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, 1736), lit., “to be among one’s people” ( , “in,”
,
“people”;
, “one who is in his own place or land”), is used metaphorically of the
life on earth of believers, 2 Cor. 5:6, “at home (in the body)”; in v. 8 of the life in Heaven
of the spirits of believers, after their decease, “at home (with the Lord),”
RV
(
KJV
,
“present”); in v. 9, “at home” (
KJV
, “present”) refers again to the life on earth. In each
verse the verb is contrasted with
, “to be away from home, to be absent”; in v. 6,
“we are absent,” i.e., away from “home” (from the Lord); in v. 8, “to be absent” (i.e.,
away from the “home” of the body); so in v. 9, “absent.” The implication in being “at
home with the Lord” after death is a testimony against the doctrine of the
unconsciousness of the spirit, when freed from the natural body.¶
HONEST, HONESTLY, HONESTY
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
, 2570), “good, admirable, becoming,” has also the ethical meaning of
what is “fair, right, honorable, of such conduct as deserves esteem”; it is translated
“honest” [cf. Latin
$
(from
, “honor”)], which has the same double meaning
as “honest” in the
KJV
, namely, regarded with honor, honorable, and bringing honor,
becoming; in Luke 8:15 (
KJV
, and
RV
), “an honest and good (
) heart”; Rom.
12:17; 2 Cor. 8:21 and 13:7,
RV
, “honorable” (
KJV
, “honest”), of things which are
regarded with esteem; in 1 Pet. 2:12, of behavior,
RV
, “seemly,”
KJV
, “honest” (i.e.,
becoming). See
GOOD
.
Note:
In Titus 3:14, the
RV
and
KJV
margins give what is probably the accurate
meaning, “(to profess) honest occupations” (
KJV
, “trades”); in the texts “(to maintain)
good works.”
2.
(
, 4586), “august, venerable,” is rendered “honest” in Phil. 4:8,
KJV
(marg., “venerable”),
RV
, “honorable” (marg., “reverent”). Matthew Arnold suggests
“nobly serious.” See
GRAVE
.
Note:
In Acts 6:3, “men of honest (
RV
, ‘good’) report” translates the passive voice of
$
, lit., “having had witness borne.”
B. Adverbs.
1.
(
, 2573), corresponding to A, No. 1, is used in Heb. 13:18, “honestly,”
i.e., honorably. See
PLACE
, C,
Note
(4),
WELL
.
2.
$
(
'
, 2156), “becomingly, decently,” is rendered “honestly”
in Rom. 13:13, where it is set in contrast with the confusion of gentile social life, and in 1
Thess. 4:12, of the manner of life of believers as a witness to “them that are without”; in
1 Cor. 14:40, “decently,” in contrast with confusion in the churches. See
DECENTLY
.¶
C. Noun.
(
, 4587) denotes “gravity, dignified seriousness”; it is rendered
“honesty” in the
KJV
of 1 Tim. 2:2,
RV
, “gravity.” See
GRAVITY
.
HONEY
(
!
, 3192) occurs with the adjective
, “wild,” in Matt. 3:4; Mark 1:6; in
Rev. 10:9, 10, as an example of sweetness.¶ As “honey” is liable to ferment, it was