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A. Noun.
(
+
, 1650), “a reproof” (akin to B), is found in the best texts in 2 Tim.
3:16 (some mss. have
, which denotes “a proof, proving, test,” as in Heb. 11:1,
“proving,”
RV
marg., “test”).¶ Cf.
@
, “rebuke,” 2 Pet. 2:16 (lit., “had rebuke”).¶
B. Verb.
(
# !
, 1651), “to convict, rebuke, reprove,” is translated “to reprove” in
Luke 3:19; John 3:20,
RV
marg., “convicted”; the real meaning here is “exposed” (
KJV
marg., “discovered”); Eph. 5:11, 13, where “to expose” is again the significance; in John
16:8,
KJV
, “will reprove” (
RV
, “will convict”); in 1 Cor. 14:24,
RV
, “reproved” (
KJV
,
“convinced”); in the following the
RV
has “to reprove,” for
KJV
, “to rebuke,” 1 Tim. 5:20;
Titus 2:15; Heb. 12:5; Rev. 3:19; for synonymous words see
CONVICT
and
REBUKE
.
REPUTATION, REPUTE
(
!
, 1380) signifies (a) “to be of opinion” (akin to
@
, “an opinion”), “to
suppose,” e.g., Luke 12:51; 13:2 (see
SUPPOSE
); (b) “to seem, to be reputed”; in Gal. 2:2,
RV
, “who were of repute” (
KJV
, “which were of reputation”); in 2:6 (twice), and 9,
RV
,
“were reputed” and “were of repute” (
KJV
, “seemed”); in each case the present participle
of the verb with the article is used, lit., “(well) thought of” by them, persons held in
consideration; in v. 6,
RV
, “(those) who were reputed to be somewhat” (
KJV
“who seemed
to be somewhat”): so v. 9. where there is no irony [cf. the rendering “are accounted” in
Mark 10:42 (i.e., not rulers nominally)], Paul recognized that James, Cephas, and John
were, as they were “reputed” by the church at Jerusalem, its responsible guides; (c)
impersonally, “to think, to seem good.” See
SEEM
and
THINK
.
The first meaning, “to suppose,” implies a subjective opinion based on thought; the
second meaning, exemplified in the Galatians passages, expresses, from the standpoint of
the observer, his own judgment about a matter (Trench,
- !
, Sec.lxxx).
Notes:
(1) In Acts 5:34,
KJV
,
, “honored, had in honor” (
RV
), is translated “had
in reputation.” (2) In Phil. 2:29,
KJV
,
, “honorable,” with
, “to have,” i.e., “to
hold in honor,” is translated “hold … in reputation” (
RV
, “hold … in honor”). (3) For
, in Phil. 2:7,
KJV
, “made (Himself) of no reputation,” see
EMPTY
.
REQUEST (Noun and Verb)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
5
, 155) denotes “that which has been asked for” (akin to
, “to
ask”); in Luke 23:24,
RV
, “what they asked for” (
KJV
, “as they required”), lit., “their
request (should be done,
)”; in Phil. 4:6, “requests”; in 1 John 5:15, “petitions.”
See
PETITION
,
REQUIRE
.¶
2.
(
!
, 1162), “an asking, entreaty, supplication,” is translated “request” in
Phil. 1:4,
KJV
(
RV
, supplication). See
PRAYER
,
SUPPLICATION
.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 1189), akin to A, No. 2, “to beseech, pray, request,” is translated
“to make request” in Rom. 1:10. See
BESEECH
, No. 3.