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(
"
, 1099) (cf. Eng., “glycerine,” “glucose”), occurs in Jas. 3:11, 12 (
KJV
,
“fresh” in this verse); Rev. 10:9, 10.¶
For
SWEET SMELLING
see
SAVOR
, No. 1
SWELL, SWOLLEN
(
& $
, 4092), primarily, “to blow, to burn,” later came to denote “to
cause to swell,” and, in the middle voice, “to become swollen,” Acts 28:6.¶ In the Sept.,
Num. 5:21, 22, 27.¶
Note:
Some, connecting the word
in Acts 1:18 with
, give it the
meaning “swelling up”: see
HEADLONG
.
SWELLING
1.
$
(
&
, 5450) denotes “a pumng up, swelling with pride” (akin to
$
, “to puff up”), 2 Cor. 12:20, “swellings.”¶
2.
$
(
% !$
, 5246), an adjective denoting “of excessive weight or
size,” is used metaphorically in the sense of “immoderate,” especially of arrogant speech,
in the neuter plural, virtually as a noun, 2 Pet. 2:18; Jude 16, “great swelling words,”
doubtless with reference to gnostic phraseology.
SWERVE
(
!
, 795), “to miss the mark,” is translated “having swerved” in 1
Tim. 1:6. See
ERR
, No. 3. Moulton and Milligan illustrate the use of the verb from the
papyri, e.g., of a man in extravagant terms bewailing the loss of a pet fighting cock, “(I
am distraught, for my cock) has failed (me).”
SWIFT, SWIFTLY
1.
@$
(
A "
, 3691) denotes “swift” in Rom. 3:15. See
SHARP
.
2.
$
(
"
, 5036), “swift, speedy,” is used in Jas. 1:19.¶ Cf.
$
and
, “quickly,”
, “quickness, speed.”
3.
(
, 5031), a poetical and late form of No. 2, “of swift approach,” is
used in 2 Pet. 1:14,
RV
, “swiftly” (
KJV
, “shortly”), lit., “(the putting off of my tabernacle
is) swift,” i.e., “imminent”; in 2:1, “swift (destruction).”¶ In the Sept., Prov. 1:16; Isa.
59:7; Hab. 1:6.¶
SWIM
1.
$
(
1
, 2860), “to dive, plunge, into the sea,” hence, “to swim,”
occurs in Acts 27:43.¶ Cf.
$
, “a pool.”
2.
$
(
#
1
, 1579), “to swim out of” ( ), occurs in Acts 27:42.¶
SWINE
(
$
, 5519), “a swine,” is used in the plural, in the Synoptic Gospels only,
Matt. 7:6; 8:30, 31, 32; Mark 5:11, 13, 16; Luke 8:32, 33; Luke 15:15, 16. It does not
occur in the OT.¶
SWORD