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(b) the benefaction itself, the “alms” (the effect for the cause), Luke 11:41; 12:33; Acts
3:2-3, 10; 9:36, “alms-deeds”; 10:2, 4, 31.¶
Note:
In Matt. 6:1, the
RV
, translating
$
, according to the most authentic
texts, has “righteousness,” for
KJV
, “alms.”
ALOES
(
)
, 250), “an aromatic tree,” the soft, bitter wood of which was used by
Orientals for the purposes of fumigation and embalming, John 19:39 (see also Num. 24:6;
Ps. 45:8; Prov. 7:17).¶ In the Sept., Song of Sol. 4:14.¶
ALONE (LET ALONE)
A. Adjective.
(
, 3441) denotes “single, alone, solitary,” Matt. 4:4, etc. See
ONLY
,
SELF
.
B. Adverbs.
1.
(
, 3441), the neuter of A, meaning “only, exclusively,” e.g., Rom.
4:23; Acts 19:26, is translated “alone” in the
KJV
of John 17:20;
RV
, “only.” See
ONLY
.
2.
(
, 2651) signifies “apart, in private, alone,” Mark 4:10;
Luke 9:18. Some texts have the phrase as one word.¶
C. Verb.
(
&
, 863) signifies “to send away, set free”; also “to let alone,” Matt.
15:14; Mark 14:6; Luke 13:8; John 11:48; 12:7 (
RV
, “suffer her”); in Acts 5:38 some
texts have
from
, “to permit.” See
CRY
,
FORGIVE
,
FORSAKE
,
LAY
,
Note
(2),
LEAVE
,
LET
,
OMIT
,
PUT
, No. 16,
Note
,
REMIT
,
SEND
,
SUFFER
,
YIELD
.
Notes:
(1) The phrase
$
means “by (or in) itself,” Jas. 2:17,
RV
, for
KJV
,
“being alone” (see
KJV
, marg.).
(2) The phrase
, Mark 4:34, signifies “in private,” “privately,”
RV
(
KJV
,
“when they were alone”).
(3) For “let us alone” see
AH
!
For
ALONG
see the
RV
of
Acts 17:23
and 27:13
For
ALOUD
see
CRY
, B, No. 2
ALREADY
(
@
, 2235) is always used of time in the NT and means “now, at (or by) this
time,” sometimes in the sense of “already,” i.e., without mentioning or insisting upon
anything further, e.g., 1 Tim. 5:15. In 1 Cor. 4:8 and 1 John 2:8, the
RV
corrects the
KJV
“now,” and, in 2 Tim. 4:6, the
KJV
, “now ready to be,” by the rendering “already.”
See also John 9:27 (
KJV
, “already,”
RV
, “even now”) and 1 Cor. 6:7 (
KJV
, “now,”
RV
,
“already”).
Notes:
(1)
8
, “to anticipate, be beforehand with,” signifies “to attain already,”
in Phil. 3:16. See
ATTAIN
,
COME
,
PRECEDE
.
(2)
8
, “to sin before, or heretofore,” is translated “have sinned already” in
2 Cor. 12:21,
KJV
; both versions have “heretofore” in 13:2.
ALSO