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1.
(
$1
, 3844), “beside,” has the meaning “contrary to” in Acts 18:13; Rom.
11:24; 16:17; “other than” in Gal. 1:8.
2.
(
!
, 561), lit., “from over against, opposite to” ( , “from,”
, “against”), is translated “contrary to” in Acts 17:7; “before” in Matt. 27:24;
Rom. 3:18; “over against”; in Matt. 27:61; “in the presence of,” in Acts 3:16.¶
Note:
The most authentic mss. have
, “over against,” in Matt. 21:2.
C. Adjectives.
1.
(
#
&
, 1727), “over against” ( , “in,”
, “against”), is used
primarily of place, Mark 15:39; of an opposing wind, Matt. 14:24; Mark 6:48; Acts 27:4;
metaphorically, opposed as an adversary, antagonistic, Acts 26:9; 1 Thess. 2:15; Titus
2:8; Acts 28:17, “against.”¶
2.
$
(
%
&
, 5227),
$
, “under,” and No. 1, opposite to, is used of
“that which is contrary to persons,” Col. 2:14, and as a noun, “adversaries,” Heb. 10:27.
See
ADVERSARY
.¶
CONTRIBUTION
(
&
, 2842) is twice rendered “contribution,” Rom. 15:26, and 2 Cor.
9:13,
RV
, (
KJV
, “distribution). See
COMMUNION
.
CONTROVERSY (without)
$
(
3
!
, 3672), “confessedly, by common consent,” akin
to
, “to confess” (
, “same,”
, “to speak”), is rendered in 1 Tim. 3:16
“without controversy”; some translate it “confessedly.” See
CONFESS
, A, No. 1, and B.¶
CONVENIENT, CONVENIENTLY
A. Adjective.
$
(
E
$
, 2121), lit., “well-timed” (
$
, “well,”
, “a time, season”),
hence signifies “timely, opportune, convenient”; it is said of a certain day, Mark 6:21;
elsewhere, Heb. 4:16, “in time of need.” See
NEED
.¶ Cf.
$
, “opportunity,” Matt.
26:16; Luke 22:6;¶
$
, “to have opportunity,” Mark 6:31; Acts 17:21 (“they spent
their time,” marg. “had leisure for nothing else”); 1 Cor. 16:12.
See
OPPORTUNITY
,
NEED
, C,
Note
.¶
B. Adverb.
$
(
'
&$
, 2122), “conveniently,” Mark 14:11, is used elsewhere in 2 Tim.
4:2, “in season.”¶ See
SEASON
, C.
C. Verbs.
1.
(
)
, 433) is rendered “befitting” in Eph. 5:4, for
KJV
, “convenient”; so
in Philem. 8. See
BEFIT
.
2.
(
)
, 2520), “to be fitting,” is so translated in Rom. 1:28,
RV
;
KJV
,
“(not) convenient”; in Acts 22:22, “it is (not) fit.” See
FIT
.¶
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