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Mark 15:7; Luke 23:19, 25; Acts 19:40; 24:5; (c) “a dissension, Acts 15:2; 23:7, 10. See
INSURRECTION
,
SEDITION
,
STANDING
,
UPROAR
.¶
DISSIMULATION, DISSEMBLE
A. Noun.
$
(
%
$
, 5272), primarily, “a reply,” came to mean “the acting of a
stageplayer,” because such answered one another in dialogue; hence the meaning
“dissembling or pretense.” It is translated “dissimulation” in Gal. 2:13 (see B). See
HYPOCRISY
.
B. Verb.
$ $
(
$&
, 4942),
$
, “with,”
$
, akin to A, “to
join in acting the hypocrite,” in pretending to act from one motive, whereas another
motive really inspires the act. So in Gal. 2:13, Peter with other believing Jews, in
separating from believing Gentiles at Antioch, pretended that the motive was loyalty to
the Law of Moses, whereas really it was fear of the Judaizers.¶
C. Adjective.
$
(
$
, 505), from , negative, , euphonic, and an adjectival
form corresponding to A, signifies “unfeigned”; it is said of love, 2 Cor. 6:6; 1 Pet. 1:22;
Rom. 12:9,
KJV
, “without dissimulation,”
RV
, “without hypocrisy”; of faith, 1 Tim. 1:5; 2
Tim. 1:5, “unfeigned”; of the wisdom that is from above, Jas. 3:17, “without hypocrisy.”
See
HYPOCRISY
.¶
DISSOLVE
1.
$
(
"
, 3089), “to loose,” is used of the future demolition of the elements or
heavenly bodies, 2 Pet. 3:10-12; in v. 10,
KJV
, “shall melt,”
RV
, “shall be dissolved”; in
verses 11-12,
KJV
and
RV
, “dissolved.” See
BREAK
.
2.
$
(
"
, 2647): see
DESTROY
A, No. 5.
For
DISTINCTION (diastole)
see
DIFFERENCE
DISTRACTION (without)
(
$ 1
, 563), from , negative,
, “to draw around, draw
away, distract” (see
CUMBER
), is found in 1 Cor. 7:35.¶
DISTRESS, DISTRESSED
A. Nouns.
1.
(
)
, 318) denotes (a) “a necessity,” imposed whether by external
circumstances, e.g., Luke 23:17, or inward pressure, e.g., 1 Cor. 9:16; (b) “straits,
distress,” Luke 21:23 (in v. 25 “distress” translates No. 3); 1 Cor. 7:26; 1 Thess. 3:7; the
last two refer to the lack of material things. See
NECESSARY
,
NECESSITY
,
NEEDS
.
2.
(
$&
, 4730): see
ANGUISH
.
3.
$
(
, 4928): see
ANGUISH
.
4.
(
&
, 2347): see
AFFLICTION
, B, No. 5.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 928), properly signifies “to test by rubbing on the touchstone”
(
, “a touchstone”), then, “to question by applying torture”; hence “to vex,