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$
(
!
, 2752), “a call, summons, shout of command” (akin to
$
, “to
command”), is used in 1 Thess. 4:16 of the “shout” with which ( , “in,” denoting the
attendant circumstances) the Lord will descend from heaven at the time of the rapture of
the saints (those who have fallen asleep, and the living) to meet Him in the air. The
“shout” is not here said to be His actual voice, though this indeed will be so (John 5:28).¶
In the Sept., Prov. 30:27, “(the locusts … at the) word of command (march in rank).”¶
B. Verb.
(
#
!
, 2019), “to call out” ( , “upon,”
, “to utter a sound”),
is translated “shouted” in Acts 12:22,
RV
(
KJV
, “gave a shout”). See
CRY
, B, No. 8.
SHOW (Noun)
(
, 3056), “a word,” is sometimes used of mere talk, the talk which one
occasions; hence, “repute, reputation”; this seems to be the meaning in Col. 2:23,
translated “a show (
KJV
‘show’) of wisdom,” i.e., “a reputation for wisdom,” rather than
“appearance, reason,” etc. See
WORD
.
Note:
In Luke 20:47,
KJV
,
, “a pretense” (
RV
), is translated “show.” See
CLOKE
(Pretense), No. 2.
SHOW (make a)
1.
(
&
, 1165), “to make a show of, expose,” is used in Col. 2:15
of Christ’s act regarding the principalities and powers, displaying them “as a victor
displays his captives or trophies in a triumphal procession” (Lightfoot). Some regard the
meaning as being that He showed the angelic beings in their true inferiority (see under
TRIUMPH
). For its other occurrence, Matt. 1:19, see
EXAMPLE
, B, No. 1.¶
2.
$
(
' $ !
, 2146) denotes “to look well, make a fair show” (
$
,
“well,”
, “a face”), and is used in Gal. 6:12, “to make a fair show (in the flesh),”
i.e., “to make a display of religious zeal.” Deissmann illustrates the metaphorical use of
this word from the papyri in
6
7
*
,
, p. 96.¶
Note:
For
,
KJV
marg. in Luke 17:20, “outward show,” see
OBSERVATION
.¶
For
SHOW
(Verb) see
SHEW
SHOWER
(
7 $
, 3655) denotes a “heavy shower, a storm of rain,” Luke 12:54.¶
For
SHRANK and SHRINK
see
DRAW
(B), No. 4
SHRINE
(
, 3485), “the inmost part of a temple, a shrine,” is used in the plural in Acts
19:24, of the silver models of the pagan “shrine” in which the image of Diana (Greek
Artemis) was preserved. The models were large or small, and were signs of wealth and
devotion on the part of purchasers. The variety of forms connected with the
embellishment of the image provided “no little business” for the silversmiths. See
TEMPLE
.
SHUDDER