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C. Nouns.
1.
(
$
, 5544), akin to A, No. 1, and B, used of “goodness of heart,
kindness,” is translated “kindness” in 2 Cor. 6:6; Gal. 5:22,
RV
(
KJV
, “gentleness”); Eph.
2:7; Col. 3:12; Titus 3:4. See
GOODNESS
.
2.
(
$ &
, 5363), from
, “loving,”
, “man”
(Eng., “philanthropy”), denotes “kindness,” and is so translated in Acts 28:2, of that
which was shown by the inhabitants of Melita to the shipwrecked voyagers; in Titus 3:4,
of the “kindness” of God, translated “(His) love toward man.” See
LOVE
.¶
D. Adverb.
(
$0
, 5364), akin to C, No. 2, “humanely, kindly,” is
translated “kindly” in Acts 27:3 (
KJV
, “courteously”). See
COURTEOUSLY
.¶
KINDLE
1.
(
?
, 681), properly, “to fasten to,” is used in Acts 28:2 (in the most
authentic mss., some mss. have No. 3), of “kindling a fire.” See No. 2.
: & B
is used of “lighting a lamp,” in Luke 8:16; 11:33; 15:8. For the middle
voice see
TOUCH
.
2.
(
$&
, 4012 and
$&
, 681), properly, “to tie about, attach” ( , “around,”
and No. 1), is used of “lighting” a fire in the midst of a court in Luke 22:55 (some mss.
have No. 1).¶
3.
(
1
, 381), “to light up” ( , “up,” and No. 1), is used (a) literally, in
Jas. 3:5, “kindleth”; (b) metaphorically, in the passive voice, in Luke 12:49, of the
“kindling” of the fire of hostility; see
FIRE
, A (f). For Acts 28:2, see No. 1, above.¶
KINDRED
1.
$
(
!
, 4772) primarily denotes “kinship”; then, “kinsfolk, kindred”
(cf.
$
, “a kinsman”; see
KIN
), Luke 1:61; Acts. 7:3, 14.¶
2.
(
!
, 1085); see
KIND
(Noun), No. 1.
Notes:
(1)
8
$
, “a tribe,” rendered “kindreds” in the
KJV
of Rev. 1:7; 7:9; 11:9;
13:7, “kindred” in 5:9; 14:6, and elsewhere, “tribe,” “tribes,” is always translated by the
latter in the
RV
. See
TRIBE
. (2) For
, rendered “kindreds” Acts 3:25,
KJV
, see
FAMILY
.
KING
A. Noun.
$
(
"
, 935), “a king” (cf. Eng., “Basil”), e.g., Matt. 1:6, is used of the
Roman emperor in 1 Pet. 2:13, 17 (a command of general application); this reference to
the emperor is illustrated frequently in the
(see Preface to this volume); of Herod
the Tetrarch (used by courtesy), Matt. 14:9; of Christ, as the “King” of the Jews, e.g.,
Matt, 2:2; 27:11, 29, 37; as the “King” of Israel, Mark 15:32; John 1:49; 12:13; as “King
of kings,” Rev. 17:14; 19:16; as “the King” in judging nations and men at the
establishment of the millennial kingdom, Matt. 25:34, 40; of God, “the great King,” Matt.
5:35; “the King eternal, incorruptible, invisible,” 1 Tim. 1:17; “King of kings,” 1 Tim.