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1.
$
(
!
, 4912), “to hold together, constrain,” is translated “I am in a
strait” in Phil. 1:23 (passive voice), i.e., being restricted on both sides, under a pressure
which prevents a definite choice; so in Luke 12:50, “(how) am I straitened,” i.e., pressed
in. See
CONSTRAIN
, A, No. 3.
2.
(
$!
, 4729), “to be pressed for room” (
, “narrow,”
, “a space”), is rendered “to be straitened” in 2 Cor. 4:8,
RV
(
KJV
, “distressed”);
6:12 (twice). See
ANGUISH
, B, No. 1.¶
3.
(
&
, 2346), for which see
AFFLICT
, No. 4, is used in the perfect participle
passive of “a narrowed way,” in Matt. 7:14,
RV
, “straitened,”
KJV
, “narrow,” of the way
“that leadeth unto life,” i.e., hemmed in like a narrow gorge between rocks.
STRAITEST
(
$ !
, 196), the superlative degree of
, “accurate, exact”
(cf.
, see
ACCURATELY
and associated words there), occurs in Acts 26:5, “the
straitest (sect),”
RV
(
KJV
, “most straitest”).¶
STRAITLY
Notes:
(1) For
,
KJV
, “straitly” in Mark 3:12; 5:43, see
MUCH
(
RV
). (2) In Acts
4:17 some mss. have
, “a threat,” with
(middle voice), lit., “let us threaten
them with a threat,”
KJV
, “let us straitly threaten”; the best texts omit the noun (so
RV
).
Moulton and Milligan (
F !
), arguing for the presence of the noun, consider that it
“clearly refiects the literal rendering of a Semitic original reported to Luke from an eye-
witness—was it Paul?” (3) A similar construction,
with the noun
,
occurs in Acts 5:28, “we straitly charged you,” lit., “we charged you with a charge.” See
CHARGE
, A, No. 6. (4) For
,
KJV
, “charge straitly” (
RV
, “strictly”) in Matt.
9:30; Mark 1:43, see
CHARGE
, C, No. 4.
For
STRAKE,
Acts 27:17
,
KJV
(
RV
, “lowered”), see
LET
DOWN, No. 2.
STRANGE
A. Adjectives.
1.
@
(
!
, 3581) denotes (a) “foreign, alien,” Acts 17:18, of gods; Heb. 13:9, of
doctrines; (b) “unusual,” 1 Pet. 4:12, 2nd part, of the fiery trial of persecution (for 1st
part, see B). See
STRANGER
.
2.
(
$
, 245) denotes (a) “belonging to another” (
), see
MAN
’S,
Note
(1); (b) “alien, foreign, strange,” Acts 7:6; Heb. 11:9,
KJV
,
RV
, “(a land) not his
own.” See
ALIEN
,
STRANGER
.
3.
@
(
$1
, 3861), “contrary to received opinion” (
, “beside,”
@
, “opinion”; Eng. “paradox,” "-ical”), is rendered “strange things” in Luke 5:26.¶
4.
@
(
# $
)
, 1845), outside, is rendered “strange” in Acts 26:11,
KJV
: see
FOREIGN
.