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deposed the term as inadequate to the higher standard whether of knowledge or of
practice, which it had introduced (Lightfoot).
PHYLACTERY
$
(
)$
, 5440), primarily “an outpost,” or “fortification”
(
$ @
, “a guard”), then, “any kind of safeguard,” became used especially to denote “an
amulet.” In the NT it denotes a prayer fillet, “a phylactery,” a small strip of parchment,
with portions of the Law written on it; it was fastened by a leather strap either to the
forehead or to the left arm over against the heart, to remind the wearer of the duty of
keeping the commandments of God in the head and in the heart; cf. Ex. 13:16; Deut. 6:8;
11:18. It was supposed to have potency as a charm against evils and demons. The
Pharisees broadened their “phylacteries” to render conspicuous their superior eagerness
to be mindful of God’s Law, Matt. 23:5.¶
PHYSICIAN
(
* $
, 2395), akin to
, “to heal,” “a physician,” occurs in Matt. 9:12;
Mark 2:17; 5:26; Luke 4:23; 5:31 (in some mss., 8:43); Col. 4:14.¶
PIECE
1.
(
# &
, 1915) primarily denotes “that which is thrown over, a cover”
( , “over,”
, “to throw”); then, “that which is put on, or sewed on, to cover a rent, a
patch,” Matt. 9:16; Mark 2:21; in the next sentence,
RV
, “that which should fill” (
KJV
,
“the new piece that filled”), there is no word representing “piece” (lit., “the filling,”
); see
FILL
, B; Luke 5:36.¶
2.
(
$ )
, 1406), a
, firstly, “an Attic weight,” as much as one
can hold in the hand (connected with
, “to grasp with the hand, lay hold of,” 1
Cor. 3:19), then, “a coin,” nearly equal to the Roman
$
(see
PENNY
), is translated
“pieces of silver” in Luke 15:8, 1st part; “piece,” 2nd part and v. 9.¶
3.
(
!$
, 3313), “a part,” is translated “a piece (of a broiled fish)” in Luke
24:42. See
BEHALF
,
PART
.
4.
(
1
, 2801), “a broken piece” (from
, “to break”) is used of the
broken pieces from the feeding of the multitudes,
RV
, “broken pieces,”
KJV
, “fragments,”
Matt. 14:20; Mark 6:43; 8:19, 20; Luke 9:17; John 6:12, 13; in Matt. 15:37 and Mark 8:8,
RV
, “broken pieces” (
KJV
, “broken meat”).¶
5.
$
(
$ "$
, 694), which frequently denotes “money,” also represents “a
silver coin,” of the value of a shekel or
(four times the
, see No.
2); it is used in the plural in Matt. 26:15; 27:3-9. In Acts 19:19, “fifty thousand pieces of
silver,” is, lit., “fifty thousand of silver” (probably drachmas). See
MONEY
,
SILVER
.
Notes:
(1) In Acts 27:44, for
KJV
, “
” the
RV
translates (“on”)
(“certain things”)
(“the,” i.e., “those namely”) by “on
things”; there is no word
in the original representing “pieces.” (2) For the phrase “to break to (in) pieces,” Matt.
21:44,
RV
, and Mark 5:4, see
BREAK
, A, Nos. 10 and 5 respectively. (3) In Luke 14:18,