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1.
(
7$
, 3735), “a hill or mountain,” is translated “hill” in Matt. 5:14; Luke
4:29; “mountain” in Luke 9:37,
RV
,
KJV
, “hill” (of the mount of transfiguration) as in v.
28. See
MOUNTAIN
.
2.
(
A$
, 3714), an adjective meaning “mountainous, hilly,” is used in the
feminine,
, as a noun, and rendered “hill country” in Luke 1:39, 65. See
COUNTRY
.¶
3.
$
(
, 1015), “a mound, heap, height,” is translated “hill” in Luke 3:5,
“hills” in 23:30.¶
Note:
In Acts 17:22,
KJV
,
is translated “hill.” “The Areopagus,”
RV
, stands for
the council (not hill) held near by.
For
HIM and HIMSELF
see
HE
HINDER, HINDRANCE
A. Verbs.
1.
(
#
, 1465), lit., “to cut into” ( , “in,”
, “to cut”), was used of
“impeding” persons by breaking up the road, or by placing an obstacle sharply in the
path; hence, metaphorically, of “detaining” a person unnecessarily, Acts 24:4, of
“hindrances” in the way of reaching others, Rom. 15:22; or returning to them, 1 Thess.
2:18; of “hindering” progress in the Christian life, Gal. 5:7 (
in some mss.),
where the significance virtually is “who broke up the road along which you were
travelling so well?”; of “hindrances” to the prayers of husband and wife, through low
standards of marital conduct, 1 Pet. 3:7 (
, “to cut out, repulse,” in some mss.).¶
2.
$
(
"
, 2967), “to hinder, forbid, restrain,” is translated “to hinder” in Luke
11:52; Acts 8:36; Rom. 1:13,
RV
(
KJV
, “was let”); Heb. 7:23,
RV
(
KJV
, “were not
suffered”). See
FORBID
.
3.
$
(
"
, 1254), a strengthened form of No. 2, “to hinder thoroughly,”
is used in Matt. 3:14, of John the Baptist’s endeavor to “hinder” Christ from being
baptized,
KJV
, “forbad,”
RV
, “would have hindered,” lit., “was hindering.”¶
B. Noun.
(
#
)
, 1464), “a hindrance,” lit., “a cutting in,” akin to A, No. 1, with
corresponding significance, is used in 1 Cor. 9:12, with
, “to give,”
RV
, “(that) we
may cause (no) hindrance,”
KJV
, “(lest) we should hinder.”¶
For
HINDER
(part) see
STERN
HIRE, HIRED
A. Noun.
(
, 3408) denotes (a) “wages, hire,” Matt. 20:8; Luke 10:7; Jas. 5:4; in 1
Tim. 5:18; 2 Pet. 2:13; Jude 11,
RV
, “hire” (
KJV
, “reward”); in 2 Pet. 2:15,
RV
, “hire”
(
KJV
, “wages”). See
REWARD
.
B. Verb.
(
, 3409), “to let out for hire,” is used in the middle voice, signifying
“to hire, to engage the services of anyone by contract,” Matt. 20:1, 7.¶
Note:
In v. 9 there is no word for “hired” in the original.