condition, it admits of growth; indeed growth in ‘the grace and knowledge of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ,’ 2 Pet. 3:18, is evidence of true spirituality.”*
B. Adverb.
$
(
, 4153), “spiritually,” occurs in 1 Cor. 2:14, with the
meaning as (j) above, and Rev. 11:8, with the meaning as in (c). Some mss. have it in 1
Cor. 2:13.¶
Notes:
(1) In Rom. 8:6, the
RV
rightly renders the noun
$
“(the mind) of the
spirit,”
KJV
, “spiritual (mind).” (2) In 1 Cor. 14:12 the plural of
$
, “spirits,”
RV
,
marg., stands for “spiritual
7
” (text). (3) In 1 Pet. 2:2, the
RV
renders
“spiritual.”
SPIT
1.
$
(
"
, 4429), “to spit,” occurs in Mark 7:33; 8:23; John 9:6.¶ In the Sept.,
Num. 12:14.¶
2.
$
(
# "
, 1716), “to spit upon” ( , “in,” and No. 1), occurs in Matt. 26:67;
27:30; Mark 10:34; 14:65; 15:19; Luke 18:32.¶ In the Sept., Num. 12:14, in some texts;
Deut. 25:9.¶
SPITEFULLY (ENTREAT)
$
(
% $&
, 5195), used transitively, denotes “to outrage, treat insolently”; “to
entreat shamefully” in Matt. 22:6,
RV
(
KJV
, “spitefully”); so in Luke 18:32,
RV
; in Acts
14:5 (
KJV
, “use despitefully”); in 1 Thess. 2:2,
KJV
and
RV
; in Luke 11:45, “reproachest.”
See
DESPITEFULLY
,
ENTREAT
,
REPROACH
,
SHAMEFULLY
.¶
SPITTLE
$
(
"
, 4427), akin to
$
, “to spit,” occurs in John 9:6.¶
SPOIL (Noun and Verb), SPOILING
A. Nouns.
1.
$
(
, 4661), used in the plural, denotes “arms stripped from a foe”;
“spoils” in Luke 11:22.¶
2.
(
$ &
, 205), primarily “the top of a heap” (
, “highest,
top,” and
, “a heap”), hence “firstfruit offerings,” and in war “the choicest spoils,
Heb. 7:4.¶
3.
(
2$ )
, 724), “pillage,” is rendered “spoiling” in Heb. 10:34. See
EXTORT
, B, No. 1.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
$ 1
, 1283), “to plunder,” is found in Matt. 12:29, 2nd part (the 1st
has
, in the best texts), lit., “(then) he will completely ( , intensive) spoil (his
house)”; Mark 3:27 (twice).¶
* From
Notes on Galatians,
by Hogg and Vine, pp. 308- 319.