia, "vainglory,"
- Phil. 2:3, the adjective kenodoxos, "vainglorious," Gal. 5:26,
- and the noun kenophonia, "vain," or "empty," babblings, 1 Tim.
- 6:20; 2 Tim. 2:16.
-
- $$T0000879
- \Emulation, AV\
- * For EMULATION, AV (Rom. 11:14; Gal. 5:20) see JEALOUSY
-
- $$T0000880
- \Enable\
- <1,,1743,endunamoo>
- "to render strong" (en, "in," dunamis, "power"), is translated
- "enabled" in 1 Tim. 1:12, more lit., "instrengthened," "inwardly
- strengthened," suggesting strength in soul and purpose (cp.
- Phil. 4:13). See STRENGTH, STRONG. (In the Sept., Judg. 6:34; 1
- Chron. 12:18; Ps. 52:7.)
-
- $$T0000881
- \Enact\
- <1,,3549,nomotheteo>
- "to ordain by law, to enact" (nomos, "a law," tithemi, "to
- put"), is used in the Passive Voice, and rendered "enacted" in
- Heb. 8:6, RV, for AV, "established;" in Heb. 7:11, used
- intransitively, it is rendered "received the Law." See
- ESTABLISH, LAW.
-
- $$T0000882
- \Enclose\
- * For ENCLOSE see INCLOSE
-
- $$T0000883
- \Encounter\
- <1,,4820,sumballo>
- lit., "to throw together" (sun, "with," ballo, "to throw"), is
- used of "encountering" in war, Luke 14:31, RV, "to encounter ...
- (in war)," for AV, "to make war against;" of meeting in order to
- discuss, in Acts 17:18, "encountered," of the philosophers in
- Athens and the Apostle. See CONFER, HELP, MAKE, MEET, PONDER.
-
- $$T0000884
- \Encourage, Encouragement\
- <A-1,Verb,4389,protrepo>
- "to urge forward, persuade," is used in Acts 18:27 in the Middle
- Voice, RV, "encouraged," indicating their particular interest in
- giving Apollos the "encouragement" mentioned; the AV,
- "exhorting," wrongly connects the verb.
-
- <A-2,Verb,3888,paramutheomai>
- from para, "with," and muthos, "counsel, advice," is translated
- "encouraging" in 1 Thess. 2:11, RV, and "encourage" in 1 Thess.
- 5:14, RV, there signifying to stimulate to the discharge of the
- ordinary duties of life. In John 11:19,31, it means "to
- comfort." See COMFORT. Cp. the nouns paramuthia, 1 Cor. 14:3,
- and paramuthion, Phil 2:1, "comfort."
-
- <B-1,Noun,3874,paraklesis>
- "a calling to one's aid" (para, "by the side," kaleo, "to
- call"), then, "an exhortation, encouragement," is translated
- "encouragement" in Heb. 6:18, RV, for AV, "consolation;" it is
- akin to parakaleo, "to beseeach or exhort, encourage, comfort,"
- and parakletos, "a paraclete or advocate." See COMFORT,
- CONSOLATION, EXHORTATION, INTREATY.
-
- $$T0000885
- \End, Ending\
- <A-1,Noun,5056,telos>
- signifies (a) "the limit," either at which a person or thing
- ceases to be what he or it was up to that point, or at which
- previous activities were ceased, 2 Cor. 3:13; 1 Pet. 4:7; (b)
- "the final issue or result" of a state or process, e.g., Luke
- 1:33; in Rom. 10:4, Christ is described as "the end of the Law
- unto righteousness to everyone that believeth;" this is best
- explained by Gal. 3:23-26; cp. Jas. 5:11; the following more
- expecially point to the issue or fate of a thing, Matt. 26:58;
- Rom. 6:21; 2 Cor. 11:15; Phil. 3:19; Heb. 6:8; 1 Pet. 1:9; (c)
- "a fulfillment," Luke 22:37, AV, "(have) an end;" (d) "the
- utmost degree" of an act, as of the love of Christ towards His
- disciples, John 13:1; (e) "the aim or purpose" of a thing, 1
- Tim. 1:5; (f) "the last" in a succession or series Rev. 1:8 (AV,
- only, "ending"); 21:6; 22:13. See CONTINUAL, CUSTOM (Toll),
- FINALLY, UTTERMOST.
