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“grieved”;
RV
, “displeased”). “Grieved” does not adequately express the righteous anger
of God intimated in the passage. See
GRIEVE
.¶
3.
$
(
!
, 2371), lit., “to fight with great animosity” (
$
,
“passion,”
, “to fight”), hence, “to be very angry, to be highly displeased,” is
said of Herod’s “displeasure” with the Tyrians and Sidonians, Acts 12:20.¶
DISPOSED (to be)
1.
$
(
"
, 1014), “to wish, to purpose, to will deliberately,” indicating a
predisposition acting through the deliberate will, is translated “was disposed” in Acts
18:27,
KJV
(
RV
, “was minded”). It expresses more strongly than
(No. 2) the
deliberate exercise of the will. See
DESIRE
, B, No. 7.
2.
(
!
, 2309) means “to will”; it signifies more especially the natural impulse
or volition, and indicates a less formal or deliberate purpose than No. 1. It is translated
“are disposed” in 1 Cor. 10:27. See
DESIRE
, B, No. 6.
DISPOSITION
(
)
, 1296), an ordinance, e.g., Rom. 13:2 (cf.
, “to appoint,
ordain”), is rendered “disposition” in Acts 7:53;
RV
, “as it (the law) was ordained by
angels” (marg., “as the ordinance of angels”; lit., “unto ordinances of angels”). Angels
are mentioned in connection with the giving of the Law of Moses in Deut. 33:2. In Gal.
3:19 and Heb. 2:2 the purpose of the reference to them is to show the superiority of the
gospel to the Law. In Acts 7:53 Stephen mentions the angels to stress the majesty of the
Law. See
ORDAIN
,
ORDINANCE
.¶
DISPUTATION
1.
(
)
, 2214) denotes, firstly, “a seeking” (
, “to seek”), then, “a
debate, dispute, questioning,” Acts 15:2, 7 (some texts have
$
, “reasoning,” in
both verses),
RV
, “questioning,” for
KJV
, “disputation” and “disputing”; for John 3:25;
Acts 25:20; 1 Tim. 1:4; 6:4; 2 Tim. 2:23; Titus 3:9, see
QUESTION
,
QUESTIONING
.¶
2.
(
, 1261) is translated “disputations” in Rom. 14:1. See
below.
DISPUTE, DISPUTER, DISPUTING
A. Nouns.
1.
(
, 1261) denotes, primarily, “an inward reasoning, an
opinion” ( , “through,” suggesting separation,
, “a reasoning”), e.g., Luke
2:35; 5:22; 6:8; then, “a deliberating, questioning,” Luke 24:38; (more strongly) “a
disputing,” Phil. 2:14; 1 Tim. 2:8 (
KJV
, “doubtings”); in Rom. 14:1, “disputations”;
marg., “(not for decisions) of doubts” (lit., “not unto discussions or doubts,” which is
perhaps a suitable rendering). Cf.
, “to reason.” See
DOUBTING
,
IMAGINATION
,
REASONING
,
THOUGHT
.
2.
(
&
, 3055) denotes “a dispute about words” (
, “a word,”
, “a fight”), or about trivial things, 1 Tim. 6:4,
RV
, “disputes”,
KJV
, “strifes.” See
STRIFE
.¶