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(
!
, 3552) signifies “to be ill, to be ailing,” whether in body or mind;
hence, “to be taken with such a morbid interest in a thing as is tantamount to a disease, to
dote,” 1 Tim. 6:4 (marg., “sick”). The primary meaning of “dote” is to be foolish (cf. Jer.
50:36), the evident meaning of
, in this respect, is “to be unsound.”¶
DOUBLE
A. Adjective.
$
(
, 1362) denotes “twofold, double,” 1 Tim. 5:17; Rev. 18:6 (twice).¶
The comparative degree
(neuter) is used adverbially in Matt. 23:15, “twofold
more.Ӧ
B. Verb.
(
, 1363) signifies “to double, to repay or render twofold,” Rev. 18:6.¶
DOUBLE-MINDED
$
(
&
, 1374) lit. means “twosouled” (
, “twice,”
$
, “a soul”),
hence, “double-minded,” Jas. 1:8; 4:8.¶
DOUBLE-TONGUED
(
&
, 1351) primarily means “saying the same thing twice, or given to
repetition” (
, “twice,”
, “a word, or speech”); hence, “saying a thing to one person
and giving a different view of it to another, double-tongued,” 1 Tim. 3:8.¶
DOUBT (be in, make to), DOUBTFUL, DOUBTING
A. Verbs.
1.
(
$!
, 639), always used in the middle voice, lit. means “to be without a
way” ( , negative,
, “a way, transit”), “to be without resources, embarrassed, in
doubt, perplexity, at a loss,” as was Herod regarding John the Baptist, Mark 6:20 (
RV
,
following the most authentic mss., “was much perplexed”); as the disciples were,
regarding the Lord’s betrayal, John 13:22, “doubting”; and regarding the absence of His
body from the tomb, Luke 24:4, “were perplexed”; as was Festus, about the nature of the
accusations brought against Paul, Acts 25:20,
KJV
“doubted,”
RV
, “being perplexed”; as
Paul was, in his experiences of trial 2 Cor. 4:8, “perplexed,” and, as to the attitude of the
believers of the churches in Galatia towards Judaistic errors, Gal. 4:20,
KJV
, “I stand in
doubt,”
RV
, “I am perplexed.” Perplexity is the main idea. See
PERPLEX
.¶ Cf. the noun
, “distress,” Luke 21:25.¶
2.
(
$!
, 1280),
, “asunder” (intensive), and No. 1, signifies “to be
thoroughly perplexed,” with a perplexity amounting to despair, Acts 2:12; 5:24 and
10:17,
KJV
, “were in doubt,” “doubted,”
RV
, “were (was) perplexed.” See also Luke 9:7
(some mss. have it in Luke 24:4, where the most authentic have No. 1). See
PERPLEX
.¶
3.
(
$&
, 1252): see
CONTEND
and
DIFFER
, A, No. 2; in Acts 11:12,
KJV
,
“nothing doubting,”
RV
, “making no distinction”; in Jude 22,
RV
, “who are in doubt”
(
KJV
, “making a difference,”
RV
, marg., “while they dispute”); in Jas. 1:6,
KJV
,
“wavereth,”
RV
, “doubteth.” This verb suggests, not so much weakness of faith, as lack of
it (contrast, Nos. 4 and 5).