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, “smooth speech,” the latter relating to the substance,
$
to the
expression. See
BOUNTY
.¶
2.
(
F
&
, 3109), akin to A, 3, “blessedness,” indicates an
ascription of blessing rather than a state; hence in Rom. 4:6, where the
KJV
renders it as a
noun, “(describeth) the blessedness”; the
RV
rightly puts “(pronounceth) blessing.” So v.
9. In Gal. 4:15 the
KJV
has “blessedness,”
RV
, “gratulation.” The Galatian believers had
counted themselves happy when they heard and received the gospel. Had they lost that
opinion? See
GRATULATION
.¶
Note:
In Acts 13:34,
, lit., “holy things,” is translated “mercies” (
KJV
),
“blessings” (
RV
).
For
BLEW
see
BLOW
BLIND, BLINDNESS
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
, 5186), “to blind” (from a root
$
, “to burn, smoke”; cf.
$
, “smoke”), is used metaphorically, of the dulling of the intellect, John 12:40; 2
Cor. 4:4; 1 John 2:11.¶
2.
(
$
, 4456) signifies “to harden” (from
, “a thick skin, a
hardening”); rendered “blinded,”
KJV
, in Rom. 11:7 and 2 Cor. 3:14 (
RV
, “hardened”); cf.
4:4. See
HARDEN
.
B. Adjective.
$
(
, 5185), “blind,” is used both physically and metaphorically, chiefly
in the Gospels; elsewhere four times; physically, Acts 13:11; metaphorically, Rom. 2:19;
2 Pet. 1:9; Rev. 3:17. The word is frequently used as a noun, signifying “a blind man.”
C. Noun.
(
0$
, 4457), akin to A. No. 2, primarily means “a covering with a
callus,” a “hardening,” Rom. 11:25 and Eph. 4:18,
RV
for
KJV
, “blindness”; Mark 3:5,
RV
,
for
KJV
, “hardness.” It is metaphorical of a dulled spiritual perception. See
HARDNESS
.¶
Note:
In John 9:8, the most authentic mss. have
, “a beggar,”
RV
, instead of
$
, “blind.”
BLINDFOLD
$
(
$
"
, 4028) signifies “to blindfold” ( , “around,”
$
,
“to hide”), Luke 22:64. See
COVER
,
OVERLAY
.
BLOOD
A. Nouns.
1.
(
,
, 129), (hence Eng., prefix
), besides its natural meaning,
stands, (a) in conjunction with
@
, “flesh,” “flesh and blood,” Matt. 16:17; 1 Cor.
15:50; Gal. 1:16; the original has the opposite order, blood and flesh, in Eph. 6:12 and
Heb. 2:14; this phrase signifies, by
, “man, human beings.” It stresses the
limitations of humanity; the two are essential elements in man’s physical being; “the life
of the flesh is in the blood,” Lev. 17:11; (b) for human generation, John 1:13; (c) for