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2.
(
$&
, 2919) signifies “to separate, choose”; then, “to approve, esteem”;
translated “esteemeth” in Rom. 14:5 (twice), said of days; here the word “alike” (
KJV
) is
rightly omitted in the
RV
, the meaning being that every day is especially regarded as
sacred. See
DETERMINE
.
3.
(
&
, 3049), “to reckon,” is translated “esteemeth” in Rom. 14:14
(
RV
, “accounteth”). See
ACCOUNT
.
Notes:
(1) In 1 Cor. 6:4,
KJV
,
@ $
, “to set at nought,” is rendered “are least
esteemed”; the meaning is that judges in the world’s tribunals have no place (are not of
account) in the church. See
ACCOUNT
. (2) In the
KJV
marg. of 1 Pet. 2:17,
, “to
honor,” is rendered “esteem.” (3) For “highly esteemed,” Luke 16:15,
KJV
, see
EXALT
, B.
ETERNAL
1.
(
*0
, 165), “an age,” is translated “eternal” in Eph. 3:11, lit., “(purpose) of
the ages” (marg.), and 1 Tim. 1:17, lit. “(king) of the ages” (marg.). See
AGE
.
2.
(
*0
, 166) “describes duration, either undefined but not endless, as in
Rom. 16:25; 2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 1:2; or undefined because endless as in Rom. 16:26, and
the other sixty-six places in the NT.
“The predominant meaning of
, that in which it is used everywhere in the NT,
save the places noted above, may be seen in 2 Cor. 4:18, where it is set in contrast with
, lit., ‘for a season,’ and in Philem. 15, where only in the NT it is used without
a noun. Moreover it is used of persons and things which are in their nature endless, as,
e.g., of God, Rom. 16:26; of His power, 1 Tim. 6:16, and of His glory, 1 Pet. 5:10; of the
Holy Spirit, Heb. 9:14; of the redemption effected by Christ, Heb. 9:12, and of the
consequent salvation of men, 5:9, as well as of His future rule, 2 Pet. 1:11, which is
elsewhere declared to be without end, Luke 1:33; of the life received by those who
believe in Christ, John 3:16, concerning whom He said, ‘they shall never perish,’ 10:28,
and of the resurrection body, 2 Cor. 5:1, elsewhere said to be ‘immortal,’ 1 Cor. 15:53, in
which that life will be finally realized, Matt. 25:46; Titus 1:2.
“
*
is also used of the sin that ‘hath never forgiveness,’ Mark 3:29, and of the
judgment of God, from which there is no appeal, Heb. 6:2, and of the fire, which is one of
its instruments, Matt. 18:8; 25:41; Jude 7, and which is elsewhere said to be
‘unquenchable,’ Mark 9:43.
“The use of
here shows that the punishment referred to in 2 Thess. 1:9, is no
temporary, but final, and, accordingly, the phraseology shows that its purpose is not
remedial but retributive.”*
3.
(
B
, 126); see
EVERLASTING
.
EUNUCH
A. Noun.
$ $
(
'
, 2135) denotes (a) “an emasculated man, a eunuch,” Matt.
19:12; (b) in the 3rd instance in that verse, “one naturally incapacitated for, or voluntarily
* From
Notes on Thessalonians,
by Hogg and Vine, pp 232, 233.