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For
ALLELUIA
(which has been robbed of its initial aspirate) see
HALLELUJAH
For
ALLOTTED
see
CHARGE
, A (b), No.4
ALLOW
1.
(
1
, 1381), “to prove with a view to approving,” is twice
translated by the verb “to allow” in the
KJV
; the
RV
corrects to “approveth” in Rom.
14:22, and “have been approved,” 1 Thess. 2:4, of being qualified to be entrusted with the
gospel; in Rom. 1:28, with the negative, the
RV
has “refused,” for
KJV
, did not like. See
APPROVE
.
2.
(
0
, 1097), “to know,” is rendered “allow” in Rom. 7:15 (
KJV
); the
RV
has “that which I do I know not”; i.e., “I do not recognize, as a thing for which I am
responsible.” See
AWARE
,
CAN
,
FEEL
,
KNOW
,
PERCEIVE
,
RESOLVE
,
SPEAK
,
SURE
,
UNDERSTAND
.
3.
$ $
(
!
, 4909), “to consent or fully approve” (
$
, “with,”
$
,
“well,”
, “to think”), is translated “allow” in Luke 11:48; “was consenting” in Acts
8:1; 22:20. See
CONSENT
.
4.
(
$ !
, 4327), mistranslated “allow” in Acts 24:15,
KJV
,
means “to wait for,” in contrast to rejection, there said of entertaining a hope; hence the
RV
, “look for.” See
ACCEPT
, A, No. 3.
For
ALLURE
see
BEGUILE
, No. 4,
ENTICE
ALMIGHTY
(
$1 $
, 3841), “almighty, or ruler of all” (
, “all,”
, “to
hold, or to have strength”), is used of God only, and is found, in the Epistles, only in 2
Cor. 6:18, where the title is suggestive in connection with the context; elsewhere only in
the Apocalypse, nine times. In one place, 19:6, the
KJV
has “omnipotent”;
RV
, “(the Lord
our God,) the Almighty.”¶ The word is introduced in the Sept. as a translation of “Lord
(or God) of hosts,” e.g., Jer. 5:14 and Amos 4:13.
ALMOST
A. Adverb.
(
, 4975) is used either (a) of locality, Acts 19:26, or (b) of degree,
Acts 13:44; Heb. 9:22.¶
B. Verb.
(
!
, 3195), “to be about to do anything, or to delay,” is used in connection
with a following verb in the sense of “almost,” in Acts 21:27, lit., “And when the seven
days were about to be completed.” In Acts 26:28 the
KJV
, “Almost thou persuadest me to
be a Christian” obscures the sense; the
RV
rightly has “with but little persuasion”; lit., “in
a little.” See
ABOUT
, B.
ALMS, ALMSDEEDS
$
(
#
"
, 1654), connected with
, “merciful,” signifies (a)
“mercy, pity, particularly in giving alms,” Matt. 6:1 (see below), 2-4; Acts 10:2; 24:17;