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1.
(
$ B
, 4405), “early, at early morn” (from
, “before”), is used as a noun
in the feminine form
, “morning” in Matt. 27:1 and John 21:4 (in some mss. in Matt.
21:18 and John 18:28, for B, No. 1, which see). Its adjectival force is retained by
regarding it as qualifying the noun
, “an hour,” i.e., “at an early hour.”¶
2.
(
$ ;<
, 4407), a later form of No. 1, qualifies
, “star,” in Rev. 2:28
and 22:16 (where some mss. have No. 3). That Christ will give to the overcomer “the
morning star” indicates a special interest for such in Himself, as He thus describes
Himself in the later passage. For Israel He will appear as “the sun of righteousness”; as
the “morning” Star which precedes He will appear for the rapture of the church.¶
3.
or
(
7$ $
, 3721), “pertaining to dawn or morning,” in some
mss. in Rev. 22:16 (see No. 2); see
DAWN
, B,
Note
.
B. Adverb.
(
$ B
, 4404), “early,” is translated “in the morning” in Matt. 16:3; 20:1 (with
, “early”); 21:18; Mark 1:35; 11:20; 13:35; 15:1; “early” in Mark 16:2 (with
,
“very”;
KJV
, “early in the morning”); 16:9; Matt. 21:18 and John 18:28 (in the best texts
for A, No. 1); 20:1; Acts 28:23 (with
, “from”).¶
C. Noun.
(
7$ $
, 3722) denotes “daybreak, dawn,” Luke 24:1; John 8:2; Acts 5:21;
see
DAWN
, B.¶
D. Verb.
(
A$ $&
, 3719), “to do anything early in the morning,” is translated “came
early in the morning,” in Luke 21:38.¶
MORROW
1.
$
(
E$
, 839), an adverb denoting “tomorrow,” is used (a) with this
meaning in Matt. 6:30; Luke 12:28; 13:32, 33; Acts 23:15 (in some mss.), 20; 25:22; 1
Cor. 15:32; Jas. 4:13, (b) with the word
, “day,” understood (occurring thus in the
papyri), translated as a noun, “(the) morrow,” Matt. 6:34 (twice); Luke 10:35; Acts 4:3
(
KJV
, “next day”); 4:5; Jas. 4:14.¶
2.
$
(
# "$
, 1887), epi, “upon,” and No. 1, is used as in (b) above; the
RV
always translates it “on (the) morrow”; in the following the
KJV
has “(the) next day,”
Matt. 27:62; John 1:29, 35 (“the next day after”); 12:12; Acts 14:20; 21:8; 25:6; “(the)
day following,” John 1:43; 6:22; “the morrow after,” Acts 10:24.
Note:
In Acts 25:17,
KJV
, the adverb
@
, “next, successively, in order,” is
translated “on (the) morrow.” See
NEXT
.
For
MORSEL
see
MEAT
, No. 2
MORTAL, MORTALITY
(
, 2349), “subject or liable to death, mortal” (akin to
, “to
die”), occurs in Rom. 6:12, of the body, where it is called “mortal,” not simply because it
is liable to death, but because it is the organ in and through which death carries on its
death-producing activities; in 8:11, the stress is on the liability to death, and the