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said of spikenand, Mark 14:3; raiment, 1 Tim. 2:9; metaphorically, of a meek and quiet
spirit, 1 Pet. 3:4, “of great price”; cf. No. 1 and A, No. 2, above. See
PRECIOUS
,
PRICE
.¶
3.
$
(
"
, 4186), lit., “of great value” (see A, No. 2 and B, No. 1), is
used of a pearl, Matt. 13:46; of spikenard, John 12:3 (
RV
, “very precious,”
KJV
“very
costly”). See
PRICE
.¶ The comparative
$
<2! ! =
, “much more precious,” is
used in 1 Pet. 1:7.¶
COUCH
1.
(
&
, 2826), “a small bed,” a diminutive form of
, “a bed”
(from
, “to incline, recline”), is used in Luke 5:19, 24 of the “bed” (
, in v. 18)
on which the palsied man was brought. See
BED
.¶
2.
(
$1
, 2895): see
BED
, No. 4.
COULD
1.
(
+
, 2192), “to have,” is rendered “could” in Mark 14:8, “she hath done
what she could,” lit., “she hath done what she had.” See
HAVE
.
2.
$
(
* "
, 2480), “to have strength,” is translated in Mark 14:37 “couldest
thou not.” See
ABLE
.
Notes:
(1)
,
in Acts 22:11, lit., “I was not seeing,” is translated “I could not
see.” See
BEHOLD
.
(2) See
CAN
, when not used as part of another verb.
COUNCIL, COUNCILLOR
1.
$ $
(
"
, 4824), “a uniting in counsel” (
$
, “together,”
$
,
“counsel, advice”), denotes (a) “counsel” which is given, taken and acted upon, e.g.,
Matt. 12:14,
RV
, “took counsel,” for
KJV
, “held a council”; 22:15; hence (b) “a council,”
an assembly of counsellors or persons in consultation, Acts 25:12, of the “council” with
which Festus conferred concerning Paul. The governors and procurators of provinces had
a board of advisers or assessors, with whom they took “counsel,” before pronouncing
judgment. See
CONSULTATION
.
2.
$
(
! $
, 4892), properly, “a settling together” (
$
, “together,”
, “a seat”), hence, (a) “any assembly or session of persons deliberating or
adjusting,” as in the Sept. of Ps. 26:4 (lit., “with a council of vanity”); Prov. 22:10; Jer.
15:17, etc.; in the NT, e.g., Matt. 10:17; Mark 13:9; John 11:47, in particular, it denoted
(b) “the Sanhedrin,” the Great Council at Jerusalem, consisting of 71 members, namely,
prominent members of the families of the high priest, elders and scribes. The Jews trace
the origin of this to Num. 11:16. The more important causes came up before this tribunal.
The Roman rulers of Judea permitted the Sanhedrin to try such cases, and even to
pronounce sentence of death, with the condition that such a sentence should be valid only
if confirmed by the Roman procurator. In John 11:47, it is used of a meeting of the
Sanhedrin; in Acts 4:15, of the place of meeting.
3.
$ $
(
)
, 1010): Joseph of Arimathaea is described as “a councillor of
honorable estate,” Mark 15:43,
RV
; cf. Luke 23:50 (not as
KJV
, “counsellor”).¶
COUNSEL