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2.
$
(
!
, 4912), akin to A, No. 3, lit., “to hold together,” is used
physically of being held, or thronged, Luke 8:45; 19:43; 22:63; of being taken with a
malady, Matt. 4:24; Luke 4:38; Acts 28:8; with fear, Luke 8:37; of being straitened or
pressed in spirit with desire, Luke 12:50; Acts 18:5; Phil. 1:23; with the love of Christ, 2
Cor. 5:14. In one place it is used of the stopping of their ears by those who killed
Stephen. See
CONSTRAIN
,
HOLD
,
KEEP
,
PRESS
,
SICK
(
LIE
),
STOP
,
STRAIT
(
BE IN A
),
STRAITENED
,
TAKE
,
THRONG
.
3.
$
(
A
1
, 3600), in the middle and passive voices, signifies “to suffer pain,
be in anguish, be greatly distressed” (akin to
$
, “pain, distress”); it is rendered
“sorrowing” in Luke 2:48; in 16:24-25,
RV
, “in anguish,” for
KJV
, “tormented”; in Acts
20:38, “sorrowing.” See
SORROW
,
TORMENT
.¶
For
ANIMALS
(
2 Pet. 2:12
,
RV
), see
NATURAL
ANISE
(
/
, 432), “dill, anise,” was used for food and for pickling, Matt.
23:23.¶
ANKLE-BONES
$
(
$
, 4974) or
$
(
$
, 4974a), denotes the “ankle, or ankle-
bone” (from
$
, “a hammer,” owing to a resemblance in the shape), Acts 3:7.¶
ANNOUNCE
(
!
, 312), “to declare, announce” ( , “up,”
, “to
report”), is used especially of heavenly messages, and is translated “announced” in the
RV
of 1 Pet. 1:12, for
KJV
“reported,” and in 1 John 1:5,
RV
, “announce,” for
KJV
, “declare.”
See
DECLARE
,
REHEARSE
,
REPORT
,
SHOW
,
SPEAK
,
TELL
.
ANOINT, ANOINTING
A. Verbs.
1
(
&
, 218) is a general term used for “an anointing” of any kind,
whether of physical refreshment after washing, e.g., in the Sept. of Ruth 3:3; 2 Sam.
12:20; Dan. 10:3; Micah 6:15; in the NT, Matt. 6:17; Luke 7:38, 46; John 11:2; 12:3; or
of the sick, Mark 6:13; Jas. 5:14; or a dead body, Mark 16:1. The material used was
either oil, or ointment, as in Luke 7:38, 46.¶ In the Sept. it is also used of “anointing” a
pillar, Gen. 31:13, or captives, 2 Chron. 28:15, or of daubing a wall with mortar, Ezek.
13:10-12, 14-15; and, in the sacred sense, of “anointing” priests, in Exod. 40:15 (twice),
and Num. 3:3.
2.
(
$&
, 5548) is more limited in its use than No. 1; it is confined to “sacred
and symbolical anointings”; of Christ as the “Anointed” of God, Luke 4:18; Acts 4:27;
10:38, and Heb. 1:9, where it is used metaphorically in connection with “the oil of
gladness.” The title Christ signifies “The Anointed One,” The word (
)
) is rendered
“(His) Anointed” in Acts 4:26,
RV
. Once it is said of believers, 2 Cor. 1:21.
)
is very
frequent in the Sept., and is used of kings, 1 Sam. 10:1, and priests, Ex. 28:41, and
prophets, 1 Kings 19:16. Among the Greeks it was used in other senses than the
ceremonial, but in the Scriptures it is not found in connection with secular matters.¶