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(2)
- $
, “of a sad countenance” (
$
, “gloomy, sad,”
, “an eye”), is
used in Matt. 6:16 and Luke 24:17, “sad.”
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- $
, “to be or become hateful, gloomy, in aspect,” is translated “his
countenance fell,” Mark 10:22,
RV
(
KJV
, “he was sad”). It is used of the heaven or sky in
Matt. 16:3, “lowring.” See
LOWRING
.¶
COUNTRY
A. Nouns.
1.
(
$
, 68) denotes “a field, especially a cultivated field”; hence, “the
country” in contrast to the town (Eng., “agrarian, agriculture”), e.g., Mark 5:14, 6:36;
15:21; 16:12; Luke 8:34; 9:12 (plural, lit., “fields”); 23:26; a piece of ground, e.g., Mark
10:29; Acts 4:37. See
FARM
.
2.
(
$&
, 3968) primarily signifies “one’s fatherland, native country, of one’s
own town,” Matt. 13:54, 57; Mark 6:1, 4; Luke 4: 23-24; John 4:44; Heb. 11:14.¶
3.
(
0$
, 5561) properly denotes “the space lying between two limits or
places”; accordingly it has a variety of meanings: “country,” Matt. 2:12; 8:28; Mark 1:5,
RV
(
KJV
, “land”); 5:1, 10; Luke 2:8; 8:26; 15:13-14,
RV
(
KJV
, land), 15; 19:12; 21:21;
Acts 10:39,
RV
(
KJV
, “land”); 12:20; 26:20,
RV
(
KJV
, “coasts”); 27:27; in Mark 6:55 (in
the best mss.) and Acts 18:23,
RV
, region. See
COAST
,
FIELD
,
GROUND
,
LAND
,
REGION
.
4.
(
$& $
, 4066),
, “around,” and No. 3, signifies “country round
about,” Luke 8:37; “country about,” Luke 3:3,
KJV
(
RV
, “region round about”); in Matt.
14:35 and Luke 4:37,
KJV
, “country round about” (
RV
, “region round about”); Matt. 3:5;
Mark 1:28; Luke 4:14; 7:17; Acts 14:6. See
REGION
.¶
5.
(
!$
, 3313), “a part,” is rendered “country” in Acts 19:1,
RV
.
Note:
Some inferior mss. have No. 4 in Mark 6:55, for No. 3.
B. Adjectives.
1.
(
$
, 510), “upper,” is used in the plural in Acts 19:1, to denote
“upper regions,” with
KJV
, “coast,”
RV
, “country,” i.e., the high central plateau, in
contrast to the roundabout way by the river through the valley. See
COAST
.¶
2.
(
A$
, 3714), “hilly” (from
, “a hill, mountain”), is translated “hill
country” in Luke 1:39, 65.¶
C. Verb.
(
!
, 589) signifies “to go or travel into a far country,” lit., “to be
away from one’s people” ( , “from,”
, “a people”), Matt. 21:33; 25:14; in v. 15
the verb is translated in the
RV
, “went on his journey” (
KJV
, “took his journey”); Mark
12:1; Luke 20:9, “went into another country,”
RV
. In Luke 15:13 both versions translate
by “took his journey” (“into a far country” being separately expressed); see
JOURNEY
.¶
Cf.
, lit., “away from one’s own people, gone abroad,” Mark 13:34.¶
Notes:
(1)
5
, “earth, land,” is translated “country” in the
KJV
of Matt. 9:31 and Acts
7:3;
RV
, land. See
LAND
.