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2.
(
2$ 1
, 726), “to seize, snatch,” is rendered “pluck” in John 10:28, 29,
KJV
,
RV
, “snatch.” For the meaning, see
CATCH
, No. 1.
3.
@
(
# $!
, 1807), “to take out” (
@
for , “out,” haireo, “to take”), is
translated “pluck out,” of the eye as the occasion of sin, in Matt. 5:29; 18:9, indicating
that, with determination and promptitude, we are to strike at the root of unholy
inclinations, ridding ourselves of whatever would stimulate them. Cf.
Note
(2) below. See
DELIVER
, No. 8.
4.
@ $
(
'
, 846), “to dig out or up,” is rendered “ye would have plucked out
(your eyes)” in Gal. 4:15, an indication of their feelings of gratitude to, and love for, the
apostle. The metaphor affords no real ground for the supposition of a reference to some
weakness of his sight, and certainly not to the result of his temporary blindness at his
conversion, the recovery from which must have been as complete as the infliction. There
would be some reason for such an inference had the pronoun “ye” been stressed; but the
stress is on the word “eyes”; their devotion prompted a readiness to part with their most
treasured possession on his behalf. For Mark 2:4 see
BREAK
, No. 14,
DIG
, No. 1,
Note
(2).¶ In the Sept., 1 Sam. 11:2; Prov. 29:22.¶
5.
(
#
$
, 1610), “to pluck up by the roots” ( , “out,”
, “a root”), is
so translated in Jude 12 (figuratively), and in the
KJV
in Luke 17:6,
RV
, “rooted up”; “root
up,” Matt. 13:29; “shall be rooted up,” 15:13. See
ROOT
.¶
Notes:
(1) In Mark 5:4,
KJV
,
, “to rend asunder” (
RV
), is translated “plucked
asunder,” said of chains. (2) In Mark 9:47,
KJV
,
, “to cast out” (
RV
), is translated
“pluck … out.” Cf. No. 3, above.
POET
(
)
, 4163), primarily “a maker,” later “a doer” (
“to make, to do”),
was used, in classical Greek, of “an author,” especially a “poet”; so Acts 17:28. See
DOER
.
POINT, POINTS
A. Phrases.
Notes:
(1) In Heb. 4:15, “in all points” represents the phrase
with the neuter
plural of
, “all,” lit., “according to all (things).” (2) “To be at the point of death” is a
translation (a) of the verb
, “to be about,” with
$
, “to end one’s life, die,”
Luke 7:2; see
DIE
, No. 4; (b) of
with
, “to die,” John 4:47; (c) of the
phrase mentioned under DEATH, C,
Note
. (3) In Jas. 2:10,
(the dative case of
, “one”), lit., “in one,” is rendered “in one point.”
B. Noun.
(
1
, 2774), the neuter of the adjective
, “of the head,”
is used as a noun, signifying (a) “a sum, amount, of money,” Acts 22:28; (b) “a chief
point,” Heb. 8:1, not the summing up of the subject, as the
KJV
suggests, for the subject
was far from being finished in the Epistle; on the contrary, in all that was being set forth