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24:12, “stirring up,”
RV
(
KJV
, “raising”), lit. “making a stir” (in some mss.,
$
).
See
COME
,
Notes
at end (9).¶
For
PRESUMPTUOUS
see
DARING
, B
PRETENSE
(
$
, 4392): see
CLOKE
(Pretense), No. 2.
PREVAIL
1.
$
(
* "
, 2480), “to be strong, powerful,” is translated “to prevail” in Acts
19:16, 20; Rev. 12:8. See
ABLE
, B, No. 4.
2.
$
(
"
, 2729), “to be strong against” (
, “against,” and No. 1), is
used in Matt. 16:18, negatively of the gates of hades; in Luke 21:36 (in the most authentic
mss., some have
@
, “to count worthy”; see
KJV
), of “prevailing” to escape
judgments at the close of this age; in Luke 23:23, of the voices of the chief priests, rulers
and people against Pilate regarding the crucifixion of Christ.¶
3.
(
8 !
, 5623), “to benefit, do good, profit,” is translated “prevailed” in
Matt. 27:24,
RV
(
KJV
, “could prevail”), of the conclusion formed by Pilate concerning the
determination of the chief priests, elders and people. The meaning of the verb with the
negative is better expressed by the phrase “he would do no good”; so in John 12:19, “ye
prevail (nothing),” lit., “ye are doing no good.” See
ADVANTAGE
,
BETTERED
,
PROFIT
.
4.
(
1
, 3528), “to conquer, prevail,” is used as a law term in Rom. 3:4,
“(that) Thou … mightest prevail [
KJV
, ‘overcome’] (when Thou comest into judgment)”;
that the righteousness of the judge’s verdict compels an acknowledgement on the part of
the accused, is inevitable where God is the judge. God’s promises to Israel provided no
guarantee that an unrepentant Jew would escape doom. In Rev. 5:5,
KJV
, “hath prevailed”
(
RV
, “hath overcome”). See
CONQUER
, No. 1.
For
PREVENT,
1 Thess. 4:15
,
KJV
, see
PRECEDE
:
Matt. 17:25
,
KJV
, see
SPEAK
, No. 11
PRICE
A. Noun.
(
)
, 5092) denotes “a valuing,” hence, objectively, (a) “price paid or
received,” Matt. 27:6, 9; Acts 4:34 (plural); 5:2, 3; 7:16,
RV
, “price (in silver),”
KJV
, “sum
(of money)”; 19:19 (plural); 1 Cor. 6:20; 7:23; (b) “value, honor, preciousness.” See
HONOR
,
PRECIOUSNESS
.
B. Verb.
(
1
, 5091), “to fix the value, to price,” is translated “was priced” and “did
price” in the
RV
of Matt. 27:9 (
KJV
, “was valued” and “did value”). See
HONOR
.
C. Adjectives
1.
$
(
)
, 4185), “of great price,” 1 Pet. 3:4: see
COST
, B, No. 2.
2.
$
(
"
, 4186), “of great price,” Matt. 13:46: see
COST
, B, No. 3.
For
PRICK
(Noun) see
GOAD
PRICK (Verb)