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apostle in speaking to Greeks on Mars Hill, as in accordance with Greek usage. Cf.
DIVINITY.¶ In the Sept., Exod. 31:3; 35:31; Job 27:3; 33:4; Prov. 2:17.¶
B. Noun.
(
$ &
, 2999), akin to
$
, “to serve,” primarily, any service for hire
denotes in Scripture the service of God according to the requirements of the Levitical
Law, Rom. 9:4; Heb. 9:1, 6, “divine service.” It is used in the more general sense of
service to God, in John 16:2; Rom. 12:1. See
SERVICE
.¶
DIVINITY
(
, 2305), difinity, the
RV
rendering in Rom. 1:20 (
KJV
, “Godhead”), is
derived from
(see DIVINE, A), and is to be distinguished from
, in Col. 2:9,
“Godhead.” In Rom. 1:20 the apostle “is declaring how much of God may be known
from the revelation of Himself which He has made in nature, from those vestiges of
Himself which men may everywhere trace in the world around them. Yet it is not the
personal God whom any man may learn to know by these aids; He can be known only by
the revelation of Himself in His Son; … But in the second passage (Col. 2:9), Paul is
declaring that in the Son there dwells all the fullness of absolute Godhead; they were no
mere rays of Divine glory which gilded Him, lighting up His Person for a season and
with a splendor not His own; but He was, and is, absolute and perfect God; and the
apostle uses
to express this essential and personal Godhead of the Son” (Trench,
- !
Sec.ii).
indicates the “divine” essence of Godhood, the personality of God;
, the attributes of God, His “divine” nature and properties. See
GODHEAD
.¶
DIVISION
1.
(
$
, 1267), primarily, “a parting, distribution,” denotes “a
discussion, dissension, division or discord, breaking up as of family ties” ( , “asunder,”
, “a part”), it is found in Luke 12:51, where it is contrasted with
, “peace.”
Cf. DIVIDE, A, No. 7.
2.
(
)
, 1307), lit., “a standing apart” (
, “asunder, apart,”
, “a standing”, the root
indicating “division,” is found in many words in various
languages), is used in Rom. 16:17, where believers are enjoined to mark those who cause
“division” and to turn away from them; and in Gal. 5:20,
RV
(
KJV
, “seditions”), where
“divisions” are spoken of as “works of the flesh.” Some mss. have this noun in 1 Cor.
3:3.¶
3.
(
&
, 4978), (Eng., “schism”), denotes “a cleft, a rent,” Matt. 9:16;
Mark 2:21, then, metaphorically, “a division dissension,” John 7:43; 9:16; 10:19; 1 Cor.
1:10; 11:18; in 1 Cor. 12:25 it is translated “schism” (marg., “division”). The root is
I
seen in the corresponding verb
, “to cleave” (Lat.
). See
SCHISM
. Cf.
, a sect.¶
DIVORCE, DIVORCEMENT
A. Verb.