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3.
$
(
' &
, 2129) has the meaning “fair speaking, flattering speech” in Rom.
16:18,
RV
, “fair speech” (
KJV
, “fair speeches”). See
BLESSING
, C, No. 1.
4.
(
$
&
, 5542), which has a similar meaning to No. 3, occurs
with it in Rom. 16:18 [
RV
, “smooth … (speech)”]. See
SMOOTH
,
Note
.¶
Notes:
(1) For “persuasiveness of speech,” Col. 2:4,
RV
, see
PERSUASIVE
, B. (2) In
Acts 14:11 “the speech of Lycaonia” translates the adverb
6$ !
Lycaonia was a
large country in the center and south of the plateau of Asia Minor; the villages retained
the native language, but cities like Lystra probably had a Seleucid tone in their laws and
customs (Ramsay on Galatians).
SPEECHLESS
1.
(or
) (
#
, 1769), “dumb, speechless,” occurs in Acts 9:7.¶ In the
Sept., Prov. 17:28; Isa. 56:10.¶
2.
, which means either “deaf” or “dumb” (see
DEAF
), is translated
“speechless” in Luke 1:22.
Note:
For
, translated “he was speechless” in Matt. 22:12, see
MUZZLE
,
SILENCE
.
SPEED, SPEEDILY
Notes:
(1) In Acts 17:15 “with all speed” is the rendering of the phrase
, “as,”
, “most speedily” (the superlative of
$
, “speedily”), i.e., “as speedily as
possible.” (2) For “speedily,”
, in Luke 18:8, see
QUICKLY
, No. 4. (3) For “God
speed” see
GREETING
, A, No. 2.
SPEND, SPENT
1.
(
1
, 1159) denotes (a) “to expend, spend,” Mark 5:26 [for Acts
21:24 see
CHARGE
,
Note
(5)]: 2 Cor. 12:15 (1st part: for “be spent,” see No. 2); (b) “to
consume, squander,” Luke 15:14; Jas. 4:3. See
CONSUME
,
Note
.¶
2.
(
#
1
, 1550), lit., “to spend out” ( ), an intensive form of No.
1, “to spend entirely,” is used in 2 Cor. 12:15, in the passive voice, with reflexive
significance, “to spend oneself out (for others),” “will … be spent,”
RV
marg., “spent out”
(see No. 1).¶
3.
(
$
1
, 4325), “to spend besides” (
, and No. 1), is used
in Luke 10:35, “thou spendest more.”¶
4.
(
$
&
, 4321), “to spend besides,” a strengthened form of
, “to expend, consume” (see
CONSUME
, No. 1), occurs in most texts in Luke
8:43.¶
5.
(
&
, 1230), used of time, “to intervene, elapse,” is rendered
“was spent” in Acts 27:9. See
PAST
.
6.
(
$
, 4298), to cut forward a way, advance,” is translated “is far
spent,” in Rom. 13:12, said metaphorically of “the night,” the whole period of man’s
alienation from God. Though the tense is the aorist, it must not be rendered “was far