-
- Note: The following phrases contain telos (the word
- itself coming under one or other of the above): eis telos, "unto
- the end," e.g., Matt. 10:22; 24:13; Luke 18:5, "continual;" John
- 13:1 (see above); 2 Cor. 3:13, "on the end" (RV); heos telous,
- "unto the end," 1 Cor. 1:8; 2 Cor. 1:13; achri telous, "even to
- the end" (a stronger expression than the preceding); Heb. 6:11;
- Rev. 2:26 (where "even" might well have been added); mechri
- telous, with much the same meaning as achri telous, Heb. 3:6,14.
- See other expressions in the Notes after C.
-
- <A-2,Noun,4930,sunteleia>
- signifies "a bringing to completion together" (sun "with,"
- teleo, "to complete," akin to No. 1), marking the "completion"
- or consummation of the various parts of a scheme. In Matt.
- 13:39,40,49; 24:3; 28:20, the rendering "the end of the world"
- (AV and RV, text) is misleading; the RV marg., "the consummation
- of the age," is correct. The word does not denote a termination,
- but the heading up of events to the appointed climax. Aion is
- not the world, but a period or epoch or era in which events take
- place. In Heb. 9:26, the word translated "world" (AV) is in the
- plural, and the phrase is "the consumation of the ages." It was
- at the heading up of all the various epochs appointed by Divine
- counsels that Christ was manifested (i.e., in His Incarnation)
- "to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself."
-
- <A-3,Noun,4009,peras>
- "a limit, boundary" (from pera, "beyond"), is used (a) of space,
- chiefly in the plural, Matt. 12:42, RV, "ends," for AV,
- "uttermost parts;" so Luke 11:31 (AV, "utmost"); Rom. 10:18 (AV
- and RV, "ends"); (b) of the termination of something occurring
- in a period, Heb. 6:16, RV, "final," for AV, "an end," said of
- strife. See UTTERMOST.
-
- <A-4,Noun,1545,ekbasis>
- denotes "a way out" (ek, "out," baino, "to go"), 1 Cor. 10:13,
- "way of escape;" or an issue, Heb. 13:7 (AV, "end," RV,
- "issue"). See ISSUE.
-
- <B-1,Verb,5055,teleo>
- "to complete, finish, bring to an end," is translated "had made
- an end," in Matt. 11:1. See ACCOMPLISH.
-
- <B-2,Verb,4931,sunteleo>
- cp. A, No. 2, signifies (a) "to bring to an end, finish
- completely" (sun, "together," imparting a perfective
- significance to teleo), Matt. 7:28 (in some mss.); Luke 4:2,13;
- Acts 21:27, RV, "completed;" (b) "to bring to fulfillment," Mark
- 13:4; Rom. 9:28; (c) "to effect, make," Heb. 8:8. See FINISH,
- FULFILL, MAKE.
-
- <B-3,Verb,4137,pleroo>
- (a) "to fill," (b) "to fulfill, complete, end," is translated
- "had ended" in Luke 7:1; "were ended" (Passive) in Acts 19:21.
- See ACCOMPLISH.
-
- Note: In John 13:2, the verb ginomai, there signifying
- "to be in progress," and used in the present participle, is
- translated "during supper" (RV). A less authentic reading, is
- genomenou, "being ended" (AV).
-
- <C-1,Adjective,2078,eschatos>
- "last, utmost, extreme," is used as a noun (a) of time, rendered
- "end" in Heb. 1:2, RV, "at the end of these days," i.e., at the
- "end" of the period under the Law, for AV, "in these last days;"
- so in 1 Pet. 1:20, "at the end of the times." In 2 Pet. 2:20,
- the plural, ta eschata, lit., "the last things," is rendered
- "the latter end," AV, (RV, "the last state"); the same phrase is
- used in Matt. 12:45; Luke 11:26; (b) of place, Acts 13:47, AV,
- "ends (of the earth)," RV, "uttermost part. See LAST, LOWEST,
- UTTERMOST.
-
- Notes: (1) In Matt. 28:1, opse, "late (in the evening),"
- is rendered "in the end (of)," AV, RV, "late (on)." (2) In 1
- Pet. 1:13, teleios, "perfectly," RV, is rendered "to the end,"
- in AV. (3) The phrase eis touto, lit., "unto this," signifies
- "to this end," John 18:37, RV (twice; AV, "for this cause," in
- the second clause); so Mark 1:38; Acts 26:16; Rom. 14:9; Rom.
