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My disciples”); 1 Pet. 4:16,
RV
, “in this Name” (
KJV
, “on this behalf”), may be taken in
the same way.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
A
1
, 3687) denotes (a) “to name,” “mention,” or “address by
name,” Acts 19:13,
RV
, “to name” (
KJV
, “to call”); in the passive voice, Rom. 15:20; Eph.
1:21; 5:3; to make mention of the “Name” of the Lord in praise and worship, 2 Tim. 2:19;
(b) “to name, call, give a name to,” Luke 6:13, 14; passive voice, 1 Cor. 5:11,
RV
, “is
named” (
KJV
, “is called”); Eph. 3:15 (some mss. have the verb in this sense in Mark 3:14
and 1 Cor. 5:1). See
CALL
,
Note
(1).¶
2.
(
#
1
, 2028), “to call by a name, surname” ( , “on,” and No.
1), is used in Rom. 2:17, passive voice,
RV
, “bearest the name of” (
KJV
, “art called”). See
CALL
,
Note
(1).¶
3.
$
(
$
$ "
, 4316) primarily denotes “to address, greet, salute”;
hence, “to call by name,” Heb. 5:10,
RV
, “named (of God a High Priest)” (
KJV
, “called”),
expressing the formal ascription of the title to Him whose it is; “called” does not
adequately express the significance. Some suggest the meaning “addressed,” but this is
doubtful. The reference is to Ps. 110:4, a prophecy confirmed at the Ascension.¶ In the
Sept., Deut. 23:6.¶
4.
(
!
, 2564), “to call,” is translated “named” in Acts 7:58,
RV
(
KJV
,
“whose name was”). See
CALL
, No. 1 (b).
Notes:
(1) In Luke 19:2,
KJV
,
, “to call” (with the dative case of
, “by
name”), is translated “named” (
RV
, “called by name”); in Luke 2:21,
KJV
, the verb alone
is rendered “named” (
RV
, “called”). (2) In Matt. 9:9 and Mark 15:7,
KJV
, the verb
,
“to speak, to call by name,” is rendered “named” (
RV
, “called”). See
CALL
, No. 9.
NAMELY
Notes:
(1) In Rom. 13:9, the preposition , “in,” with the article, lit., “in the,” is
translated “namely.” (2) In 1 Cor. 7:26 the
RV
, “
,” and
KJV
, “
9
,” do not
translate anything in the original, but serve to reintroduce the phrase “that this is good.”
NAPKIN
$
(
1$
, 4676), for which see
HANDKERCHIEF
, is translated “napkin” in
Luke 19:20; John 11:44; 20:7. In Luke 19:20 the reference may be to a towel or any kind
of linen cloth or even a sort of headdress, any of which might be used for concealing
money.
NARRATIVE
(
)
, 1335), translated “a declaration” in the
KJV
of Luke 1:1, denotes a
“narrative,”
RV
(akin to
, “to set out in detail, recount, describe”). See
DECLARE
, B, Note (1).¶ In the Sept., Judg. 7:15; Hab. 2:6.¶
NARROW
A. Adjective.
(
, 4728), from a root
/
, seen in
, “to groan,”
,
“groaning” (Eng., “stenography,” lit., “narrow writing”), is used figuratively in Matt.