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Note:
In 1 Cor. 9:5 the word translated “believer” (
RV
), is
, “a sister,” so 7:15;
Rom. 16:1; Jas. 2:15, used, in the spiritual sense, of one connected by the tie of the
Christian faith.
C. Adjective.
(
, 4103), (a) in the active sense means “believing, trusting”; (b) in the
passive sense, “trusty, faithful, trustworthy.” It is translated “believer” in 2 Cor. 6:15;
“them that believe” in 1 Tim. 4:12,
RV
(
KJV
, “believers "); in 1 Tim. 5:16, “if any woman
that believeth,” lit. “if any believing woman.” So in 6:2, “believing masters.” In 1 Pet.
1:21 the
RV
, following the most authentic mss., gives the noun form, “are believers in
God” (
KJV
, “do believe in God”). In John 20:27 it is translated “believing.” It is best
understood with significance (a), above, e.g., in Gal. 3:9; Acts 16:1; 2 Cor. 6:15; Titus
1:6; it has significance (b), e.g., in 1 Thess. 5:24; 2 Thess. 3:3 (see
:
!
p.
211, and
5 !
p. 126, by Hogg and Vine). See
FAITHFUL
,
SURE
.
Notes:
(1) The corresponding negative verb is
, 2 Tim. 2:13,
KJV
, “believe not”
RV
, “are faithless,” in contrast to the statement “He abideth faithful.”
(2) The negative noun
, “unbelief,” is used twice in Matthew (13:58); 17:20),
three times in Mark (6:6; 9:24; 16:14), four times in Romans (3:3; 4:20; 11:20, 23);
elsewhere in 1 Tim. 1:13 and Heb. 3:12, 19.¶
(3) The adjective
is translated “unbelievers” in 1 Cor. 6:6, and 2 Cor. 6:14; in
v. 15,
RV
, “unbeliever” (
KJV
, “infidel”); so in 1 Tim. 5:8; “unbelieving” in 1 Cor. 7:12-
15; 14:22- 24; 2 Cor. 4:4; Titus 1:15; Rev. 21:8; “that believe not” in 1 Cor. 10:27. In the
Gospels it is translated “faithless” in Matt. 17:17; Mark 9:19; Luke 9:41; John 20:27, but
in Luke 12:46,
RV
, “unfaithful,”
KJV
, “unbelievers.” Once it is translated “incredible,”
Acts 26:8. See
FAITHLESS
,
INCREDIBLE
,
UNBELIEVER
.¶
(4)
8
, in Luke 1:1 (
KJV
, “are most surely believed,” lit., “have had full
course”), the
RV
renders “have been fulfilled.” See
FULFILL
,
KNOW
,
PERSUADE
,
PROOF
.
BELLY
1.
(
&
, 2836), from
, “hollow” (Lat.,
$
, “heaven,” is
connected), denotes the entire physical cavity, but most frequently was used to denote
“the womb.” In John 7:38 it stands metaphorically for the innermost part of man, the
soul, the heart. See
WOMB
.
2.
(
)$
, 1064), (cf. Eng., “gastritis”), is used much as No. 1, but in Titus
1:12, by synecdoche (a figure of speech in which the part is put for the whole, or vice
versa), it is used to denote “gluttons,”
RV
, for
KJV
, “bellies.” See
GLUTTON
,
WOMB
.
BELONG
Note:
This word represents (a) a phrase consisting of
, “to be,” with or without a
preposition and a noun, and usually best rendered, as in the
RV
, by the verb “to be,” Mark
9:41, lit., “ye are of Christ”; Luke 23:7 and Heb. 5:14; cf. Rom. 12:19, “belongeth unto
Me,”
RV
; (b) a phrase consisting of the neuter plural of the definite article, either with the
preposition
, “unto,” as in Luke 19:42, where the phrase “the things which belong
unto peace” (
RV
) is, lit., “the (things) unto peace,” or with the genitive case of the noun,