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Note:
For “showing,” Rom. 3:25, 26,
RV
, see
DECLARE
, B.
SHIELD
$
(
$
, 2375) formerly meant “a stone for closing the entrance of a cave”;
then, “a shield,” large and oblong, protecting every part of the soldier; the word is used
metaphorically of faith, Eph. 6:16, which the believer is to take up “in ( in the original)
all” (all that has just been mentioned), i.e., as affecting the whole of his activities.¶
SHINE, SHINING
A. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 5316), “to cause to appear,” denotes, in the active voice, “to give
light, shine,” John 1:5; 5:35; in Matt. 24:27, passive voice; so Phil. 2:15,
RV
, “ye are
seen” (for
KJV
, “ye shine”); 2 Pet. 1:19 (active); so 1 John 2:8, Rev. 1:16; in 8:12 and
18:23 (passive); 21:23 (active). See
APPEAR
.
2.
(
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, 2014), “to shine upon” ( , “upon,” and No. 1), is so
translated in Luke 1:79,
RV
(
KJV
, “to give light”). See
APPEAR
, No. 2.
3.
(
1
, 2989), “to shine as a torch,” occurs in Matt. 5:15, 16, 17:2; Luke
17:24; Acts 12:7; 2 Cor. 4:6 (twice).¶: see
LIGHT
, B, No. 3.
4.
(
&
, 4744), “to shine, glisten,” is used in Mark 9:3 of the garments of
Christ at His transfiguration,
RV
, “glistering”
KJV
, “shining.”¶ Cf.
@
, “dazzling,”
in Luke 9:29,
RV
.
5.
(
#
1
, 1584), “to shine forth” ( , “out” and No. 3), is used in Matt.
13:43, of the future shining “forth” of the righteous “in the Kingdom of their Father.”¶
6.
(
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, 4034), “to shine around” ( , “around,” and No. 3), is
used in Luke 2:9, “shone round about,” of the glory of the Lord; so in Acts 26:13, of the
light from Heaven upon Saul of Tarsus.¶
7.
(
$ $1
, 4015), “to flash around, shine round about” ( , and
, “shining brightness”), is used in Acts 9:3 and 22:6 of the same circumstance as
in 26:13 (No. 6).¶
8.
$
or
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(
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, 2017), “to shine forth,” is used figuratively of
Christ upon the slumbering believer who awakes and arises from among the dead, Eph.
5:14,
RV
, “shall shine upon thee” (
KJV
, “shall give thee light”).¶
B. Noun.
(
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, 796), denotes (a) “lightning,” (b) “bright shining,” of a lamp, Luke
11:36. See
LIGHTNING
. Cf. No. 7, above, and
Note
(1) below.
Notes:
(1) In Luke 24:4,
KJV
,
, “to lighten,” is translated “shining” (
RV
,
“dazzling”). (2) In 2 Cor. 4:4,
KJV
,
$
, “to shine forth,” is translated “shine” (
RV
,
“dawn”).¶
SHIP, SHIPPING