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aorist tense indicates that point of time at which there was an acceptance of the Judaistic
doctrines; to those who accepted these Christ would be of no profit, they were as
branches severed from the tree.
2.
(
$&
, 873), “to separate from,” is used of the work of the angels at
the end of this age, in “severing” the wicked from among the righteous, Matt. 13:49, a
premillennial act quite distinct from the rapture of the Church as set forth in 1 Thess. 4.
See
DIVIDE
, No. 1.
SEVERAL
(
5
, 2398), “one’s own,” is translated “several (ability),” in Matt. 25:15.
Note:
For Rev. 21:21, “the several gates,”
RV
, see
EVERY
, No. 3.
SEVERALLY
(
5
, 2398**), the dative case, feminine, of
(see above), is used
adverbially, signifying “severally,” in 1 Cor. 12:11.
Notes:
(1) In Rom. 12:5,
(
) followed by the numeral
, “one,” and
preceded by the article, signifies “severally,”
RV
(
KJV
, “every one”). Cf.
EVERY
,
Note
(1).
(2) In 1 Cor. 12:27,
RV
, the phrase
$
, lit., “out of a part” (
), is rendered
“severally” (
KJV
, “in particular”). (3) In Heb. 9:5,
RV
, the phrase
, lit.,
“according to a part,” is rendered “severally.” (4) For Eph. 5:33,
RV
, “severally,” see
EVERY
, No. 3.
SEVERITY
1.
(
&
, 663), “steepness, sharpness” ( , “off,”
, “to cut”;
, “a cutting”), is used metaphorically in Rom. 11:22 (twice) of “the severity of God,”
which lies in His temporary retributive dealings with Israel.¶ In the papyri it is used of
exacting to the full the provisions of a statute. Cf. the adverb
, “sharply” (which
see).
2.
(
&
, 857), primarily “extravagance” ( , negative,
, “to
spare”), hence, “unsparing treatment, severity,” is used in Col. 2:23,
RV
, “severity (to the
body),”
KJV
, “neglecting of” (marg., “punishing, not sparing”); here it refers to ascetic
discipline; it was often used among the Greeks of courageous exposure to hardship and
danger.¶
SEW
or
(
# 9:1
, 1976) ( , “upon,”
, “to sew or stitch”), is
used in Mark 2:21.¶
SHADOW (Noun)
1.
(
&
, 4639) is used (a) of “a shadow,” caused by the interception of light,
Mark 4:32; Acts 5:15; metaphorically of the darkness and spiritual death of ignorance,
Matt. 4:16; Luke 1:79; (b) of “the image” or “outline” cast by an object, Col. 2:17, of
ceremonies under the Law; of the tabernade and its appurtenances and offerings, Heb.
8:5; of these as appointed under the Law, Heb. 10:1.¶