Basic HTML Version
1.
(
V
, 1115v) is translated “to lend” in Luke 6:34, 35: see
BORROW
.
2.
(
$1
, 5531v), or
(
$1
, 5531), “to lend,” is used in the aorist (or
“point”) tense, active voice, in Luke 11:5, in the request, “lend me three loaves.” The
radical sense of the verb is “to furnish what is needful” (akin to
, which means both
“use” and “need,” and to
, “it is needful”). Hence it is distinct from No. 1, the basic
idea of which is to “lend” on security or return.¶
B. Noun.
or
(
)
, 1157) denotes a moneylender (akin to A, No. 1),
translated “lender” in Luke 7:41,
RV
(
KJV
, “creditor”).¶ In the Sept., 2 Kings 4:1; Ps.
109:11; Prov. 29:13.¶
LENGTH
(
, 3372), “length,” from the same root as
, “long” (see
FAR
,
LONG
), occurs in Eph. 3:18 and Rev. 21:16 (twice).¶
LENGTH (at)
(
!
, 4218) is translated “at length” in Rom. 1:10, where the whole phrase “if
by any means now at length” suggests not only ardent desire but the existence of
difficulties for a considerable time. See
AFORETIME
.
LEOPARD
(
1$
, 3917) denotes “a leopard or a panther,” an animal characterized
by swiftness of movement and sudden spring, in Dan. 7:6 symbolic of the activities of
Alexander the Great, and the formation of the Grecian kingdom, the third seen in the
vision there recorded. In Rev. 13:2 the imperial power, described there also as a “beast,”
is seen to concentrate in himself the characteristics of those mentioned in Dan. 7.¶
LEPER
(
$
, 3015), an adjective, primarily used of “psoriasis,” characterized by an
eruption of rough scaly patches; later, “leprous,” but chiefly used as a noun, “a leper,”
Matt. 8:2; 10:8; 11:5; Mark 1:40; Luke 4:27; 7:22; 17:12; especially of Simon. mentioned
in Matt. 26:6; Mark 14:3.¶
LEPROSY
(
! $
, 3014), akin to
(above), is mentioned in Matt. 8:3; Mark 1:42;
Luke 5:12, 13.¶ ln the removal of other maladies the verb “to heal” (
) is used, but
in the removal of “leprosy,” the verb “to cleanse” (
), save in the statement
concerning the Samaritan, Luke 17:15, “when he saw that he was healed.” Matt. 10:8 and
Luke 4:27 indicate that the disease was common in the nation. Only twelve cases are
recorded in the NT, but these are especially selected. For the Lord’s commands to the
leper mentioned in Matthew 8 and to the ten in Luke 17, see Lev. 14:2-32.
LESS
v Variant spellings of forms of other words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with a “v”
following the number (for instance,
, a variant of
, is 1790v).