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(
KJV
, “sober”); Titus 1:8 (
KJV
, “ditto”); 2:2 (
KJV
, “temperate”); 2:5 (
KJV
, “discreet”). See
SOBER
,
TEMPERATE
.¶
B. Adverb.
$
(
, 3562), lit., “mindpossessing” (
$
, “mind, understanding,”
, “to have”), hence denotes “discreetly, sensibly prudently.” Mark 12:34.¶
DISEASE, DISEASED (BE) A. Nouns.
1.
(
!
, 769), lit., “lacking strength” ( , negative,
,
“strength”), “weakness, infirmity,” is translated “diseases” in Matt. 8:17,
RV
, for
KJV
,
“sicknesses,” and in Acts 28:9. Its usual rendering is “infirmity” or “infirmities”;
“sickness,” in John 11:4. Cf. B, No. 1. See
INFIRMITY
,
SICKNESS
,
WEAKNESS
.
2.
(
&
, 3119) primarily denotes “softness” (cf.
, “soft,” Matt.
11:8, etc.); hence, “debility, disease.” It is found in Matthew only, 4:23; 9:35; 10:1.¶ It is
frequent in the Sept., e.g., Gen. 42:4; 44:29; Deut. 7:15; 28:61; Isa. 38:9; 53:3.
3.
(
, 3554), akin to Lat.
, “to injure” (Eng., “nosology”), is the
regular word for “disease, sickness,” Matt. 4:23; 8:17; 9:35; 10:1,
RV
, “disease,”
KJV
,
“sickness”; in Matt. 4:24; Mark 1:34; Luke 4:40; 6:17; 9:1; Acts 19:12,
KJV
and
RV
render it “diseases.” In Luke 7:21,
KJV
has “infirmities.” The most authentic mss. omit
the word in Mark 3:15. See
SICKNESS
.¶
4.
(
, 3553), an alternative form of No. 3, is found in some mss. in
John 5:4.¶ Cf. noseo, “to dote about, have a diseased craving for,” 1 Tim. 6:4.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 770), akin to A, No. 1, “to lack strength, to be weak, sick,” is
translated “were diseased” in John 6:2,
KJV
(
RV
, “were sick). See
IMPOTENT
,
SICK
,
WEAK
.
2.
lit., “to have badly,” i.e., “to be ill or in an evil case,” is used in Matt.
14:35 (
KJV
, “were diseased,”
RV
, “were sick”); so in Mark 1:32; Luke 7:2. See
SICK
.¶
DISFIGURE
(
&
, 853) primarily means “to cause to disappear,” hence (a) “to
make unsightly, to disfigure,” as of the face, Matt. 6:16; (b) “to cause to vanish away,
consume,” Matt. 6:19, 20; (c) in the passive voice, “to perish,” Acts 13:41, or “to vanish
away,” Jas. 4:14. See
CONSUME
.¶
DISH
$
(
$"
, 5165) denotes “a bowl,” somewhat deep, Matt. 26:23; Mark
14:20; among the Greeks it was a measure in medical prescriptions.¶
DISHONESTY
$
(
* "
, 152), “shame,” so the
RV
in 2 Cor. 4:2 (for
KJV
, “dishonesty”), is
elsewhere rendered “shame,” Luke 14:9; Phil. 3:19; Heb. 12:2; Jude 13; Rev. 3:18. See
SHAME
.¶
DISHONOR
A. Noun.
(
&
, 819), from , negative,
, “honor,” denotes “dishonor, ignominy,
disgrace,” in Rom. 1:26, “vile passions” (
RV
), lit., ‘passions of dishonor;’ in Rom. 9:21,