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(
$ )
, 2692), “an overthrow,” 2 Pet. 2:6 (Eng. “catastrophe”), is
rendered “subverting” in 2 Tim. 2:14. See
OVERTHROW
.¶
For
SUCCEED,
Acts 24:27
,
RV
, see
ROOM
,
Note
(2)
For
SUCCOR
see
HELP
, B, No. 4
SUCCORER
(
$ 1
, 4368), a feminine form of
, denotes “a protectress,
patroness”; it is used metaphorically of Phoebe in Rom. 16:2. It is a word of dignity,
evidently chosen instead of others which might have been used (see, e.g., under
HELPER
),
and indicates the high esteem with which she was regarded, as one who had been a
protectress of many.
8
was the title of a citizen in Athens, who had the
responsibility of seeing to the welfare of resident aliens who were without civic rights.
Among the Jews it signified a wealthy patron of the community.¶
For
SUCH
see
†
, p. 1
SUCH AS
Notes:
(1) In Acts 2:47,
KJV
, the article with the present participle, passive, of
,
“to save,” lit., “the (ones), i.e., those, being saved,” is translated “such as (should be
saved)”; the
RV
, “those that (were being saved),” gives the correct meaning, marking the
kind of persons who were added to the company; (2) “such as” is a rendering of certain
relative pronouns:
, “what sort of,” e.g., Matt. 24:21; 2 Cor. 12:20 (twice); Rev.
16:18;
, “whoever,” e.g., Mark 4:20;
, “of what sort,” preceded by
$
,
“of such a sort,” Acts 26:29; (3)
, Matt. 26:18, denotes “such a one” (whom one
cannot, or will not, name).¶ (4) In Heb. 13:5, “such things as ye have” represents the
phrase
, “the (things) present” (present participle of
); (5) in Luke
11:41,
,
KJV
, “such things as ye have,” lit., “the (things) within” (
, “to be
in”),
RV
, “those things which are within” (
KJV
marg., “as you are able,”
RV
, marg., “ye
can”), perhaps signifying not outward things such as lustrations, but “what things ye have
within your cups and platters,” i.e., “your possessions.”
SUCK (GIVE SUCK), SUCKLING
(
1
, 2337), from
, “a breast,” is used (a) of the mother, “to suckle,”
Matt. 24:19; Mark 13:17; Luke 21:23; in some texts in 23:29 (the best have
); (b)
of the young, “to suck,” Matt. 21:16, “sucklings”; Luke 11:27.¶
SUDDEN, SUDDENLY
A. Adjective.
(
*
&
, 160), “sudden,” occurs in 1 Thess. 5:3, where it has the place
of emphasis at the beginning of the sentence, as
, “destruction,” which the
adjective qualifies, has at the end; in Luke 21:34, it is used adverbially,
RV
, “suddenly”
(
KJV
, “unawares”). See
UNAWARES
.¶
†
Indicates that the word referred to (preposition, conjunction, or particle) is not dealt
with in this volume.