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(
+
, 2078), “last, utmost, extreme,” is used as a noun (a) of time,
rendered “end” in Heb. 1:2,
RV
, “at the “end” of these days,” i.e., at the “end” of the
period under the Law, for
KJV
, “in these last days”; so in 1 Pet. 1:20, “at the end of the
times.” In 2 Pet. 2:20, the plural,
, lit., “the last things,” is rendered “the latter
end,”
KJV
, (
RV
, “the last state”); the same phrase is used in Matt. 12:45; Luke 11:26; (b)
of place, Acts 13:47,
KJV
, “ends (of the earth),”
RV
, “uttermost part. See
LAST
,
LOWEST
,
UTTERMOST
.
Notes:
(1) In Matt. 28:1,
, “late (in the evening),” is rendered “in the end (of),”
KJV
,
RV
, “late (on).” (2) In 1 Pet. 1:13,
, “perfectly,”
RV
, is rendered “to the end,” in
KJV
(3) The phrase
$
, lit., “unto this,” signifies “to this end,” John 18:37,
RV
(twice;
KJV
, “for this cause,” in the second clause); so Mark 1:38; Acts 26:16; Rom. 14:9;
2 Cor. 2:9; 1 Tim. 4:10 (
KJV
, “therefore”); 1 Pet. 4:6; 1 John 3:8 (
KJV
, “for this purpose”).
(4)
,
, “unto,” followed by the article and the infinitive mood of a verb, signifies “to the
end that …” marking the aim of an action, Acts 7:19; Rom. 1:11; 4:16, 18; Eph. 1:12; 1
Thess. 3:13; 2 Thess. 1:5; 2:2, 6; 1 Pet. 3:7. In Luke 18:1,
, “to,” has the same
construction and meaning. (5) The conjunction
, “in order that,” is sometimes
rendered “to the end that,” Eph. 3:17; 2 Thess. 3:14; Titus 3:8. (6) In Matt. 24:31, the
prepositions
, “from,” and
, “unto,” are used with the plural of
, “highest,
extreme,” signifying “from one end … to the other,” lit., “from extremities … to
extremities.”
ENDEAVOR
1.
$
(
1
, 4704), “to make haste, to be zealous,” and hence, “to be
diligent,” is rendered “endeavoring” in Eph. 4:3,
KJV
;
RV
, “giving diligence.” In 2 Pet.
1:15,
KJV
, “endeavor,”
RV
, “give diligence.” Both have “endeavored in 1 Thess. 2:17. See
DILIGENCE
.
2.
(
!
, 2212), “to seek after,” is translated “endeavor” in Acts 16:10,
KJV
,
RV
, “sought”. See
ABOUT
(to be),
DESIRE
,
INQUIRE
,
SEEK
.
ENDLESS
1.
$
(
1
, 179) denotes indissoluble (from , negative,
,
“down,”
$
, “to loose”), Heb. 7:16, “endless”; see the
RV
, marg., i.e., a life which makes
its possessor the holder of His priestly office for evermore.¶
2.
(
!$
, 562), from , negative and
, “to complete, finish,”
signifies “interminable, endless”; it is said of genealogies, 1 Tim. 1:4.¶ In the Sept., Job
36:26.¶
ENDUE
$
(
#
"
, 1746), in the middle voice, “to put on oneself, be clothed with,” is
used metaphorically of power, Luke 24:49,
RV
, clothed. See
CLOTHE
.
Note:
In Jas. 3:13 the adjective
, “knowing, skilled,” is translated “endued
with knowledge,”
KJV
,
RV
, “understanding.”¶