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1.
(
0
, 1106), “mind, will,” is used with
, “to make,” in the sense of
“to agree,” Rev. 17:17 (twice), lit., “to do His mind, and to make one mind”;
RV
, “to
come to one mind,”
KJV
, “to agree. See
ADVICE
,
JUDGMENT
,
MIND
,
PURPOSE
,
WILL
.
2.
$
(
1
, 4783), akin to A, No. 3, occurs in 2 Cor. 6:16.¶
C. Adjectives.
1.
$
(
"
, 800), “inharmonious” ( negative,
$
,
“harmonious”), is used in Acts 28:25, “they agreed not.¶
2.
(
5
, 2470), “equal,” is used with the verb to be, signifying “to agree,” Mark
14:56, 59, lit., “their thought was not equal one with the other. See
EQUAL
,
LIKE
,
MUCH
.
: & -$
, “harmonious, agreeing,” is used only with the preposition in
the phrase
$ $
, “by consent,” lit., “out of agreement,” 1 Cor. 7:5. In Mark
14:70 some texts have the verb
, “agreeth,”
KJV
.
For
AGROUND
see
RUN
, No. 11
AH!
1.
$
(
'1
, 3758), an interjection of derision and insult, is translated “Ha!” in Mark
15:29,
RV
2. (
+
, 1436), an interjection of surprise, fear and anger, was the ejaculation of the
man with the spirit of an unclean demon, Luke 4:34,
RV
; the
KJV
renders it “Let us alone”
(see
RV
, marg.).¶
AIM
(
!
, 5389), lit., “to be fond of honor” (
, “to love,”
, “honor”), and so, actuated by this motive, “to strive to bring something to pass”;
hence, “to be ambitious, to make it one’s aim,” Rom. 15:20, of Paul’s “aim” in gospel
pioneering,
RV
(
KJV
, “strive”); 2 Cor. 5:9, of the “aim” of believers “to be well-pleasing”
unto the Lord,
RV
(
KJV
, “labor”); in 1 Thess. 4:11, of the “aim” of believers to be quiet,
do their own business and work with their own hands; both versions translate it “study.”
Some would render it, “strive restlessly”; perhaps “strive earnestly” is nearer the mark,
but “make it one’s aim” is a good translation in all three places. See
LABOR
,
STRIVE
,
STUDY
AIR
1.
(
)$
, 109), Eng., “air,” signifies “the atmosphere,” certainly in five of the
seven occurrences Acts 22:23; 1 Cor. 9:26; 14:9; Rev. 9:2; 16:11, and almost certainly in
the other two, Eph. 2:2 and 1 Thess. 4:17.¶
2.
$
(
'$
, 3772) denotes “the heaven.” The
RV
always renders it
“heaven.” The
KJV
translates it “air” in Matt. 8:20. In the phrase “the fowls (or birds) of
the heaven” the
KJV
always has “air”; “sky” in Matt. 16:2-3; Luke 12:56; in all other
instances “heaven.” The word is probably derived from a root meaning to cover or
encompass. See
HEAVEN
,
SKY
.
For
ALABASTER
see
CRUSE
For
ALAS!
see
WOE