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2.
$
(
)
, 893) denotes “free from falsehood” ( , negative,
$
,
“false”), truthful, Titus 1:2, of God, “who cannot lie.”¶
C. Verb.
$
(
"
, 5574), “to deceive by lies” (always in the middle voice in the
NT), is used (a) absolutely, in Matt. 5:11, “falsely,” lit., “lying” (v, marg.); Rom. 9:1; 2
Cor. 11:31; Gal. 1:20; Col. 3:9 (where the verb is followed by the preposition
, “to”); 1
Tim. 2:7; Heb. 6:18; Jas. 3:14 (where it is followed by the preposition
, “against”); 1
John 1:6; Rev. 3:9; (b) transitively, with a direct object (without a preposition following),
Acts 5:3 (with the accusative case) “to lie to (the Holy Ghost),”
RV
marg., “deceive”; v. 4
(with the dative case) “thou hast (not) lied (unto men, but unto God).”¶
LIE (to lie down, on, upon)
1.
(
, 2749), “to be laid, to lie,” used as the passive voice of
, “to
lay” (see
LAY
, No. 14), is said (a) of the Child Jesus, Luke 2:12, 16; (b) of the dead body
of the Lord, Matt. 28:6; John 20:12; in Luke 23:53, “had … lain,”
RV
,
KJV
, “was laid”
[see
LAY
, No. 14,
Note
(1)], in the tomb as hitherto empty; (c) of the linen cloths, John
20:5, 6, 7; (d) figuratively of a veil as “lying” upon the hearts of the Jews, 2 Cor. 3:15,
RV
, “lieth” (
KJV
, “is”); (e) metaphorically, of the world as “lying” in the evil one, 1 John
5:19,
RV
; (f) of the heavenly city, Rev. 21:16. For other instances in which the rendering
is in the passive voice, see
LAY
, No. 14. See
APPOINT
.
2.
(
1
, 2621), “to lie down” (
, “down,” and No. 1), is used
of the sick, Mark 1:30; 2:4; Luke 5:25; John 5:3, 6; Acts 28:8; in Acts 9:33 it is rendered
“had kept (his bed),” lit., “lying (on a bed).” See
SIT
.
3.
(
1
, 906), “to throw, cast,” is used in the passive voice, with reference to
the sick, with the meaning “to be laid, to lie,” in Matt. 8:6, “(my servant) lieth (in the
house),” lit., “is laid”; 8:14, “lying,”
RV
, (
KJV
, “laid”); 9:2, “lying (on a bed).” See
CAST
.
4.
(
# &
, 1945), “to lie upon, be laid upon,” is translated with this
meaning, intransitively in John 11:38 and Acts 27:20; transitively, in the passive voice, in
John 21:9 and 1 Cor. 9:16. See
IMPOSED
.
Notes:
(1) In Mark 5:40, some mss. have the verb
, “to be laid up,”
translated “was lying,”
KJV
. In the most authentic the word is absent. (2) In Acts 27:12,
KJV
,
, “to look,” is rendered “lieth,” of the situation of the haven Phoenix (
KJV
,
Phenice);
RV
, “looketh.” (3) In John 11:17,
KJV
, the verb
, “to have, to hold,” used
with , “in,” signifying “to be in a certain condition,” is translated “had
” (
RV
, “
”). (4) In John 13:25,
, lit., to fall back (some mss. have
, lit., “to
fall upon,” hence the
KJV
, “lying”), is used of John’s position at the table,
RV
, “leaning
back ( … on Jesus’ breast).”
LIE IN WAIT
A. Verb.