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2.
(
$
, 3026) denotes “foolish talk, nonsense,” Luke 24:11,
RV
, “idle talk”
(
KJV
, “idle tales”).¶
B. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 2980), “to speak, say,” is always translated “to speak” in the
RV
,
where the
KJV
renders it by “to talk,” Matt. 12:46; Mark 6:50; Luke 24:32; John 4:27
(twice); 9:37; 14:30; Acts 26:31; Rev. 4:1; 17:1; 21:9, 15. The
RV
rendering is preferable;
the idea of “chat” or “chatter” is entirely foreign to the NT, and should never be regarded
as the meaning in 1 Cor. 14:34, 35. See
COMMUNE
,
:
SAY
, No. 1,
:
and No. 2,
SPEAK
.
2.
$
(
!
, 4814), “to speak with” (
$
), is translated “to talk with,” Matt.
17:3; Mark 9:4; Luke 9:30. See
CONFER
, No. 2.
3.
(
3 !
, 3656), “to be in company with, consort with” (
, “a
throng”;
, “company”), hence, “to converse with,” is rendered “to talk with,” Acts
20:11. See
COMMUNE
, No. 2.
4.
$
(
!
, 4926), “to converse, talk with,” occurs in Acts 10:27.¶
TALKERS (vain)
(
, 3151), an adjective denoting “talking idly” (
,
“vain, idle,”
, “to speak”), is used as a noun (plural) in Titus 1:10.¶
TALKING (vain, foolish)
1.
(
&
, 3150), a noun corresponding to the above, is used in 1
Tim. 1:6,
RV
, “vain talking” (
KJV
, “vain jangling”).¶
2.
(
$ &
, 3473), from
, “foolish, dull, stupid,” and
, is
used in Eph. 5:4; it denotes more than mere idle “talk.” Trench describes it as “that ‘talk
of fools’ which is foolishness and sin together” (
- !
Sec. xxxiv).¶
TAME
(
1
, 1150), “to subdue, tame,” is used (a) naturally in Mark 5:4 and Jas.
3:7 (twice); (b) metaphorically, of the tongue, in Jas. 3:8.¶ In the Sept., Dan. 2:40.¶
TANNER
$ $
(
$ "
, 1038), “a tanner” (from
$
, “a hide”), occurs in Acts 9:43; 10:6,
32.¶
For
TARE
(Verb) see
TEAR
TARES
(
1
, 2215) is a kind of darnel, the commonest of the four species,
being the bearded, growing in the grain fields, as tall as wheat and barley, and resembling
wheat in appearance. It was credited among the Jews with being degenerate wheat. The
rabbis called it “bastard.” The seeds are poisonous to man and herbivorous animals,
producing sleepiness, nausea, convulsions and even death (they are harmless to poultry).
The plants can be separated out, but the custom, as in the parable, is to leave the cleaning
out till near the time of harvest, Matt. 13:25-27, 29, 30, 36, 38, 40.¶ The Lord describes