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Once the word represents that which is borne to a lord, a “tribute”: “Also some of the
Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver …” (2 Chron. 17:11).
In Ezek. 24:25
bears a unique meaning: “Will it not be on the day when I take
from them their stronghold, the joy of their pride, the desire of their eyes, and their
heart’s delight [or, the longing of their soul], their sons and their daughters … (
NASB
).
(
5
, 4853), “utterance; oracle.” This noun, closely related to the above
noun, is used 21 times.
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means “utterance” or “oracle”: “For remember, when you
and I rode side by side behind Ahab his father, how the Lord uttered this oracle against
him” (2 Kings 9:25,
RSV
). In Jer. 23:33-38 the word appears to connote both a burden and
an oracle.
TO LOOK
(
+
, 5027), “to look, regard, behold.” This verb is found in both ancient and
modern Hebrew. It occurs approximately 70 times in the Old Testament. The first use of
this term is in Gen. 15:5, where it is used in the sense of “take a good look,” as God
commands Abraham: “Look now toward heaven, and [number] the stars.…”
While
is commonly used of physical “looking” (Exod. 3:6), the word is
frequently used in a figurative sense to mean a spiritual and inner apprehension. Thus,
Samuel is told by God: “Look not on his countenance …” (1 Sam. 16:7) as he searched
for a king among Jesse’s sons. The sense of “consider” (with insight) is expressed in Isa.
51:1-2: “… Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn.… Look unto Abraham your
father.…” “Pay attention to” seems to be the meaning in Isa. 5:12: “… they regard not the
work of the Lord.…”
LOOSE CONDUCT
A. Noun.
(
1
, 2154), “loose conduct; lewdness.” The 28 occurrences of this noun
are all in legal and poetical books of the Bible, except for a single occurrence in Judges.
This noun signifies “loose or infamous conduct” and is used most often with regard to
illicit sexual conduct: “Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her
daughter, … or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near
kinswomen: it is wickedness” (Lev. 18:17—the first occurrence). Rejection of God’s law
or spiritual adultery may be represented by
(Ps. 119:150; cf. Ezek. 16:12-28). A
plan or scheme identified by the word is, therefore, a “harlotrous” plan (Ps. 26:10).
(
1
, 4209), “purpose; evil device; evil thoughts; discretion.” This
noun occurs 19 times. The word means “purpose” in Job 42:2: “I know that thou canst do
all things, and that no purpose of time can be thwarted” (
RSV
).
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refers to “evil
device” in Jer. 11:15: “What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath
wrought lewdness with many.…” In Job 21:27 the word is used to mean “evil thoughts,”
and in Prov. 1:4 the word is used for “discretion.”
B. Verb.
(
, 2161), “to ponder, to cogitate.” The noun
is derived from
this verb that occurs 13 times. In Zech. 8:14-15 the word appears to carry the sense of “to
ponder”: “For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers