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1.
(
)
, 189), “a hearing,” is translated “report” in John 12:38 and Rom. 10:16,
and in the
RV
of Matt. 4:24; 14:1; Mark 1:28. See
HEARING
, B, No. 1.
2.
$
(
' &
, 2162), “a good report, good reputation” (
$
, “well,”
“a
saying or report”), is used in 2 Cor. 6:8. Contrast No. 3.¶
3.
$
(
&
, 1426), “evilspeaking, defamation” (
$
-, an inseparable
prefix, the opposite to
$
, “well,” see No. 2), is used in 2 Cor. 6:8.¶
4.
(
, 3056), “a word,” is translated “report,” i.e., “a story, narrative”; in
Luke 5:15 (
KJV
, “fame”); 7:17 (
KJV
, “rumor”); Acts 11:22 (
KJV
, “tidings”). See
WORD
.
Note:
For
$
, rendered “report” in 1 Tim. 3:7,
KJV
, see
TESTIMONY
,
WITNESS
.
B. Adjective.
$
(
1
, 2613), akin to A, No. 2, primarily, “uttering words or sounds
of good omen,” then, “avoiding ill-omened words,” and hence “fair-sounding,” “of good
report,” is so rendered in Phil. 4:8.¶
C. Verbs.
1.
$
(
$ $!
, 3140), “to be a witness, bear witness, testify,” signifies, in
the passive voice, “to be well testified of, to have a good report,” Acts 6:3, “of good (KV,
honest) report,” lit., “being well testified of”; 10:22; 16:2; 22:12; 1 Tim. 5:10; in Heb.
11:2, 39,
KJV
, “obtained a good report” (
RV
, “had witness borne to them”); in 3 John 12,
KJV
“hath good report” (
RV
, “hath the witness”), lit., “witness hath been borne.” See
TESTIFY
,
WITNESS
.
2.
(
!
, 518), “to report” ( , “from,”
, “to give a
message”), “announce, declare” (by a messenger, speaker, or writer), is translated
“reported” in Acts 4:23; 16:36,
RV
(
KJV
, “told”); v. 38 (some mss. have No. 3;
KJV
,
“told”); “report” in 1 Cor. 14:25,
KJV
(
RV
, “declaring”); 1 Thess. 1:9,
RV
, “report” (
KJV
,
“shew”); so Acts 28:21. See
DECLARE
, No. 2.
3.
(
!
, 312), “to bring back word,” in later Greek came to have
the same meaning as No. 2, “to announce, declare”; it is translated “are reported” in 1
Pet. 1:12,
KJV
(
RV
, “have been announced”). See
DECLARE
, No. 1.
4.
$
(
"
, 191), “to hear,” is used in the passive voice, impersonally, in 1 Cor.
5:1, lit., “it is heard” or “there is heard,” translated “it is reported.” See
HEAR
.
5.
(
!
, 987), “to speak slanderously, impiously, profanely”
(
, “to injure,” and
, “a saying”), is translated “we be slanderously reported”
in Rom. 3:8 (passive voice). See
BLASPHEME
, B.
Note:
In Matt. 28:15,
KJV
,
, “to spread abroad” ( , “throughout,”
, “a saying, report”), is translated “is commonly reported” (
RV
, “was spread
abroad”). See
BLAZE ABROAD
.
REPROACH (Noun and Verb), REPROACHFULLY
A. Nouns.
1.
(
A
, 3680), “a reproach, defamation,” is used in Rom. 15:3; 1
Tim. 3:7; Heb. 10:33; 11:26; 13:13.¶