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3.
$
(
1
, 5512), “to jest, mock, jeer at” (from
$
, “a jest”), is said of
the ridicule of some of the Athenian philosophers at the apostle’s testimony concerning
the resurrection of the dead, Acts 17:32.¶
4.
$
, an intensive form of No. 3, “to scoff at,” whether by gesture or word,
is said of those who jeered at the testimony given on the Day of Pentecost, Acts 2:13
(some mss. have No. 3).¶
B. Nouns.
1.
(
# &
, 1703), “a mocker” (akin to A, No. 1), is used in 2 Pet. 3:3,
RV
, “mockers”. (
KJV
, “scoffers”); Jude 18,
RV
and
KJV
, “mockers.”¶ In the Sept., Isa.
3:4.¶
2.
(
#
, 1701), the act of the
, “a mocking,” is used in
Heb. 11:36, “mockings.”¶ In the Sept., Ps. 38:7; Ezek. 22:4.¶
3.
(
# &
, 1702d), an abstract noun, “mockery,” is used in 2 Pet. 3:3
(some mss. omit it, as in
KJV
): (see also No. 1, above).¶
For
MODERATION,
Phil. 4:5
,
KJV
, see
FORBEARANCE
, C, No. 2
MODEST
(
, 2887), “orderly, wellarranged, decent, modest” (akin to
, in
its primary sense as “harmonious arrangement adornment”; cf.
, of the world,
which is related to
in its secondary sense as the world), is used in 1 Tim. 2:9 of
the apparel with which Christian women are to adorn themselves; in 3:2 (
RV
, “orderly;”
KJV
, “of good behavior”), of one of the qualifications essential for a bishop or overseer.
“The well-ordering is not of dress and demeanor only, but of the inner life, uttering
indeed and expressing itself in the outward conversation” (Trench,
- !
, Sec.xcii).¶ In the
Sept., Eccl. 12:9.¶
MOISTURE
(
,
1
, 2429), “moisture” (probably from an Indo-European root
indicating “wet”), is used in Luke 8:6.¶ In the Sept., Job 26:14; Jer. 17:8.¶
MOMENT
A. Nouns.
1.
(
/
, 823) lit. means “indivisible” (from , negative, and
, “to
cut”; Eng., “atom”); hence it denotes “a moment,” 1 Cor. 15:52.¶
2.
(
)
, 4743), “a prick, a point” (akin to
, “to prick”), is used
metaphorically in Luke 4:5, of a “moment,” with
, “a moment (of time).”¶
Note:
It is to be distinguished from
, “a mark” or “brand,” Gal. 6:17, which is,
however, also connected with
.
B. Adverb.
d Derivatives or roots of other words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with with a “d”
following the number (for instance,
, a derivative of
5
, is 1096d).