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Note:
For Titus 2:7 (where some texts have
), see No. 4.
4.
(
$1
, 5356d), similar to No. 3, “uncorruptness, free from (moral)
taint,” is said of doctrine, Titus 2:7 (some texts have
, the negative form of
No. 2, above).¶
C. Adjectives.
1.
(
$
, 5349), “corruptible,” akin to A, No. 2, is used (a) of man as
being mortal, liable to decay (in contrast to God), Rom. 1:23; (b) of man’s body as death-
doomed, 1 Cor. 15:53-54; (c) of a crown of reward at the Greek games, 1 Cor. 9:25; (d)
of silver and gold, as specimens or “corruptible” things, 1 Pet. 1:18; (e) of natural seed, 1
Pet. 1:23.¶
2.
(
/ $
, 862), “not liable to corruption or decay, incorruptible” ( ,
negative, and A, No. 2), is used of (a) God, Rom. 1:23; 1 Tim. 1:17 (
KJV
, “immortal”);
(b) the raised dead, 1 Cor. 15:52; (c) rewards given to the saints hereafter, metaphorically
described as a “crown,” 1 Cor. 9:25; (d) the eternal inheritance of the saints, 1 Pet. 1:4;
(e) the Word of God, as “incorruptible” seed, 1 Pet. 1:23; (f) a meek and quiet spirit,
metaphorically spoken of as “incorruptible” apparel, 1 Pet. 3:4. See
IMMORTAL
.¶
3.
(
$
, 4550), “corrupt,” akin to
, A, No. S; see
BAD
, No. 3.
Note:
(1) Trench,
- !
Sec.lxviii, contrasts this with
, and
,
“unwithering, not fading away,” 1 Pet. 1:4; 5:4. These are, however, distinct terms (see
FADE
) and are not strictly synonymous, though used in the same description of the
heavenly inheritance.
COST, COSTLINESS, COSTLY
A. Nouns.
1.
(
1
, 1160), “expense, cost” (from
, “to tear”; from a root
meaning “to divide”), is found in Luke 14:28, in the Lord’s illustration of counting the
“cost” of becoming His disciple. Cf.
, “to spend,” and its compounds, under
CHARGE, SPEND.¶
2.
(
, 5094), “costliness” (from
, “valued at great price,
precious”; see No. 3, below), is connected with
, “honor, price,” and used in Rev.
18:19, in reference to Babylon.¶
B. Adjectives.
1.
(
&
, 5093), akin to A, No. 2, is translated “costly” in 1 Cor. 3:12, of
“costly” stones, in a metaphorical sense (
KJV
, “precious”). Cf. Rev. 17:4; 18:12, 16;
21:19. See
DEAR
,
HONORABLE
,
PRECIOUS
,
REPUTATION
.
2.
$
(
)
, 4185), primarily, “the very end or limit” (from
$
,
“much,”
, “revenue”), with reference to price, of highest “cost,” very expensive, is
d Derivatives or roots of other words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with with a “d”
following the number (for instance,
, a derivative of
5
, is 1096d).