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2.
$
(
/
, 895) denotes “lifeless inanimate” ( , negative, and
$
, see
A, No. 3), “without life,” 1 Cor. 14:7.¶
C. Verb.
(
!
, 2227), “to make alive, cause to live, quicken” (from
, “life,”
and
, “to make”), is used as follows:
“(a) of God as the bestower of every kind of life in the universe, 1 Tim. 6:13
(
, to preserve alive, is the alternative reading adopted by most editors; see
LIVE
,
No. 6), and, particularly, of resurrection life, John 5:21; Rom. 4:17; (b) of Christ, who
also is the bestower of resurrection life, John 5:21 (2nd part); 1 Cor. 15:45; cf. v. 22; (c)
of the resurrection of Christ in “the body of His glory,” 1 Pet. 3:18; (d) of the power of
reproduction inherent in seed, which presents a certain analogy with resurrection, 1 Cor.
15:36; (e) of the ‘changing,’ or ‘fashioning anew,’ of the bodies of the living, which
corresponds with, and takes place at the same time as, the resurrection of the dead in
Christ, Rom. 8:11; (f) of the impartation of spiritual life, and the communication of
spiritual sustenance generally, John 6:63; 2 Cor. 3:6; Gal. 3:2.¶* See
QUICKEN
, and cf.
$
, “to quicken together with,” Eph. 2:5 and Col. 2:13.¶
Notes:
(1) For the verb
, “to lead a life,” see
LIVE
, No. 7. (2) For
$
, in
Phil. 1:27,
RV
, “let your manner of life be,” see
LIVE
, No. 8.
LIFT
1.
(
# &$
, 1453), “to awaken, raise up,” is used in Matt. 12:11, of “lifting” a
sheep out of a pit. In the following the
RV
has “raised” for
KJV
, “lifted”: Mark 1:31; 9:27;
Acts 3:7. See
ARISE
,
AWAKE
,
RAISE
.
2.
(
5$
, 142) signifies (a) “to raise take up, lift, draw up,” (b) “to bear, carry,”
(c) “to take or carry away.” It is used of “lifting” up the voice, Luke 17:13; Acts 4:24;
eyes, John 11:41; hand, Rev. 10:5. See
AWAY
,
BEAR
,
CARRY
,
DOUBT
, A, No. 6,
LOOSE
,
PUT
, No. 17,
REMOVE
,
TAKE
.
3.
(
# &$
, 1869), “to lift up, raise” ( , “upon,” and No. 2), is used of
“lifting” up the eyes, Matt. 17:8; Luke 6:20; 16:23, 18:13; John 4:35; 6:5; 17:1; the head,
Luke 21:28; the hands, Luke 24:50; 1 Tim. 2:8; the voice, Luke 11:27; Acts 2:14; 14:11;
22:22; a foresail, Acts 27:40 (“hoisting,”
RV
); metaphorically, of the heel, John 13:18, as
of one “lifting” up the foot before kicking; the expression indicates contempt and
violence; in the passive voice, Acts 1:9, of Christ’s ascension, “was taken up”; 2 Cor.
10:5, “is exalted” (with pride); 11:20, “exalteth himself.” See
EXALT
,
HOIST
,
TAKE
.¶
4.
$
(
%
, 5312), “to lift or raise up” (akin to
$
, “height”), is rendered
by the verb “to lift up” in John 3:14, of the brazen serpent; of Christ in crucifixion (
!
),
and 8:28; 12:32, 34; metaphorically, “to exalt, lift up,” e.g., Jas. 4:10,
KJV
, “shall lift …
up,”
RV
, “shall exalt.” See
EXALT
.
5.
(
&
, 450), “to raise up” ( , “up,”
, “to cause to stand”), is
translated “lifted (her) up,” in Acts 9:41,
KJV
;
RV
, “raised (her) up.” See
ARISE
,
RAISE
.
* From
Notes on Galatians,
by Hogg and Vine pp. 154, 155.