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who obeys is like one who gazes into the “mirror” and retains in his soul the image of
what he should be.¶
Note:
For the verb
, “to reflect as a mirror” (some regard it as meaning
“beholding in a mirror”), in 2 Cor. 3:18, see
BEHOLD
, No. 12.
For
MISCHIEF,
Acts 13:10
, see
VILLANY
MISERABLE, MISERABLY, MISERY
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
#
, 1652), “pitiable, miserable” (from
, “mercy, pity”; see
MERCY
), is used in Rev. 3:17, in the Lord’s description of the church at Laodicea; here
the idea is probably that of a combination of “misery” and pitiableness.¶
Note:
For the comparative degree
, rendered “most pitiable” in 1 Cor.
15:19,
RV
(
KJV
, “most miserable”), see
PITIABLE
.
2.
(
, 2556), “bad, evil,” is translated “miserable” in Matt. 21:41,
RV
(
KJV
,
“wicked”). See
BAD
.
B. Adverb.
(
, 2560), “badly, ill,” is translated “miserably” in Matt. 21:41 (see A,
No. 2). Adhering to the meaning “evil,” and giving the designed stress, the sentence may
be rendered, “evil (as they are) he will evilly destroy them.”
C. Noun.
(
$&
, 5004), “hardship, suffering, distress” (akin to
,
“wretched,” Rom. 7:24; Rev. 3:17,¶ and to
, in the middle voice, “to afflict
oneself,” in Jas. 4:9, “be afflicted”¶), is used as an abstract noun, “misery,” in Rom. 3:16;
as a concrete noun, “miseries,” in Jas. 5:1.¶
MIST
1.
$
(
"
, 887), “a mist,” especially a dimness of the eyes, is used in Acts
13:11. “In the single place of its NT use it attests the accuracy in the selection of words,
and not least of medical words, which ‘the beloved physician’ so often displays. For him
it expresses the mist of darkness … which fell on the sorcerer Elymas, being the outward
and visible sign of the inward spiritual darkness which would be his portion for a while in
punishment for his resistance to the truth” (Trench,
- !
, Sec.c).¶
2.
(
6
, 3658a), “a mist” (not so thick as
and
, “a
cloud”), occurs in 2 Pet. 2:17 (1st part),
RV
, “mists”; some mss. have
, “clouds”
(
KJV
).”
3.
(
, 2217) is rendered “mist” in the
KJV
of 2 Pet. 2:17 (2nd part),
RV
,
“blackness”; “murkiness” would be a suitable rendering. For this and other synonymous
terms see
BLACKNESS
,
DARKNESS
.
¶ Indicates that all the NT occurrences of the Greek word under consideration are
mentioned under the heading or sub-heading.