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rendered by the verb “to magnify,” except in Luke 1:58,
KJV
, “had showed great
(mercy),”
RV
, “had magnified (His mercy); see Luke 1:46; Acts 5:13; 10:46; 19:17; Phil.
1:20. See
MAGNIFY
.¶
2.
$
(
"
, 4115), “to make broad,” from
$
, “broad,” is translated
“enlarged” in 2 Cor. 6:11, 13 (metaphorically), “make broad,” Matt. 23:5 (literally). From
the primary sense of freedom comes that of the joy that results from it. See
BROAD
.¶ Cf.
, “breadth,” and
, “a street.”
ENLIGHTEN
(
&
, 5461), from
, “light,” (a), used intransitively, signifies “to give
light, shine,” Rev. 22:5; (b), used transitively, “to enlighten, illumine,” is rendered
“enlighten” in Eph. 1:18, metaphorically of spiritual “enlightenment”; so John 1:9, i.e.,
“lighting every man” (by reason of His coming); Eph. 3:9, “to make (all men) see” (
RV
marg., “to bring to light”); Heb. 6:4, “were enlightened”; 10:32,
RV
, “enlightened,”
KJV
,
“illuminated.” See
ILLUMINATED
,
LIGHT
. Cf.
, “light,” and
, “full of
light.”
ENMITY
(
+ $
, 2189), from the adjective
(see
ENEMY
) is rendered “enmity”
in Luke 23:12; Rom. 8:7; Eph. 2:15-16; Jas. 4:4; “enmities,” Gal. 5:20,
RV
, for
KJV
,
“hatred.” It is the opposite of
, “love.”¶
ENOUGH
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
$
, 713), “sufficient,” akin to
(see B, No. 1), is rendered
“enough” in Matt. 10:25; “sufficient” in Matt. 6:34; “suffice” in 1 Pet. 4:3, lit., “(is)
sufficient.” See
SUFFICE
,
SUFFICIENT
.¶
2.
(
,
, 2425), “sufficient, competent, fit” (akin to
and
, “to
reach, attain” and
, “to make sufficient”), is translated “enough” in Luke 22:38,
of the Lord’s reply to Peter concerning the swords. See
ABLE
.
Note:
In Luke 15:17 the verb
$
, “to have abundance,” is translated “have
enough and to spare.” In Acts 27:38 the verb
$
, “to satisfy,” is translated “had
eaten enough.”
B. Verbs.
1.
(
$
!
, 714), “to ward off”; hence, “to aid, assist”; then, “to be strong
enough,” i.e., “to suffice, to be enough” (cf. A, No. 1), is translated “be enough” in Matt.
25:9. See
CONTENT
.
2.
(
!
, 568), lit., “to hold off from, to have off or out” ( , “from,”
,
“to have”), i.e., “to have in full, to have received,” is used impersonally in Mark 14:41,
“it is enough,” in the Lord’s words to His slumbering disciples in Gethsemane. It is
difficult, however, to find examples of this meaning in Greek usage of the word, and
may here refer, in its commercial significance, to Judas (who is mentioned
immediately afterwards), with the meaning “he hath received” (his payment); cf. the