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Cor. 11:2; (b) “to desire earnestly,” 1 Cor. 12:31; 14:1, 39; “to take a warm interest in, to
seek zealously,” Gal. 4:17-18, KJV, “zealously affect,” “to be zealously affected.” The RV
corrects this to “zealously seek,” etc. See COVET, DESIRE, ENVY , JEALOUS, ZEALOUS.¶
AFFECTION (-S), AFFECTED
A. Nouns.
1. ( 1 , 3806), from , “to suffer,” primarily denotes whatever one
suffers or experiences in any way; hence, “an affection of the mind, a passionate desire.”
Used by the Greeks of either good or bad desires, it is always used in the NT of the latter,
Rom. 1:26 (KJV, “affections,” RV, “passions”); Col. 3:5 ( KJV, “inordinate affection,” RV,
“passion”); 1 Thess. 4:5 (KJV , “lust,” RV, “passion”). See LUST.¶
2. ( 1, 4698), lit., “the bowels,” which were regarded by the
Greeks as the seat of the more violent passions, by the Hebrews as the seat of the tender
“affections”; hence the word denotes “tender mercies” and is rendered “affections” in 2
Cor. 6:12 (KJV , “bowels”); “inward affection,” 2 Cor. 7:15. See BOWELS, COMPASSION,
HEART, MERCY. Cf. $ , “desire.”
3. ( 1 , 3804), akin to No. 1, translated “affections” in Gal. 5:24, KJV, is
corrected to “passions” in the RV. See AFFLICTION, B, No. 3.
B. Adjectives.
1. (/ $ , 794) signifies “without natural affection” ( , negative, and
, “love of kindred,” especially of parents for children and children for parents; a
fanciful etymology associates with this the “stork”), Rom. 1:31; 2 Tim. 3:3.¶
2. ( $ , 5387), “tenderly loving” (from , “friendly,”
, see No. 1), is used in Rom. 12:10, RV, “tenderly affectioned” (KJV , “kindly
affectioned”).¶
Notes: (1) 8 , “to think, to set the mind on,” implying moral interest and
reflection, is translated “set your affection on” in Col. 3:2, KJV (RV, “set your mind on”).
See CAREFUL , MIND, REGARD, SAVOR, THINK, UNDERSTAND.
(2) For (or ), “to be affectionately desirous of,” 1 Thess. 2:8,
see DESIRE .¶
AFFIRM
1. ( , 1226), , “intensive,” and , “to confirm,
make sure,” denotes “to assert strongly,” “affirm confidently,” 1 Tim. 1:7; Titus 3:8 (KJV,
“affirm constantly).¶
2. $ ( ;< $& , 1340), as in No. 1, and $ , “to
corroborate” ( $ “strong”; see ABILITY, A, No. 2 and C, No. 2, Note, primarily
signifies “to lean upon,” hence, “to affirm stoutly, assert vehemently,” Luke 22:59; Acts
12:15.¶
3. ( 1 , 5335), a frequentative form of the verb (No. 4), denotes “to
allege, to affirm by way of alleging or professing,” Acts 24:9 (RV, “affirming,” KJV ,