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enquiry, the answer to which would settle the question of the validity of the new Judaistic
gospel they were receiving; (c) “to learn by use and practice, to acquire the habit of, be
accustomed to,” e.g., Phil. 4:11; 1 Tim. 5:4, 13; Titus 3:14; Heb. 5:8. See
UNDERSTAND
.
2.
(
0
, 1097), “to know by observation and experience,” is translated
“to learn,” in the
RV
of Mark 15:45; John 12:9. See
ALLOW
3.
(
$
, 198), “to learn carefully,” is so translated in Matt. 2:7, 16,
RV
(
KJV
, “diligently enquired”).¶
4.
$
(
!
, 3453), “to initiate into mysteries,” is translated “I have learned the
secret” (passive voice, perfect tense) in Phil. 4:12,
RV
(
KJV
, “I am instructed”). See
INSTRUCT
.¶
: &
8 $
, “to teach, instruct, train,” is translated “instructed” in Acts 7:22,
RV
(
KJV
, “learned”); in 1 Tim. 1:20, “(that) they might be taught,”
KJV
, “(that) they may
learn.”
LEARNING (Noun)
1.
(
$1
, 1121), “a letter,” is used in the plural in Acts 26:24, with the
meaning “learning”: “(thy much) learning (doth turn thee to madness),”
RV
, possibly an
allusion to the Jewish Scriptures, to which the apostle had been appealing; in John 7:15,
“(How knoweth this Man) letters” (
KJV
marg., “learning”), the succeeding phrase “not
having learned” is illustrated in the papyri, where it indicates inability to write. See
BILL
.
2.
(
&
, 1319), “teaching, instruction” (akin to
, “to
teach”), is translated “learning” in Rom. 15:4. See
DOCTRINE
.
LEAST
1.
(
# 1
, 1646), “least,” is a superlative degree formed from the word
$
, “little,” the place of which was taken by
(the comparative degree being
, “less”); it is used of (a) size, Jas. 3:4; (b) amount; of the management of affairs,
Luke 16:10 (twice), 19:17, “very little”; (c) importance, 1 Cor. 6:2, “smallest (matters)”;
(d) authority: of commandments, Matt. 5:19; (e) estimation, as to persons, Matt. 5:19
(2nd part); 25:40, 45; 1 Cor. 15:9; as to a town, Matt. 2:6; as to activities or operations,
Luke 12:26; 1 Cor. 4:3, “a very small thing.”¶
2.
(
#
$
, 1647), a comparative degree formed from No. 1, is
used in Eph. 3:8, “less than the least.”¶
3.
(
$
, 3398), “small, little,” is translated “the least” in Acts 8:10 and
Heb. 8:11, with reference to rank or influence. See
LITTLE
, A, No. 1.
4.
(
$
, 3398), the comparative of No. 3, is used of (a) size, Matt.
13:32,
KJV
, “the least,”
RV
, “less;” Mark 4:31 [cf. No. 1 (a)]; (b) estimation, Matt. 11:11
and Luke 7:28,
KJV
, “least,”
RV
, “but little,” marg., “lesser” (in the kingdom of heaven),
those in the kingdom itself being less than John the Baptist [cf. No. 1 (e)]; Luke 9:48. See
LESS
.¶
Notes:
(1) In 1 Cor. 6:4,
KJV
,
@ $
, in the passive voice, “to be of no account,”
is translated “is least esteemed” (
RV
, “are of no account”); see
ACCOUNT
. (2) In Luke