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2.
(
1 $
, 2977), akin to
, “to escape notice, be hidden,” is translated
“secretly” in John 11:28. See
PRIVILY
.
C. Verb.
$
(
$"
, 2928), “to hide,” is translated “secretly” in John 19:38 [perfect
participle, passive voice, lit., “(but) having been hidden”], referring to Nicodemus as
having been a “secret” disciple of Christ; in Matt. 13:35,
KJV
, it is translated “kept secret”
(
RV
, “hidden”).
Notes:
(1) For
, translated “secret chambers” in Matt. 24:26, see
CHAMBER
,
No. 1. (2) For the
KJV
rendering of
, in Rom. 16:25, “kept secret,” see
PEACE
(hold
one’s), No. 2, and
SILENCE
. (3) For “I have learned the secret, see
LEARN
, No. 4.
SECT
(
($
, 139), “a choosing,” is translated “sect” throughout the Acts, except
in 24:14,
KJV
, “heresy” (
RV
, “sect”); it properly denotes a predilection either for a
particular truth, or for a perversion of one, generally with the expectation of personal
advantage; hence, a division and the formation of a party or “sect” in contrast to the
uniting power of “the truth,” held
;
“a sect” is a division developed and brought to
an issue; the order “divisions, heresies” (marg. “parties”) in “the works of the flesh” in
Gal. 5:19-21 is suggestive of this. See
HERESY
.
SECURE (Verb)
(
$
$ )
, 4031), an adjective, signifies “having full command of” ( ,
“around, about,”
, “to be strong, to rule”); it is used with
, “to become,” in
Acts 27:16,
RV
, “to secure (the boat),”
KJV
, “to come by.”¶
Note:
In Matt. 28:14,
KJV
,
, “without anxiety,” with
, “to make,” is
translated “we will … secure (you),”
RV
, “we will … rid (you) of care.” The Eng.
“secure” is derived from the Latin
, “free from,” and
$
, “care.” See
CARE
.
SECURITY
(
,
, 2425), “sufficient,” is used in its neuter form with the article, as a
noun, in Acts 17:9, “(when they had taken) security,” i.e., satisfaction, lit., “the
sufficient.” The use of
in this construction is a Latinism in Greek. See Moulton,
8 !
, p. 20. Probably the bond given to the authorities by Jason and his friends
included an undertaking that Paul would not return to Thessalonica. Any efforts to have
the bond cancelled were unsuccessful; hence the reference to the hindrance by Satan (1
Thess. 2:18). See
ABLE
, C, No. 2.
SEDITION
A. Nouns.
1.
(
1
, 4714), “a dissension, an insurrection,” is translated “sedition” in
Acts 24:5,
KJV
(KV, “insurrections”). See
DISSENSION
,
INSURRECTION
.