- 14:9; 2 Cor. 2:9; 1 Tim. 4:10 (AV, "therefore"); 1 Pet. 4:6; 1
- John 3:8 (AV, "for this purpose"). (4) Eis, "unto," followed by
- the article and the infinitive mood of a verb, signifies "to the
- end that ..." marking the aim of an action, Acts 7:19; Rom.
- 1:11; 4:16,18; Eph. 1:12; 1 Thess. 3:13; 2 Thess. 1:5; 2:2,6; 1
- Pet. 3:7. In Luke 18:1, pros, "to," has the same construction
- and meaning. (5) The conjunction hina, "in order that," is
- sometimes rendered "to the end that," Eph. 3:17; 2 Thess. 3:14;
- Titus 3:8. (6) In Matt. 24:31, the prepositions apo, "from," and
- heos, "unto," are used with the plural of akros, "highest,
- extreme," signifying "from one end ... to the other," lit.,
- "from extremities ... to extremities."
-
- $$T0000886
- \Endeavor\
- <1,,4704,spoudazo>
- "to make haste, to be zealous," and hence, "to be diligent," is
- rendered "endeavoring" in Eph. 4:3, AV; RV, "giving diligence."
- In 2 Pet. 1:15, AV, "endeavor," RV, "give diligence." Both have
- "endeavored" in 1 Thess. 2:17. See DILIGENCE.
-
- <2,,2212,zeteo>
- "to seek after," is translated "endeavor" in Acts 16:10, AV, RV,
- "sought." See ABOUT (to be), DESIRE, INQUIRE, SEEK.
-
- $$T0000887
- \Endless\
- <1,,179,akatalutos>
- denotes indissoluble (from a, negative, kata, "down," luo, "to
- loose"), Heb. 7:16, "endless;" see the RV, marg., i.e., a life
- which makes its possessor the holder of His priestly office for
- evermore.
-
- <2,,562,aperantos>
- from a, negative and peraino, "to complete, finish," signifies
- "interminable, endless;" it is said of genealogies, 1 Tim. 1:4.
- In the Sept., Job 36:26.
-
- $$T0000888
- \Endue\
- <1,,1746,enduo>
- in the Middle Voice, "to put on oneself, be clothed with," is
- used metaphorically of power, Luke 24:49, RV, "clothed." See
- CLOTHE.
-
- Note: In Jas. 3:13 the adjective epistemon, "knowing,
- skilled," is translated "endued with knowledge," AV, RV,
- "understanding."
-
- $$T0000889
- \Endure, Enduring\
- <A-1,Verb,3306,meno>
- "to abide," is rendered "to endure" in the AV of John 6:27; 1
- Pet. 1:25 (RV, "abideth"); Heb. 10:34, AV, "enduring
- (substance)," RV, "abiding." See ABIDE.
-
- <A-2,Verb,5278,hupomeno>
- a strengthened form of No. 1, denotes "to abide under, to bear
- up courageously" (under suffering), Matt. 10:22; 24:13; Mark
- 13:13; Rom. 12:12, translated "patient;" 1 Cor. 13:7; 2 Tim.
- 2:10,12 (AV, "suffer"); Heb. 10:32; 12:2,3,7; Jas. 1:12; 5:11; 1
- Pet. 2:20, "ye shall take it patiently." It has its other
- significance, "to tarry, wait for, await," in Luke 2:43; Acts
- 17:14 (in some mss., Rom. 8:24). Cp. B. See ABIDE, PATIENT,
- SUFFER, TARRY. Cp. makrothumeo, "to be longsuffering" (see No.
- 7).
-
- <A-3,Verb,5342,phero>
- "to bear," is translated "endured" in Rom. 9:22; Heb. 12:20. See
- BEAR.
-
- <A-4,Verb,5297,hupophero>
- a strengthened form of No. 3, "to bear or carry," by being
- under, is said metaphorically of "enduring" temptation, 1 Cor.
- 10:13, AV, "bear;" persecutions, 2 Tim. 3:11; griefs, 1 Pet.
- 2:19. See BEAR.
-
- <A-5,Verb,430,anecho>
- "to hold up" (ana, "up," echo, "to hold or have"), always in the
- Middle Voice in the NT, is rendered "endure" in 2 Thess. 1:4, of
- persecutions and tribulations; in 2 Tim. 4:3, of sound doctrine.
- See BEAR.
