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4.
(
&
, 5595), primarily “to feed by putting little bits into the mouths of
infants or animals,” came to denote simply “to give out food, to feed,” and is rendered by
the phrase “bestow … to feed” in 1 Cor. 13:3; “feed,” Rom. 12:20; there the person to be
fed is mentioned; in 1 Cor. 13:3 the material to be given is specified, and the rendering
“bestow … to feed” is necessary. See
FEED
.¶
5.
(
$ &
, 4060), “to put around or on” ( , “around,”
, “to
put”), is translated in 1 Cor. 12:23 (metaphorically) “bestow” (marg., “put on”). See
PUT
,
SET
, No. 5.
6.
(
$&
, 5483), “to show favor, grant, bestow,” is rendered
“bestowed” in Luke 7:21,
RV
, for
KJV
, “gave.” Here and in Gal. 3:18, the verb might be
translated “graciously conferred. See
DELIVER
,
FORGIVE
,
GIVE
,
GRANT
.
Note:
For “freely bestowed” see
ACCEPT
, A,
Note
.
BETRAY, BETRAYER
A. Verb.
(
$ &
, 3860), “to betray” (
, “up,”
, “to give”), lit., “to
give over,” is used either (a) in the sense of delivering a person or thing to be kept by
another, to commend, e.g., Acts 28:16; (b) to deliver to prison or judgment, e.g., Matt.
4:12; 1 Tim. 1:20; (c) to deliver over treacherously by way of “betrayal,” Matt. 17:22
(
RV
, “delivered”); 26:16; John 6:64 etc.; (d) to hand on, deliver, e.g., 1 Cor. 11:23; (e) to
allow of something being done, said of the ripening of fruit, Mark 4:29,
RV
, “is ripe”
(marg., “alloweth”). See
BRING
,
Note
(4),
CAST
,
COMMIT
,
DELIVER
,
GIVE
,
HAZARD
,
PUT
(
IN
PRISON
),
RECOMMEND
.
B. Noun.
(
$
, 4273), “a betrayer” (akin to A), is translated “betrayers” in Acts
7:52; “traitor,” “traitors,” in Luke 6:16 and 2 Tim. 3:4. See
TRAITOR
.¶
BETROTH
$
(
"
, 3423), in the active voice, signifies “to woo a woman and ask
for her in marriage”; in the NT, only in the passive voice, “to be promised in marriage, to
be betrothed,” Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:27; 2:5,
RV
, “betrothed,” (
KJV
, “espoused”). See
ESPOUSED
.¶
BETTER
1.
(
$ &
, 2909), from
, “strong” (which denotes power in activity
and effect), serves as the comparative degree of
, “good” (good or fair,
intrinsically).
is especially characteristic of the Epistle to the Hebrews, where it
is used 12 times; it indicates what is (a) advantageous or useful, 1 Cor. 7:9, 38; 11:17;
Heb. 11:40; 12:24; 2 Pet. 2:21; Phil. 1:23, where it is coupled with
, “more,” and
, “much, by far,” “very far better” (
RV
); (b) excellent, Heb. 1:4; 6:9; 7:7, 19, 22; 8:6;
9:23; 10:34; 11:16, 35.¶