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3.
(
#
&
, 1993), “to stop the mouth,” Titus 1, see
MOUTH
, B.¶
STORE (Verb)
1.
$
(
$&
, 2343), “to lay up, store up,” is rendered “in store” (lit.,
“storing”), with a view to help a special case of need, 1 Cor. 16:2; said of the heavens and
earth in 2 Pet. 3:7,
RV
, “have been stored up (for fire),” marg., “stored (with fire),”
KJV
,
“kept in store (reserved unto fire).” See
LAY
, No. 17,
TREASURE
.
2.
$
(
$&
, 597), “to treasure up, store away” ( ), is used in
1 Tim. 6:19, of “laying up in store” a good foundation for the hereafter by being rich in
good works.¶
For
STOREHOUSE, STORECHAMBER,
see
CHAMBER
STORM
(
, 2978), “a hurricane, whirlwind,” is rendered “storm” in Mark 4:37;
Luke 8:23; 2 Pet. 2:17,
RV
(
KJV
, “tempest”). See
TEMPEST
.¶
STORY
(
$&
, 5152), an adjective denoting “of three stories” (
, “three,”
, “a roof”), occurs in Acts 20:9 (with
, “a dwelling,” understood),
RV
, “the
third story” (
KJV
, “the third loft”).¶
STRAIGHT
A. Adjectives.
1.
$
$
(
' "
, 2117), “direct, straight, right,” is translated “straight,” figuratively,
of the paths of the Lord, Matt. 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4; in v. 5 of the rectification of the
crooked, with reference to moral transformation; in Acts 9:11, the name of a street in
Damascus, still one of the principal thoroughfares. See
RIGHT
.
2.
(
A$
, 3717), used of height, denotes “upright,” Acts 14:10; of line of
direction, figuratively, said of paths of righteousness, Heb. 12:13.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
$
$
(
' "
, 2116), akin to A, No. 1, is used of the directing of a ship by the
steersman, Jas. 3:4 (see
GOVERNOR
, B,
Note
); metaphorically, of making “straight” the
way of the Lord, John 1:23.¶
2.
(
$
, 461), “to set up, make straight”: see
LIFT
, No. 6.
For
STRAIGHT COURSE,
see
COURSE
, B,
Note
(1)
For
STRAIGHTWAY
see
FORTHWITH
, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and
IMMEDIATELY
, No.
1
STRAIN OUT
$
(
&
, 1368), primarily denotes “to strain thoroughly” ( , “through,”
intensive,
$
, “to strain”), then, “to strain out,” as through a sieve or strainer, as in the
case of wine, so as to remove the unclean midge, Matt. 23:24,
RV
(
KJV
, “strain at”).¶ In
the Sept., Amos 6:6.¶
For the Adjective
STRAIT
see
NARROW
STRAIT (be in a), STRAITENED