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(the outer being laid aside), John 21:7 (see
CLOTHING
); (d) metaphorically, (1) of “a bare
seed,” 1 Cor. 15:37; (2) of “the soul without the body,” 2 Cor. 5:3; (3) of “things exposed
to the allseeing eye of God,” Heb. 4:13; (4) of “the carnal condition of a local church,”
Rev. 3:17; (5) of “the similar state of an individual,” 16:15; (6) of “the desolation of
religious Babylon,” 17:16.¶
B. Verb.
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(
"
, 1130), “to be naked or scantily clad” (akin to A), is used in 1
Cor. 4:11. In the
writings (see Preface to Vol. 1) it is used of being light-armed.
C. Noun.
$
(
, 1132), “nakedness” (akin to A), is used (a) of “want of
sufficient clothing,” Rom. 8:35; 2 Cor. 11:27; (b) metaphorically, of “the nakedness of
the body,” said of the condition of a local church, Rev. 3:18.¶
NAME
A. Noun.
(
7
, 3686) is used (I) in general of the “name” by which a person or thing
is called, e.g., Mark 3:16, 17, “(He) surnamed,” lit., “(He added) the name”; 14:32, lit.,
“(of which) the name (was)”; Luke 1:63; John 18:10, sometimes translated “named,” e.g.,
Luke 8:5, “named (Zacharias),” lit., “by name”; in the same verse, “named (Elizabeth),”
lit., “the name of her,” an elliptical phrase, with “was” understood; Acts 8:9,
RV
, “by
name,” 10:1; the “name” is put for the reality in Rev. 3:1; in Phil. 2:9, the “Name”
represents “the title and dignity” of the Lord, as in Eph. 1:21 and Heb. 1:4;
(II) for all that a “name” implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power,
excellence, etc., of everything that the “name” covers: (a) of the “Name” of God as
expressing His attributes, etc., e.g., Matt. 6:9; Luke 1:49; John 12:28; 17:6, 26; Rom.
15:9; 1 Tim. 6:1; Heb. 13:15; Rev. 13:6; (b) of the “Name” of Christ, e.g., Matt. 10:22;
19:29; John 1:12; 2:23; 3:18; Acts 26:9; Rom. 1:5; Jas. 2:7; 1 John 3:23; 3 John 7; Rev.
2:13; 3:8; also the phrases rendered “in the name”; these may be analyzed as follows: (1)
representing the authority of Christ, e.g., Matt. 18:5 (with , “on the ground of My
authority”); so Matt. 24:5 (falsely) and parallel passages; as substantiated by the Father,
John 14:26; 16:23 (last clause),
RV
; (2) in the power of (with , “in”), e.g., Mark 16:17;
Luke 10:17; Acts 3:6; 4:10; 16:18; Jas. 5:14; (3) in acknowledgement or confession of,
e.g., Acts 4:12; 8:16; 9:27, 28; (4) in recognition of the authority of (sometimes combined
with the thought of relying or resting on), Matt. 18:20; cf. 28:19; Acts 8:16; 9:2 (
,
“into”); John 14:13; 15:16; Eph. 5:20; Col. 3:17; (5) owing to the fact that one is called
by Christ’s “Name” or is identified with Him, e.g. 1 Pet. 4:14 (with , “in”); with
, “for the sake of,” e.g., Matt. 19:29; with
, “on account of,” Matt. 10:22;
24:9; Mark 13:13; Luke 21:17; John 15:21; 1 John 2:12; Rev. 2:3 (for 1 Pet. 4:16, see
Note
below);
(III) as standing, by metonymy, for “persons,” Acts 1:15; Rev. 3:4; 11:13 (
RV
,
“persons”).
Note:
In Mark 9:41, the use of the phrase with the dative case of
(as in the
best mss.) suggests the idea of “by reason of” or “on the ground of” (i.e., “because ye are