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some mss. have
, “fellowship,” for
, “dispensation.” In 1 Tim. 1:4
may mean either a stewardship in the sense of (a) above, or a “dispensation”
in the sense of (c). The reading
, “edifying,” in some mss., is not to be
accepted. See
STEWARDSHIP
.¶
Note:
A “dispensation” is not a period or epoch (a common, but erroneous, use of the
word), but a mode of dealing, an arrangement or administration of affairs. Cf.
, “a steward,” and
, “to be a steward.”
DISPERSE, DISPERSION
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
"
, 1262), “to dissolve,” is used in Acts 5:36 of the breaking up and
dispersion of a company of men,
RV
, “dispersed,”
KJV
, “scattered.” See
SCATTER
.¶
2.
(
$ &
, 4650), “to scatter” (probably from a root,
/
, signifying
“to cut asunder,” akin to
, “a scorpion”), is used in Matt. 12:30; Luke 11:23; John
10:12; 16:32; in the
RV
of 2 Cor. 9:9, “scattered abroad” (
KJV
, “he hath dispersed
abroad”), of one who liberally dispenses benefits. See
SCATTER
.¶
3.
(
$ &
, 1287),
, “through,” and No. 2, signifies “to scatter
abroad,” in Matt. 26:31; Mark 14:27, metaphorically of sheep; in Luke 1:51, of the proud;
in John 11:52, of the “scattering” of the children of God; in Acts 5:37, of the followers of
Judas of Galilee (
KJV
, “were dispersed”); cf. No. 1, re v. 36; of “scattering” grain by
winnowing Matt. 25:24, 26; in Luke 15:13 and 16:1, it signifies “to waste. See
SCATTER
,
STRAWED
,
WASTE
.¶
4.
(
&$
, 1289), “to scatter abroad” ( , “through,”
, “to sow”),
is used in Acts 8:1, 4; 11:19.¶
B. Noun.
(
$1
, 1290), akin to A, No. 4, “a scattering, a dispersion,” was used of
the Jews who from time to time had been scattered among the Gentiles, John 7:35; later
with reference to Jews, so “scattered,” who had professed, or actually embraced, the
Christian faith, “the Dispersion,” Jas. 1:1,
RV
; especially of believers who were converts
from Judaism and “scattered” throughout certain districts, “sojourners of the Dispersion,”
1 Pet. 1:1,
RV
.¶ In the Sept., of Israelites, “scattered” and exiled, e.g., Deut. 28:25; 30:4;
Neh. 1:9.
DISPLEASED
1.
(
!
, 23), from
, “much,” and
, “to grieve,”
primarily meant “to feel a violent irritation, physically”; it was used, too, of the
fermenting of wine hence, metaphorically, “to show signs of grief, to be displeased, to be
grieved, vexed”; it is translated “sore displeased” in Matt. 21:15,
KJV
; “much displeased,”
in Mark 10:14, 41; the
RV
always renders it “to be moved with, or to have, indignation,”
as the
KJV
elsewhere, Matt. 20:24; 26:8; Mark 14:4; Luke 13:14. See
INDIGNATION
.¶
2.
(
$
&
, 4360), “to be wroth or displeased with” (
,
“toward,” or “with,”
, “to be sorely vexed”), is used in Heb. 3:10, 17 (
KJV
,