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3.
$
(
)
, 4827) means “a fellow disciple” (
$
, with, and No.
1), John 11:16.¶
Note:
In Acts 1:15, the
RV
translates the mss. which have
, “brethren”; in
20:7,
RV
, “we,” for
KJV
, “disciples.”
B. Verb.
$
(
"
, 3100) is used in the active voice, intransitively, in some mss.,
in Matt. 27:57, in the sense of being the “disciple” of a person; here, however, the best
mss. have the passive voice, lit., “had been made a disciple,” as in Matt. 13:52,
RV
, “who
hath been made a disciple.” It is used in this transitive sense in the active voice in 28:19
and Acts 14:21.¶
DISCIPLINE
(
$
, 4995), from
, lit., “saving the mind,” from
, “contracted to”
, “safe” (cf.
, “to save”),
, “the mind,” primarily, “an
admonishing or calling to soundness of mind, or to selfcontrol,” is used in 2 Tim. 1:7,
KJV
, “a sound mind”;
RV
, “discipline.” Cf.
(“to be of sound mind”),
(“to admonish”),
(“soberly”), and
, “of sound mind. See
MIND
.¶ Cf. CHASTISEMENT.
DISCOURAGE (-D)
$
(
!
, 120), “to be disheartened, dispirited, discouraged” ( , negative,
$
, “spirit, courage,” from the root
$
, found in
$
, “to rush,” denoting “feeling,
passion”; hence Eng., “fume”), is found in Col. 3:21.¶
DISCOURSE
(
!
, 1256) primarily denotes “to ponder, resolve in one’s mind”
( , “through,”
, “to say”); then, “to converse, dispute, discuss, discourse with”;
most frequently, “to reason or dispute with.” In Heb. 12:5 the
RV
, “reasoneth with” is to
be preferred to the
KJV
, “speaketh unto.” The
KJV
translates it “preached,” in Acts 20:7
and 9; this the
RV
corrects to “discoursed,” lit., “dialogued,” i.e., not by way of a sermon,
but by a “discourse” of a more conversational character. See
DISPUTE
,
PREACH
,
REASON
,
SPEAK
. In the Sept., Exod. 6:27; Judg. 8:1; Isa. 63:1.
DISCOVER
Two verbs are translated by the verb “to discover,” in the
KJV
. The
RV
translates
differently in each case.
1.
(
&
, 398): see
APPEAR
, A, No. 3.
2.
(
!
, 2657), “to perceive distinctly, discern clearly, descry,” is
translated “discovered” in Acts 27:39,
KJV
, of finding a bay with a creek (
RV
,
“perceived”). See
BEHOLD
.
DISCREET, DISCREETLY
A. Adjective.
(
0 $
, 4998), “of sound mind self-controlled” (for the derivation, see
DISCIPLINE
), is translated “sober-minded,” in its four occurrences in the
RV
, 1 Tim. 3:2