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, “a race,” is mistranslated “country” in the
KJV
of Acts 4:36 (
RV
, “by
race”). See below.
COUNTRYMEN
1.
(
!
, 1085) properly denotes “an offspring”; then, “a family”; then, “a
race, nation; otherwise, a kind or species”; it is translated “countrymen,” in 2 Cor. 11:26,
in Paul’s reference to his fellow-nationals; so in Gal. 1:14,
RV
, for
KJV
, “nation. See
BEGET
.
2.
$
$
(
!
, 4853), lit., “a fellow-tribesman” (
$
, “with,”
$
, “a
tribe, race, nation, people”), hence, one who is of the same people, a fellow-countryman,
is found in 1 Thess. 2:14.¶
COUPLED
Note:
The word “coupled” is inserted in italics in 1 Pet. 3:2, the more adequately to
express the original, which is, lit., “your chaste behavior in fear.”
COURAGE
A. Noun.
(
1$
, 2294), akin to
, “to be of good cheer,” is found in Acts
28:15.¶
B. Verb.
(
9:!
, 2292) is translated by some form of the verb “to be of good
courage,” in the
RV
in five of the six places where it is used: 2 Cor. 5:6, “being of good
courage” (
KJV
, “we are … confident”); 5:8, “we are of good courage” (
KJV
, “we are
confident”); 7:16, “I am of good courage” (
KJV
, “I have confidence”); 10:1, “I am of
good courage” (
KJV
, “I am bold”); 10:2, “show courage” (
KJV
, “be bold”); Heb. 13:6,
“with good courage,” lit., “being of good courage” (
KJV
, “boldly”). See
BOLD
,
CONFIDENCE
.¶
: &
is a later form of
. Cf.
, “to be bold.”
COURSE
A. Nouns.
1.
(
*0
, 165), “an age” (see
AGE
), is sometimes wrongly spoken of as a
“dispensation,” which does not mean a period of time, but a mode of dealing. It is
translated “course” in Eph. 2:2, “the course of this world,” i.e., the cycle or present round
of things. See
AGE
,
ETERNAL
,
EVER
,
WORLD
.
2.
(
$
, 1408), properly, “a running, a race” (from
, “to run”),
hence, metaphorically, denotes “a career, course of occupation, or of life,” viewed in a
special aspect, Acts 13:25; 20:24; 2 Tim. 4:7.¶
3.
(
#
$&
, 2183), primarily, “daily service,” as, e.g., in the Sept. of 2
Chron. 13:11 (from , “upon, or by,”
, “a day,” Eng., “ephemeral”), hence
denoted a “class,” or “course,” into which the priests were divided for the daily service in
the Temple, each “class” serving for seven days (see 1 Chron. 9:25). In the NT it is used
in Luke 1:5, 8.¶
Note:
Cf.
, “daily (food),” Jas. 2:15.¶