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1.
(
0
, 1106), connected with
, “to know, perceive,” firstly means
“the faculty or knowledge, reason”; then, “that which is thought or known, one’s mind.”
Under this heading there are various meanings: (1) a view, judgment, opinion, 1 Cor.
1:10; Philem. 14; Rev. 17:13, 17; (2) an opinion as to what ought to be done, either (a) by
oneself, and so a resolve, or purpose, Acts 20:3; or (b) by others, and so, judgment,
advice, 1 Cor. 7:25, 40; 2 Cor. 8:10. See
AGREE
,
JUDGMENT
,
MIND
,
PURPOSE
,
WLLL
.¶
2.
$
(
)
, 1012), from a root meaning “a will,” hence “a counsel, a piece of
advice,” is to be distinguished from
;
$
is the result of determination,
is
the result of knowledge.
0 $
is everywhere rendered by “counsel” in the
RV
except in
Acts 27:12, “advised,” lit., “gave counsel.” In Acts 13:36 the
KJV
wrongly has “by the
will of God fell on sleep”; the
RV
, “after he had served the counsel of God, fell on sleep.”
The word is used of the counsel of God, in Luke 7:30; Acts 2:23; 4:28; 13:36; 20:27;
Eph. 1:11; Heb. 6:17; in other passages, of the counsel of men, Luke 23:51; Acts 27:12,
42; 1 Cor. 4:5. See
COUNSEL
,
WILL
.¶
For
ADVOCATE
see
COMFORTER
AFAR
1.
(
$1
, 3112), from
, “far,” Matt. 8:20 (
KJV
, “a good way”;
RV
,
“afar”), “a long way off,” is used with
, “unto,” in Acts 2:39, “afar off.” With the
article, in Eph. 2:13, 17, it signifies “the (ones) far off.” See
FAR
and
WAY
.
2.
(
$
, 3113), also from
, signifies “afar off, from far,”
Matt. 26:58; 27:55, etc. It is used with
, “from,” in Mark 5:6; 14:54; 15:40, etc.;
outside the Synoptists, three times, Rev. 18:10, 15, 17.
3.
(
9:
, 4207), “afar off,” from
, “at a distance, a great way
off,” is found in Luke 17:12 and Heb. 11:13.¶
Note:
In 2 Pet. 1:9,
$
, “to be shortsighted,” is translated “cannot see afar off”
(
KJV
);
RV
, “seeing only what is near.”
AFFAIR (-S)
, or
(
$
&
, 4230), from
, “a deed,” denotes “a
business, occupation, the prosecution of any affair”; in the plural, “pursuits, affairs (of
life),” 2 Tim. 2:4.¶
Notes:
(1)
, lit., “the (things), with, or respecting a (person),” is translated
“affairs” in Eph. 6:21 and Col. 4:7,
RV
.
(2)
, lit., “the (things) concerning (a person),” is translated “affairs” in the
KJV
of Eph. 6:22 and Phil. 1:27 (
RV
, “state,” in each place).
AFFECT
(
, 2559), from
, “evil, to treat badly, to hurt,” also means “to make
evil affected, to embitter,” Acts 14:2. See
EVIL
,
HARM
,
HURT
.
: &
#
, akin to
, “to boil” (Eng., “zeal”), means (a) “to be jealous,” Acts 7:9;
17:5; “to envy,” 1 Cor. 13:4; “to covet,” Jas. 4:2; in a good sense (“jealous over”), in 2