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form in the indicative mood is used, e.g., in Matt. 28:8; in the Gospels the literal meaning
alone is used; elsewhere in 1 Cor. 9:24 (twice in 1st part); Rev. 9:9,
KJV
, “running” (
RV
,
“rushing”); (b) metaphorically, from the illustration of “runners” in a race, of either
swiftness or effort to attain an end, Rom. 9:16, indicating that salvation is not due to
human effort, but to God’s sovereign right to exercise mercy; 1 Cor. 9:24 (2nd part), and
v. 26, of persevering activity in the Christian course with a view to obtaining the reward;
so Heb. 12:1; in Gal. 2:2 (1st part),
RV
, “(lest) I should be running,” continuous present
tense referring to the activity of the special service of his mission to Jerusalem; (2nd
part), “had run,” aorist tense, expressive of the continuous past, referring to the activity of
his antagonism to the Judaizing teachers at Antioch, and his consent to submit the case to
the judgment of the church in Jerusalem; in 5:7 of the erstwhile faithful course doctrinally
of the Galatian believers; in Phil. 2:16, of the apostle’s manner of life among the
Philippian believers; in 2 Thess. 3:1, of the free and rapid progress of “the word of the
Lord.”
2.
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, “to,” and No. 1), is used in Mark
9:15; 10:17; Acts 8:30.¶
3.
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Mark 6:55,
RV
, “ran round about” (
KJV
, “ran through).¶
4.
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, “with”), is used (a)
literally, Mark 6:33; Acts 3:11; (b) metaphorically, 1 Pet. 4:4, of “running” a course of
evil with others.¶ In the Sept., Ps. 50:18.¶
5.
(
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OUTRUN
.
6.
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, “in”), occurs in Acts 12:14.¶
7.
$
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, “under”), is used nautically in
Acts 27:16.¶
8.
$
(
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and No. 4), occurs in Mark 9:25.¶
9.
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or
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Jude 11,
RV
(
KJV
, “ran greedily”). See
RIOTOUSLY
, Note. See
SHED
,
SPILL
.
10.
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, “to overflow,”
is rendered “running over” in Luke 6:38.¶
11.
or
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“running” a ship ashore.¶
Notes:
(1)
B
, “to set in motion, urge on,” but intransitively, “to hasten on,
rush,” is always translated “to rush” in the
RV
;
KJV
, “ran violently,” Matt. 8:32; Mark
5:13; Luke 8:33; “ran,” Acts 7:57; “rushed”, 19:29. See
RUSH
.¶
(2) In Acts 21:30,
$
, “a running together,” with
, “to become, take
place,” is translated “ran together,” lit. “a running together took place.” (3) In Matt. 9:17,
KJV
,
, “to pour out,” used in the passive voice (
RV
, “is spilled”), is translated
“runneth out.” (4) In Acts 14:14,
RV
,
, “to spring forth,” is translated “sprang