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1.
(
$1
, 2904), “force, strength, might,” more especially “manifested
power,” is derived from a root
I
, “to perfect, to complete”: “creator” is probably
connected. It also signifies “dominion,” and is so rendered frequently in doxologies, 1
Pet. 4:11; 5:11; Jude 25; Rev. 1:6; 5:13 (
RV
); in 1 Tim. 6:16, and Heb. 2:14 it is translated
“power.” See
MIGHT
,
POWER
,
STRENGTH
.
Note:
Synonymous words are
, “force,” often oppressive,
$
, “power,”
especially “inherent power”;
, “power” especially in exercise, operative power;
@ $
, primarily “liberty of action,” then “authority” either delegated or arbitrary;
$
, “strength,” especially physical, power as an endowment.
2.
$
(
$
, 2963) denotes “lordship” (
$
, “a lord”), “power,
dominion,” whether angelic or human, Eph. 1:21; Col. 1:16; 2 Pet. 2:10 (
RV
, for
KJV
,
“government”); Jude 8. In Eph. and Col. it indicates a grade in the angelic orders, in
which it stands second.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
$ $
(
$ "
, 2961), “to be lord over, rule over, have dominion over” (akin to
A, No. 2), is used of (a) divine authority over men, Rom. 14:9, “might be Lord”; (b)
human authority over men, Luke 22:25, “lordship,” 1 Tim. 6:15, “lords” (
RV
, marg.,
“them that rule as lords”); (c) the permanent immunity of Christ from the “dominion” of
death, Rom. 6:9; (d) the deliverance of the believer from the “dominion” of sin, Rom.
6:14; (e) the “dominion” of law over men, Rom. 7:1; (f) the “dominion” of a person over
the faith of other believers, 2 Cor. 1:24 (
RV
, “lordship”). See
LORD
.¶
2.
$ $
(
$ "
, 2634),
, “down” (intensive), and No. 1, “to
exercise, or gain, dominion over, to lord it over,” is used of (a) the “lordship” of gentile
rulers, Matt. 20:25,
KJV
, “exercise dominion,”
RV
, “lord it”, Mark 10:42,
KJV
, “exercise
lordship,”
RV
, “lord it”; (b) the power of demons over men, Acts 19:16,
KJV
, “overcame,”
RV
, “mastered”; (c) of the evil of elders in “lording” it over the saints under their spiritual
care, 1 Pet. 5:3. See
LORDSHIP
,
OVERCOME
.
Note:
For
$
, “to have dominion,” 1 Tim. 2:12,
RV
, see
AUTHORITY
, No. 3.
DOOMED
For
RV
in 1 Cor. 4:9, see
APPOINT
(
Note
at end),
DEATH
, B.
DOOR
$
(
"$
, 2374), “a door, gate” (Eng., “door” is connected), is used (a) literally,
e.g., Matt. 6:6; 27:60; (b) metaphorically, of Christ, John 10:7, 9; of faith, by acceptance
of the gospel, Acts 14:27; of “openings” for preaching and teaching the Word of God, 1
Cor. 16:9; 2 Cor. 2:12; Col. 4:3; Rev. 3:8; of “entrance” into the Kingdom of God, Matt.
25:10; Luke 13:24-25; of Christ’s “entrance” into a repentant believer’s heart, Rev. 3:20;
of the nearness of Christ’s second advent, Matt. 24:33; Mark 13:29; cf. Jas. 5:9; of
“access” to behold visions relative to the purposes of God, Rev. 4:1.
Note:
For the phrase “that kept the door,”
$
, John 18:16-17 (“porter” in Mark
13:34; John 10:3), see
PORTER
.¶
DOTE