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2.
(
1
, 3547), “a teacher of the Law” (
, “a law,”
and No. 1), with reference to the teachers of the Mosaic Law, is used in the same sense as
No. 1, Luke 5:17; Acts 5:34; also of those who went about among Christians, professing
to be instructors of the Law, 1 Tim. 1:7. See
TEACHER
.¶ See under
LAW
.
DOCTRINE
1.
(
)
, 1322), akin to No. 1, under DOCTOR, denotes “teaching,” either
(a) that which is taught, e.g., Matt. 7:28,
KJV
, “doctrine,”
RV
, “teaching”; Titus 1:9,
RV
;
Rev. 2:14- 15, 24, or (b) the act of teaching, instruction, e.g., Mark 4:2,
KJV
, “doctrine,”
RV
, “teaching” the
RV
has “the doctrine” in Rom. 16:17. See NOTE (1) below.
2.
(
&
, 1319) denotes, as No. 1 (from which, however, it is to be
distinguished), (a) “that which is taught, doctrine,” Matt. 15:9; Mark 7:7; Eph. 4:14; Col.
2:22; 1 Tim. 1:10; 4:1, 6; 6:1, 3; 2 Tim. 4:3; Titus 1:9 (“doctrine,” in last part of verse:
see also No. 1); 2:1, 10; (b) “teaching, instruction,” Rom. 12:7, “teaching”; 15:4,
“learning”, 1 Tim. 4:13,
KJV
, “doctrine,”
RV
, “teaching”; v. 16,
KJV
, “the doctrine,”
RV
,
(correctly) “thy teaching;” 5:17,
KJV
, “doctrine,”
RV
“teaching”; 2 Tim. 3:10, 16 (ditto);
Titus 2:7, “thy doctrine.” Cf. No. 1, under DOCTOR. See
LEARNING
.¶
Notes:
(I) Whereas
is used only twice in the Pastoral Epistles, 2 Tim. 4:2,
and Titus 1:9,
occurs fifteen times. Both are used in the active and passive
senses (i.e., the act of teaching and what is taught), the passive is predominant in
, the active in
, the former stresses the authority, the latter the act
(Cremer). Apart from the apostle Paul, other writers make use of
only, save in
Matt. 15:9 and Mark 7:7 (
).
(2) In Heb. 6:1,
, “a word,” is translated “doctrine,”
KJV
; the
RV
margin gives the
lit. rendering, “the word (of the beginning of Christ),” and, in the text, “the (first)
principles (of Christ).”
DOER
(
)
, 4163), akin to
, see
DO
, No. 1, signifies “a doer,” Rom. 2:13;
Jas. 1:22-23, 25; 4:11. Its meaning “poet” is found in Acts 17:28.¶
Notes:
(1) For
, rendered “doer” in Rom. 2:25, see
DO
, No. 2.
(2) In 2 Tim. 2:9,
$
is rendered “evil doer” (
RV
, “malefactor”).
DOG
1.
$
(
"
, 2965) is used in two senses, (a) natural, Matt. 7:6; Luke 16:21; 2 Pet.
2:22; (b) metaphorical, Phil. 3:2; Rev. 22:15, of those whose moral impurity will exclude
them from the New Jerusalem. The Jews used the term of Gentiles, under the idea of
ceremonial impurity. Among the Greeks it was an epithet of impudence. Lat.,
, and
Eng., “hound” are etymologically akin to it.¶
2.
$
(
1$
, 2952), a diminutive of No. 1, “a little dog, a puppy,” is used
in Matt. 15:26-27; Mark 7:27, 28.¶
DOMINION (have … over) A. Nouns.