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(
$ )
, 405), “a slave dealer, kidnapper,” from
,
“a slave captured in war,” a word found in the plural in the papyri, e.g., in a catalogue of
property and in combination with
, “four-footed things” (
, “a
man,”
$
, “a foot”);
“was never an ordinary word for slave; it was too
brutally obvious a reminder of the principle which made quadruped and human chattels
differ only in the number of their legs” (Moulton and Milligan,
F !
). The verb
supplied the noun “with the like odious meaning,” which appears in 1 Tim.
1:10.¶
MEND
(
$ &
, 2675), from
, “down,” intensive and
, “fit,” has three
meanings, (a) “to mend, repair,” Matt. 4:21; Mark 1:19, of nets; (b) “to complete, furnish
completely, equip, prepare,” Luke 6:40; Rom. 9:22; Heb, 11:3 and in the middle voice,
Matt. 21:16; Heb. 10:5; (c) “ethically, to prepare, perfect,” Gal. 6:1; 1 Thess. 3:10; 1 Pet.
5:10; Heb. 13:21; and in the passive voice, 1 Cor. 1:10; 2 Cor. 13:11. See
FIT
,
FRAME
,
JOIN
,
PERFECT
,
PREPARE
,
RESTORE
.¶
MENTION (Noun and Verb)
A. Noun.
(
&
, 3417), “remembrance, mention” (akin to
, “to remind,
remember”), is always used in connection with prayer, and translated “mention” in Rom.
1:9; Eph. 1:16; 1 Thess. 1:2; Philem. 4, in each of which it is preceded by the verb to
make; “remembrance” in Phil. 1:3; 1 Thess. 3:6; 2 Tim. 1:3. Some mss. have it in Rom.
12:13, instead of
, necessities. See
REMEMHRANCE
.¶ Cf.
, “memory,
remembrance,” 2 Pet. 1:15.¶
B. Verb.
$
(
"
, 3421), which most usually means “to call to mind,
remember,” signifies “to make mention of,” in Heb. 11:22. See
REMEMBER
.
MERCHANDISE (Noun, and Verb, to make)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
# $&
, 1711) denotes “commerce, business, trade” [akin to No. 2, and
to
, “one on a journey” ( , “in,”
, “a journey”), “a merchant”], occurs in
Matt. 22:5.¶
2.
(
# $
, 1712) denotes “a trading place, exchange” (Eng.,
“emporium”), John 2:16, “(a house) of merchandise.”¶
3.
(
, 1117) is translated “merchandise” in Rev. 18:11, 12: see
BURDEN
,
A, No. 3.
B. Verb.
$
(
# $ "
, 1710) primarily signifies “to travel,” especially for
business; then, “to traffic, trade,” Jas. 4:13; then, “to make a gain of, make merchandise
of,” 2 Pet. 2:3.¶
MERCHANT