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(
, “a seat”), is translated “settled” (
RV
, “steadfast”). (3) For
$
see
DETERMINE
,
No. 4.
SEVEN
(
= 1
, 2033), whence Eng. words beginning with “hept”—,corresponds to the
Heb.
(which is akin to
, signifying “to be full, abundant”), sometimes used as
an expression of fullness, e.g., Ruth 4:15: it generally expresses completeness, and is
used most frequently in the Apocalypse; it is not found in the Gospel of John, nor
between the Acts and the Apocalypse, except in Heb. 11:30 (in Rom. 11:4 the numeral is
, “seven thousand”); in Matt. 22:26 it is translated “seventh” (marg.,
“seven”).
Note:
In 2 Pet. 2:5,
RV
, “Noah with seven others” is a translation into idiomatic
English of the Greek idiom “Noah the eighth
” (so
KJV
, translating literally). See
EIGHTH
.
SEVENTH
(
M
, 1442) occurs in John 4:52; Heb. 4:4 (twice); Jude 14; Rev. 8:1;
10:7; 11:15; 16:17; 21:20.¶
SEVEN TIMES
(
=
&
, 2034) occurs in Matt. 18:21, 22; Luke 17:4 (twice).¶
SEVENTY
(
= )
, 1440) occurs in Luke 10:1, 17; in Acts 7:14 it
precedes
, “five,” lit., “seventy-five,” rendered “threescore and fifteen”; for the
details see
FIFTEEN
,
Note
(1); in 23:23 it is translated “threescore and ten”; in 27:37 it
precedes
@
, “six,” lit., “seventy-six,” rendered “threescore and sixteen.”¶
SEVENTY TIMES
(
=
&
, 1441) occurs in Matt. 18:22, where it is
followed by
, “seven,” “seventy times seven”;
RV
marg. has “seventy times and
seven,” which many have regarded as the meaning; cf. Gen. 4:24 (Winer, in Winer-
Moulton,
5 !
, p. 314, remarks that while this would be the strict meaning, it “would
not suit the passage”; his translator, W. F. Moulton, in a footnote, expresses the opinion
that it would. So also J. H. Moulton,
8 !
, p. 98, says: “A definite
$
to the Genesis
story is highly probable: Jesus pointedly sets against the natural man’s craving for
seventy-sevenfold revenge the spiritual man’s ambition to exercise the privilege of
seventy-sevenfold forgiveness”).
The Lord’s reply “until seventy times seven” was indicative of completeness, the
absence of any limit, and was designed to turn away Peter’s mind from a merely
numerical standard. God’s forgiveness is limitless; so should man’s be.¶
SEVER
1.
(
$ !
, 2673), lit., “to reduce to inactivity” (see
ABOLISH
, where all
the occurences are given), is rendered “ye are severed (from Christ)” in Gal. 5:4,
RV
; the