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(
# $
, 1645), “light in weight, easy to bear,” is used of the burden
imparted by Christ, Matt. 11:30; of affliction, 2 Cor. 4:17.¶
B. Verb.
$
(
&
, 2893), “to make light, lighten” (the adjective
$
, not in
NT, denotes “slight, light, empty”), is used of “lightening” the ship, in Acts 27:38.
Note:
For the phrase in v. 18,
KJV
, “they lightened the ship,” See
FREIGHT
.
C. Noun.
(
# $&
, 1644), “lightness,” 2 Cor. 1:17,
KJV
: see
FICKLENESS
.
LIGHT OF (make), LIGHTLY
(
!
, 272) denotes “to be careless, not to care” ( , negative, and
, an
impersonal verb, signifying “it is a care”: see
CARE
), Matt. 22:5, “they made light of (it),”
lit. “making light of (it),” aorist participle, indicating the definiteness of their decision.
See
NEGLECT
,
NEGLIGENT
,
REGARD
.
Note:
In Mark 9:39,
KJV
, the adverb
$
, “quickly,” is translated “lightly” (
RV
,
“quickly”). See
QUICKLY
.
LIGHTNING
(
$ )
, 796) denotes (a) “lightning” (akin to
LIGHT
, B, No. 7), Matt. 24:27;
28:3; Luke 10:18; 17:24; in the plural, Rev. 4:5; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18; (b) “bright shining,”
or “shining brightness,” Luke 11:36. See
SHINING
.¶
LIKE, LIKE (as to, unto), (be) LIKE, (make) LIKE, LIKE (things),
LIKEN
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
6
, 3664), “like, resembling, such as, the same as,” is used (a) of
appearance or form John 9:9; Rev. 1:13, 15; 2:18; 4:3 (twice), 6, 7; 9:7 (twice), 10, 19;
11:1; 13:2, 11; 14:14; (b) of ability, condition, nature, Matt. 22:39; Acts 17:29; Gal. 5:21,
“such like,” lit., “and the (things) similar to these”; 1 John 3:2; Rev. 13:4; 18:18; 21:11,
18; (c) of comparison in parables, Matt. 13:31, 33, 44, 45, 47; 20:1; Luke 13:18, 19, 21;
(d) of action, thought, etc. Matt. 11:16; 13:52; Luke 6:47, 48, 49; 7:31, 32; 12:36; John
8:55; Jude 7.¶
2.
(
5
, 2470), “equal” (the same in size, quality, etc.), is translated “like,” of the
gift of the Spirit, Acts 11:17. See
EQUAL
,
MUCH
(
AS
).
3.
(
$
, 3946), “much like” (
, “beside,” and No. 1), is used in
Mark 7:13, in the neuter plural, “(many such) like things.”¶
B. Verbs.
1.
(
3
, 3666), “to make like” (akin to A, No. 1), is used (a) especially
in the parables, with the significance of comparing, “likening,” or, in the passive voice,
“being likened,” Matt. 7:24, 26; 11:16; 13:24; 18:23; 22:2 (
RV
, “likened”); 25:1; Mark
4:30; Luke 7:31; 13:18,
RV
, “liken” (
KJV
, “resemble”); v. 20; in several of these instances
the point of resemblance is not a specific detail, but the whole circumstances of the
parable; (b) of making “like,” or, in the passive voice, of being made or becoming “like,”
Matt. 6:8; Acts 14:11, “in the likeness of (men),” lit., “being made like” (aorist participle,