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$@
(
)$
, 2783), “a herald” (akin to A, No. 2 and B, above), is used (a) of the
“preacher” of the gospel, 1 Tim. 2:7; 2 Tim. 1:11; (b) of Noah, as a “preacher” of
righteousness, 2 Pet. 2:5.¶
Notes:
(1) For “a preacher,” in Rom. 10:14, where the verb
$
is used, see
PREACH
, A, No. 2. (2)
$@
indicates the “preacher” as giving a proclamation;
$
points to his message as glad tidings;
suggests his relationship to
Him by whom he is sent.
PRECEDE
(
1
, 5348), “to anticipate, to come sooner,” is translated “shall (in no
wise) precede” in 1 Thess. 4:15,
RV
(
KJV
, “prevent”), i.e., “shall in no wise obtain any
advantage over” (the verb does not convey the thought of a mere succession of one event
after another); the apostle, in reassuring the bereaved concerning their departed fellow
believers, declares that, as to any advantage, the dead in Christ will “rise first.” See
ATTAIN
, No. 3,
COME
, No. 32.
PRECEPT
1.
(
#
)
, 1785), “a commandment,” is translated “precept” in Mark 10:5
(
RV
, “commandment”); so Heb. 9:19. See
COMMANDMENT
, No. 2.
2.
(
+
, 1778) is always translated “precepts” in the
RV
; see
COMMANDMENT
, No. 3.
PRECIOUS, PRECIOUSNESS
1.
(
&
, 5093), translated “precious,” e.g., in Jas. 5:7; 1 Pet. 1:19; 2 Pet. 1:4;
in 1 Cor. 3:12,
KJV
(
RV
, “costly”): see
COSTLY
, B, No. 1,
DEAR
, No. 1.
2.
(1784),“precious,” 1 Pet. 2:4, 6: see
DEAR
, No. 2.
3.
$
(
)
, 4185), “very expensive,” translated “very precious” in Mark
14:3,
KJV
(
RV
, “very costly): see
COSTLY
, B, No. 2.
4.
$
(
"
, 4186), “of great value”; comparative degree in 1 Pet. 1:7;
see
COSTLY
, B, No. 3,
DEAR
, No. 1 (for a less authentic reading).
5.
$
(
$"
, 927), “of great value, exceeding precious” (
$
,
“weighty,”
, value), is used in Matt. 26:7.¶
6.
(
*
, 2472), “of equal value, held in equal honor” (
, “equal,” and
, is used in 2 Pet. 1:1, “a like precious (faith),”
RV
(marg., “an equally precious”).¶
Note:
In 1 Pet. 2:7,
KJV
, the noun
, is translated “precious” (
RV
, “preciousness”).
See
HONOR
, No. 1.
PREDESTINATE
(
$ $&
, 4309): see
DETERMINE
.
Note:
This verb is to be distinguished from
, “to foreknow”; the latter has
special reference to the persons foreknown by God;
has special reference to that