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(
!
, 3993), “a laborer” (akin to
, “to work for one’s daily bread”),
is translated “poor” in 2 Cor. 9:9.¶
C. Verb.
$
(
)
, 433), “to be poor as a beggar” (akin to A, No. 1), “to be destitute,”
is said of Christ in 2 Cor. 8:9.¶
PORCH
1.
(
1
, 4745), “a portico,” is used (a) of the “porches” at the pool of Bethesda,
John 5:2; (b) of the covered colonnade in the Temple, called Solomon’s “porch,” John
10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12 a portico on the eastern side of the temple; this and the other
“porches” existent in the time of Christ were almost certainly due to Herod’s restoration.
Cf.
-
(Acts 17:18), “philosophers of the porch.”¶
2.
$
(
/
$
, 440), akin to
$
, “a gate” (Eng., “pylon”), is used of “a doorway,
porch or vestibule” of a house or palace, Matt. 26:71. In the parallel passage Mark 14:68,
No. 3 is used, and
$
doubtless stands in Matt. 26 for
$
. See
GATE
, No. 2.
3.
$
(
$ "
, 4259), “the exterior court” or “vestibule,” between the door
and the street, in the houses of well-to-do folk, Mark 14:68, “porch” (
RV
marg.,
“forecourt”).¶
PORTER
$
(
$ $
, 2377), “a door-keeper” (
$
, “a door,”
$
, “a guardian”), is
translated “porter” in Mark 13:34; John 10:3; it is used of a female in John 18:16, 17,
translated “(her) that kept the door.”¶ In the Sept., 2 Sam. 4:6; 2 Kings 7:11; Ezek.
44:11.¶
PORTION
A. Nouns.
1.
(
!$
, 3313), “a part,” is translated “portion” in Matt. 24:51; Luke 12:46;
15:12. See
PART
.
2.
(
$
, 2819), “a lot,” is translated “portion” in Acts 1:17,
RV
. See
CHARGE
,
INHERITANCE
,
LOT
.
3.
(
$&
, 3310), “a part,” is translated “portion” in 2 Cor. 6:15,
RV
. See
PART
.
Note:
For “portion of food,” Luke 12:42,
RV
, see
FOOD
, No. 4.
B. Verb.
$
(
$&
, 4829), “to have a part with” (akin to A, No. 3), is
translated “have their portion with” in 1 Cor. 9:13.
RV
. See
PARTAKER
.¶
C. Adverb
$
(
!$
, 4181) signifies “in many parts” or “portions” (
$
,
“many,” and A, No. 1), Heb. 1:1,
RV
(
KJV
, “at sundry times”).¶
POSSESS, POSSESSION
A. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 2722), “to hold fast, hold back,” signifies “to possess,” in 1 Cor.
7:30 and 2 Cor. 6:10. See
HOLD
.