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MITE
(
, 3016), the neuter of the adjective
, signifying, firstly, “peeled,”
then, “fine, thin, small, light,” became used as a noun, denoting a small copper coin, often
mentioned in the Mishna as proverbially the smallest Jewish coin. It was valued at 1/8th
of the Roman
, and the 1/128th part of the
$
: its legal value was about one third
of an English farthing; Mark 12:42 lit. reads “two
, which make a
(a
%$
)”; in Luke 12:59 “the last
” corresponds in effect to Matt. 5:26, “the
uttermost
,” “farthing”; elsewhere Luke 21:2; see
FARTHING
.¶
MIXED (with)
Note:
In Heb. 4:2,
KJV
,
$
$
, lit., “to mix with” (
$
, “with,”
$
,
see
MINGLE
, No. 2), is so translated;
RV
, “were (not) united (by faith) with” [
KJV
, “(not)
being mixed … in], as said of persons; in 1 Cor. 12:24 “hath tempered.” See
TEMPER
TOGETHER
.¶
MIXTURE
(
&
, 3395), “a mixture” (akin to
$
, “to mix, mingle”: see
MINGLE
,
No. 1), occurs in John 19:39 (some mss. have
, “a roll”).¶
Note:
In Rev. 14:10,
KJV
,
( , negative, and
$
, “to mingle”) is
translated “without mixture” (
RV
, “unmixed”).¶ In the Sept., Ps. 75:8; Jer. 32:1.¶
MOCK, MOCKER, MOCKING
A. Verbs.
1.
(
# &
, 1702), a compound of
, “to play like a child” (
), “to
sport, jest,” prefixed by , “in” or “at,” is used only in the Synoptists, and, in every
instance, of the “mockery” of Christ, except in Matt. 2:16 (there in the sense of deluding,
or deceiving, of Herod by the wise men) and in Luke 14:29, of ridicule cast upon the one
who after laying a foundation of a tower is unable to finish it. The word is used (a)
prophetically by the Lord, of His impending sufferings, Matt. 20:19; Mark 10:34; Luke
18:32; (b) of the actual insults inflicted upon Him by the men who had taken Him from
Gethsemane, Luke 22:63; by Herod and his soldiers, Luke 23:11; by the soldiers of the
governor, Matt. 27:29, 31; Mark 15:20; Luke 23:36; by the chief priests, Matt. 27:41;
Mark 15:31.¶
2.
$
(
$&
, 3456), from
$
, “the nose,” hence, “to turn up the nose
at, sneer at, treat with contempt,” is used in the passive voice in Gal. 6:7, where the
statement “God is not mocked” does not mean that men do not mock Him (see Prov.
1:30, where the Sept. has the same verb); the apostle vividly contrasts the essential
difference between God and man. It is impossible to impose upon Him who discerns the
thoughts and intents of the heart.¶
: &
, $
, a strengthened form of the above, “to scoff at,” is used in Luke
16:14 and 23:35 (
RV
, “scoffed at”;
KJV
, “derided”). See
DERIDE
,
SCOFF
.¶