-
- <A-6,Verb,2594,kartereo>
- "to be steadfast, patient," is used in Heb. 11:27, "endured," of
- Moses in relation to Egypt. In the Sept., Job 2:9; Isa. 42:14.
-
- <A-7,Verb,3114,makrothumeo>
- "to be long-tempered" (makros, "long," thumos, "mind"), is
- rendered "patiently endured" in Heb. 6:15, said of Abraham. See
- B. below. See BEAR, LONGSUFFERING, PATIENCE, SUFFER.
-
- Note: In 2 Tim. 2:9, kakopatheo, "to suffer evil"
- (kakos, "evil," pascho, "to suffer"), is translated "endure
- hardness," AV; RV, "suffer hardship;" so in 2 Tim. 4:5, AV,
- "endure afflictions;" elsewhere in Jas. 5:13. In 2 Tim. 2:3 the
- most authentic mss. have sunkakopatheo, "to suffer hardship
- with," as in 2 Tim. 1:8. See HARDSHIP, SUFFER.
-
- <B-1,Noun,5281,hupomone>
- "patience," lit., "a remaining under" (akin to A, No. 2), is
- translated "patient enduring" in 2 Cor. 1:6, RV, for AV,
- "enduring." Cp. makrothumia, "longsuffering" (akin to A, No. 7).
- See PATIENCE.
-
- $$T0000890
- \Enemy\
- <1,,2190,echthros>
- an adjective, primarily denoting "hated" or "hateful" (akin to
- echthos, "hate;" perhaps associated with ektos, "outside"),
- hence, in the Active sense, denotes "hating, hostile;" it is
- used as a noun signifying an "enemy," adversary, and is said (a)
- of the Devil, Matt. 13:39; Luke 10:19; (b) of death, 1 Cor.
- 15:26; (c) of the professing believer who would be a friend of
- the world, thus making himself an enemy of God, Jas. 4:4; (d) of
- men who are opposed to Christ, Matt. 13:25,28; 22:44; Mark
- 12:36; Luke 19:27; 20:43; Acts 2:35; Rom. 11:28; Phil. 3:18;
- Heb. 1:13; 10:13; or to His servants, Rev. 11:5,12: To the
- nation of Israel, Luke 1:71,74; 19:43; (e) of one who is opposed
- to righteousness, Acts 13:10; (f) of Israel in its alienation
- from God, Rom. 11:28; (g) of the unregenerate in their attitude
- toward God, Rom. 5:10; Col. 1:21; (h) of believers in their
- former state, 2 Thess. 3:15; (i) of foes, Matt. 5:43,44; 10:36;
- Luke 6:27,35: Rom. 12:20; 1 Cor. 15:25; of the Apostle Paul
- because he told converts "the truth," Gal. 4:16. See FOE. Cp.
- echthra, "enmity."
-
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- \Engrafted\
- * Note: This is the AV rendering of emphutos, Jas. 1:21, an
- adjective derived from emphuo, "to implant;" the RV has
- "implanted." The metaphor is that of a seed rooting itself in
- the heart; cp. Matt. 13:21; 15:13; 1 Cor. 3:6, and the kindred
- word sumphutos, Rom. 6:5, "planted together" (sun, "with"). The
- AV "engrafted" would translate the word emphuteuton (from
- emphuteuo, "to graft"), which is not found in the NT; it uses
- enkentrizo in Rom. 11. Cp. ekphuo, "to cause to grow out, put
- forth" (leaves), Matt. 24:32; Mark 13:28.
-
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- \Engrave\
- <1,,1795,entupoo>
- "to imprint, engrave" (en, "in," tupos, "a mark, impression,
- form, type"), is used of the "engraving" of the Law on the two
- stones, or tablets, 2 Cor. 3:7. In the Sept., Exod. 36:39 (some
- texts have ektupoo). See also GRAVEN.
-
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- \Enjoin\
- <1,,1781,entellomai>
- is translated "hath enjoined" in the AV of Heb. 9:20. See
- COMMAND (RV).
-
- <2,,2004,epitasso>
- lit., "to set or arrange over, to charge, command," is rendered
- "enjoin" in Philem. 1:8. See COMMAND. Cp. keleuo, "to order."
-
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- \Enjoy\
- <A-1,Verb,5177,tunchano>
- used transitively, denotes "to hit upon, meet with;" then, "to
- reach, get, obtain;" it is translated "enjoy" (i.e., obtain to
- our satisfaction) in Acts 24:2. See CHANCE, COMMON, Note (3),
- OBTAIN.
