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Note:
Some mss. have the corresponding adjective
, “courteous,” in 1 Pet.
3:8; the most authentic mss. have
, “humble-minded.”
2.
(
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, 5364) is translated “courteously” in Acts 27:3,
KJV
;
RV
, “kindly” (Eng., “philanthropically”). See
KINDLY
.¶
COUSIN
1.
(
!
, 431), in Col. 4:10 denotes a “cousin” rather than a nephew
(
KJV
, “sister’s son”). “Cousin” is its meaning in various periods of Greek writers.¶ In this
sense it is used in the Sept., in Num. 36:11.¶ In later writings it denotes a nephew; hence
the
KJV
rendering. As Lightfoot says, there is no reason to suppose that the apostle would
have used it in any other than its proper sense. We are to understand, therefore, that Mark
was the cousin of Barnabas. See
SISTER
.
2.
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(
)
, 4773v), in Luke 1:36 (so in the most authentic mss.) and
$
in v. 58 (plural),
KJV
, “cousin” and “cousins,” respectively signify
“kinswoman” and “kinsfolk,” (
RV
); so the
RV
and
KJV
in 2:44 and 21:16. The word lit.
signifies “born with,” i.e., of the same stock, or descent; hence “kinsman, kindred.” See
KIN
,
KINSFOLK
,
KINSWOMAN
.
COVENANT (Noun and Verb)
A. Noun.
(
)
, 1242) primarily signifies “a disposition of property by will or
otherwise.” In its use in the Sept., it is the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning a
“covenant” or agreement (from a verb signifying “to cut or divide,” in allusion to a
sacrificial custom in connection with “covenant-making,” e.g., Gen. 15:10, “divided” Jer.
34:18-19). In contradistinction to the English word “covenant” (lit., “a coming together”),
which signifies a mutual undertaking between two parties or more, each binding himself
to fulfill obligations, it does not in itself contain the idea of joint obligation, it mostly
signifies an obligation undertaken by a single person. For instance, in Gal. 3:17 it is used
as an alternative to a “promise” (vv. 16-18). God enjoined upon Abraham the rite of
circumcision, but His promise to Abraham, here called a “covenant,” was not conditional
upon the observance of circumcision, though a penalty attached to its nonobservance.
“The NT uses of the word may be analyzed as follows: (a) a promise or undertaking,
human or divine, Gal. 3:15; (b) a promise or undertaking on the part of God, Luke 1:72;
Acts 3:25; Rom. 9:4; 11:27; Gal. 3:17 Eph. 2:12; Heb. 7:22; 8:6, 8, 10; 10:16; (c) an
agreement, a mutual undertaking, between God and Israel, see Deut. 29-30 (described as
a ‘commandment,’ Heb. 7:18, cf. v. 22); Heb. 8:9; 9:20; (d) by metonymy, the token of
the covenant, or promise, made to Abraham, Acts 7:8, (e) by metonymy, the record of the
covenant, 2 Cor. 3:14; Heb. 9:4; cf. Rev. 11:19; (f) the basis, established by the death of
Christ, on which the salvation of men is secured, Matt. 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; 1
Cor. 11:25; 2 Cor. 3:6; Heb. 10:29; 12:24; 13:20.
“This covenant is called the ‘new,’ Heb. 9:15, the ‘second,’ 8:7, the ‘better,’ 7:22. In
Heb. 9:16-17, the translation is much disputed. There does not seem to be any sufficient
reason for departing in these verses from the word used everywhere else. The English