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(
"
, 630), “to let loose from, let go free” ( , “from,”
$
, “to loose”),
is translated “is divorced” in the
KJV
of Matt. 5:32 (
RV
, “is put away”); it is further used
of “divorce” in Matt. 1:19; 19:3, 7-9; Mark 10:2, Mk 4:11; Luke 16:18. The Lord also
used it of the case of a wife putting away her husband, Mark 10:12, a usage among
Greeks and Romans, not among Jews. See
DISMISS
.
B. Noun.
(
1
, 647), primarily, “a defection,” lit., “a standing off” ( ,
“from,”
, “a standing”; cf.
, “to cause to withdraw”), denotes, in the NT,
“a writing or bill of divorcement,” Matt. 5:31; 19:7; Mark 10:4.¶ In Sept., Deut. 24:3; Isa.
50:1; Jer. 3:8.¶
DO, DONE
In English the verb “to do” serves the purpose of a large number of verbs, and has a
large variety of meanings. It therefore translates a considerable number of Greek verbs.
These, with their specific meanings, are as follows:
1.
(
!
, 4160) signifies (a) “to make,” (b) “to do,” i.e., to adopt a way of
expressing by act the thoughts and feelings. It stands for a number of such acts, chiefly
“to make, produce, create, cause,” e.g., Matt. 17:4. See
ABIDE
,
APPOINT
,
BEAR
,
BRING
,
CAUSE
,
COMMIT
,
CONTINUE
,
DEAL
,
EXECUTE
,
EXERCISE
,
FULFILL
,
GAIN
,
GIVE
,
HOLD
,
KEEP
,
MAKE
,
MEAN
,
OBSERVE
,
ORDAIN
,
PERFORM
,
PROVIDE
,
PURPOSE
,
PUT
,
SHOW
,
SHOOT FORTH
,
SPEND
,
TAKE
,
TARRY
,
WORK
,
YIELD
.
2.
(
$1
, 4238) signifies “to practice,” though this is not always to be
pressed. The apostle John, in his epistles, uses the continuous tenses of
, to indicate
a practice, the habit of doing something, e.g., 1 John 3:4 (the
KJV
, “committeth” and
“commit” in 1 John 3:8 and 9, e.g., is wrong; “doeth,”
RV
, in the sense of practicing, is
the meaning). He uses
twice in the Gospel, 3:20 and 5:29. The apostle Paul uses
in the sense of practicing, and the
RV
so renders the word in Rom. 1:32; 2:2,
instead of
KJV
, “commit,” though, strangely enough, the
RV
translates it “committed,”
instead of “practiced,” in 2 Cor. 12:21.
Generally speaking, in Paul’s epistles
denotes “an action complete in itself,”
while
denotes “a habit.” The difference is seen in Rom. 1:32,
RV
. Again,
stresses the accomplishment, e.g., “perform,” in Rom. 4:21;
stresses the process
leading to the accomplishment, e.g., “doer,” in 2:25. In Rom. 2:3 he who does,
, the
things mentioned, is warned against judging those who practice them,
.
The distinction in John 3:20-21 is noticeable: “Every one that doeth (
,
practiceth) ill … he that doeth (
) the truth.” While we cannot draw the regular
distinction, that
speaks of doing evil things, and
of doing good things, yet
very often “where the words assume an ethical tinge, there is a tendency to use the verbs
with this distinction” (Trench,
- !
, Sec.xcvi). See
COMMIT
,
EXACT
,
KEEP
,
REQUIRE
,
USE
.