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spent,” as if it referred, e.g., to Christ’s first advent. The aorist is here perfective. See
ADVANCE
.
7.
(
&
, 2827), “to lean, decline,” is said of the decline of day in Luke 24:29,
“is (now) far spent,” lit., “has declined.” See
BOW
(Verb).
8.
(
&
, 1096), “to become, occur,” is rendered “was far spent” in Mark
6:35, lit., “much hour (i.e., many an hour) having taken place.”
9.
(
!
, 4160), “to do,” is translated “have spent (
$
one hour),” in Matt.
20:12,
RV
(
KJV
, “have wrought”) lit., as in the Eng. idiom, “have done one hour”; so in
Acts 20:3,
RV
, “when he had spent (lit., ‘had done’) three months” (
KJV
, “abode”).
10.
$
(
'
$!
, 2119), “to have leisure or devote one’s leisure to,” is
translated “spent their time,” in Acts 17:21. See
LEISURE
.
11.
(
$
$ !
, 5551), “to spend time” (
, “time,”
, “to
rub, to wear out”), occurs in Acts 20:16.¶
: &
8 $
, much, is rendered “far spent” twice in Mark 6:35,
RV
.
SPEW (
KJV
, SPUE)
(
# !
, 1692), “to vomit” (cf. Eng., “emetic”), is used in Rev. 3:16, figuratively
of the Lord’s utter abhorrence of the condition of the church at Laodicea.¶ In the Sept.,
Isa. 19:14.¶
SPICE(S)
1.
(
/$
, 759), “spice,” occurs in Mark 16:1,
RV
“spices” (
KJV
, “sweet
spice”); Luke 23:56; 24:1; John 19:40.¶ A papyrus document has it in a list of articles for
a sacrifice.
2.
(
0
, 298a),
$
, probably a word of Semitic origin, a
fragrant plant of India, is translated “spice” in Rev. 18:13,
RV
(
KJV
, “odors”).¶
SPIKENARD
(
1$
, 3487), is derived, through the Semitic languages (Heb.
, Syriac
), from the Sanskrit
, “a fragrant oil,” procured from the stem of an Indian
plant. The Arabs call it the “Indian spike.” The adjective
is attached to it in the
NT, Mark 14:3; John 12:3;
, if taken as an ordinary Greek word, would signify
“genuine.” There is evidence, however, that it was regarded as a technical term. It has
been suggested that the original reading was
, i.e., the
8
$
,
which grows in Cyprus, Syria, Palestine, etc., and yields a resin of very fragrant odor, and
in such inconsiderable quantities as to be very costly. “Nard was frequently mixed with
aromatic ingredients … so when scented with the fragrant resin of the
it would
quite well be called
” (E. N. Bennett, in the
)
2 (
for 1890,
Vol. iv, p. 319). The oil used for the anointing of the Lord’s head was worth about L/12,
and must have been of the most valuable kind.¶ In the Sept., Song of Sol. 1:12; 4:13, 14.¶
SPILL