-
- <B-1,Noun,619,apolausis>
- "enjoyment" (from apolauo, "to take hold of, enjoy a thing"),
- suggests the advantage or pleasure to be obtained from a thing
- (from a root, lab---, seen in lambano, "to obtain"); it is used
- with the preposition eis, in 1 Tim. 6:17, lit., "unto
- enjoyment," rendered "to enjoy;" with echo, "to have," in Heb.
- 11:25, lit., "to have pleasure (of sin)," translated "to enjoy
- the pleasures." See PLEASURE.
-
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- \Enlarge\
- <1,,3170,megaluno>
- denotes "to make great" (from megas, "great"), Matt. 23:5,
- "enlarge;" 2 Cor. 10:15, AV, "enlarged," RV, "magnified;"
- elsewhere in the AV it is rendered by the verb "to magnify,"
- except in Luke 1:58, AV, "had showed great (mercy)," RV, "had
- magnified (His mercy); see Luke 1:46; Acts 5:13; 10:46; 19:17;
- Phil. 1:20. See MAGNIFY.
-
- <2,,4115,platuno>
- "to make broad," from platus, "broad," is translated "enlarged"
- in 2 Cor. 6:11,13 (metaphorically), "make broad," Matt. 23:5
- (literally). From the primary sense of freedom comes that of the
- joy that results from it. See BROAD. Cp. platos, "breadth," and
- plateia, "a street."
-
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- \Enlighten\
- <1,,5461,photizo>
- from phos, "light," (a), used intransitively, signifies "to give
- light, shine," Rev. 22:5; (b), used transitively, "to enlighten,
- illumine," is rendered "enlighten" in Eph. 1:18, metaphorically
- of spiritual "englightenment;" so John 1:9, i.e., "lighting
- every man" (by reason of His coming); Eph. 3:9, "to make (all
- men) see" (RV marg., "to bring to light"); Heb. 6:4, "were
- enlightened;" Heb. 10:32, RV, "enlightened," AV, "illuminated."
- See ILLUMINATED, LIGHT. Cp. photismos, "light," and photeinos,
- "full of light."
-
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- \Enmity\
- <1,,2189,echthra>
- from the adjective echthros (see ENEMY) is rendered "enmity" in
- Luke 23:12; Rom. 8:7; Eph. 2:15,16; Jas. 4:4; "enmities," Gal.
- 5:20, RV, for AV, "hatred." It is the opposite of agape, "love."
-
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- \Enough\
- <A-1,Adjective,713,arketos>
- "sufficient," akin to arkeo (see B, No. 1), is rendered "enough"
- in Matt. 10:25; "sufficient" in Matt. 6:34; "suffice" in 1 Pet.
- 4:3, lit., "(is) sufficient." See SUFFICE, SUFFICIENT.
-
- <A-2,Adjective,2425,hikanos>
- "sufficient, competent, fit" (akin to hikano and hiko, "to
- reach, attain" and hikanoo, "to make sufficient"), is translated
- "enough" in Luke 22:38, of the Lord's reply to Peter concerning
- the swords. See ABLE.
-
- Note: In Luke 15:17 the verb perisseuo, "to have
- abundance," is translated "have enough and to spare." In Acts
- 27:38 the verb korenumi, "to satisfy," is translated "had eaten
- enough."
-
- <B-1,Verb,714,arkeo>
- "to ward off;" hence, "to aid, assist;" then, "to be strong
- enough," i.e., "to suffice, to be enough" (cp. A, No. 1), is
- translated "be enough" in Matt. 25:9. See CONTENT.
-
- <B-2,Verb,568,apecho>
- lit., "to hold off from, to have off or out" (apo, "from," echo,
- "to have"), i.e., "to have in full, to have received," is used
- impersonally in Mark 14:41, "it is enough," in the Lord's words
- to His slumbering disciples in Gethsemane. It is difficult,
- however, to find examples of this meaning in Greek usage of the
- word, and apecho may here refer, in its commercial significance,
- to Judas (who is mentioned immediately afterwards), with the
- meaning "he hath received" (his payment); cp. the same use in
- Matt. 6:2,5,16 (see Deissmann, Light from the Ancient East, pp.
- 110ff.). See ABSTAIN, HAVE, RECEIVE.
-
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- \Enquire\
- * For ENQUIRE see INQUIRE
-
-