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the successive opening of which discloses the events destined to take place throughout
the period covered by chapters 6 to 19.¶ In the Sept., Job 9:7; 37:7.¶
SEAM (without)
or
(
/9:
, 729) denotes “without seam” ( , negative, and
, “to sew”), John 19:23.¶
SEARCH
1.
$
or
$
, an earlier form, (
#$
1
, 2045), “to search, examine,” is
used (a) of God, as “searching” the heart, Rom. 8:27; (b) of Christ, similarly, Rev. 2:23;
(c) of the Holy Spirit, as “searching” all things, 1 Cor. 2:10, acting in the spirit of the
believer; (d) of the OT prophets, as “searching” their own writings concerning matters
foretold of Christ, testified by the Spirit of Christ in them, 1 Pet. 1:11 (cf. No. 2); (e) of
the Jews, as commanded by the Lord to “search” the Scriptures, John 5:39,
KJV
, and
RV
marg., “search,”
RV
text, “ye search,” either is possible grammatically; (f) of Nicodemus
as commanded similarly by the chief priests and Pharisees, John 7:52.¶
2.
@ $
(
# $
1
, 1830), a strengthened form of No. 1 ( , or
@
, “out”), “to
search out,” is used in 1 Pet. 1:10, “searched diligently”; cf. No. 1 (d).¶
3.
@
(
# 1
, 1833), “to examine closely, inquire carefully” (from
, “to
examine”), occurs in Matt. 2:8,
RV
, “search out”; so Matt. 10:11,
RV
: see
INQUIRE
, No. 4.
Note:
For
, rendered “searched” in Acts 17:11,
KJV
, see
EXAMINE
.
For
SEARED
see
BRANDED
SEASON (Noun)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
$
, 2540), primarily, “due measure, fitness, proportion,” is used in the
NT to signify “a season, a time, a period” possessed of certain characteristics, frequently
rendered “time” or “times”; in the following the
RV
substitutes “season” for the
KJV
“time,” thus distinguishing the meaning from
(see No. 2): Matt. 11:25; 12:1;
14:1; 21:34; Mark 11:13; Acts 3:19; 7:20; 17:26; Rom. 3:26; 5:6; 9:9; 13:11; 1 Cor. 7:5;
Gal. 4:10; 1 Thess. 2:17, lit., “for a season (of an hour)”, 2 Thess. 2:6; in Eph. 6:18, “at
all seasons” (
KJV
, “always”); in Titus 1:3, “His own seasons” (marg., “its”;
KJV
, “in due
times”); in the preceding clause
is used.
The characteristics of a period are exemplified in the use of the term with regard, e.g.
to harvest, Matt. 13:30; reaping, Gal. 6:9; punishment, Matt. 8:29; discharging duties,
Luke 12:42; opportunity for doing anything, whether good, e.g., Matt. 26:18; Gal. 6:10
(“opportunity”); Eph. 5:16; or evil, e.g., Rev. 12:12; the fulfillment of prophecy, Luke
1:20; Acts 3:19; 1 Pet. 1:11; a time suitable for a purpose, Luke 4:13, lit., “until a
season”; 2 Cor. 6:2; see further under No. 2. See
ALWAYS
, Note,
OPPORTUNITY
,
TIME
,
WHILE
.
2.
(
$
, 5550), whence Eng. words beginning with “chron”—,denotes “a
space of time,” whether long or short: (a) it implies duration, whether longer, e.g., Acts
1:21, “(all the) time”; Acts 13:18; 20:18,
RV
, “(all the) time” (
KJV
, “at all seasons”); or
shorter, e.g., Luke 4:5; (b) it sometimes refers to the date of an occurrence, whether past,
e.g., Matt. 2:7, or future, e.g., Acts 3:21; 7:17.