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persevere,” Matt. 10:22; 24:13; Mark 13:13; in each of which latter it is used with the
phrase “unto the end”; or “to endure bravely and trustfully,” e.g., Heb. 12:2-3, 7,
suggesting endurance under what would be burdensome. See also Jas. 1:12; 5:11; 1 Pet.
2:20. Cf.,
$
, “to be longsuffering.” See
ENDURE
,
SUFFER
,
TAKE
,
Notes
(12),
TARRY
.
6.
(
$ !
, 4357), “to abide still longer, continue with” (
, “with”) is
used (a) of place, Matt. 15:32; Mark 8:2; Acts 18:18; 1 Tim. 1:3; (b) metaphorically, “of
cleaving unto a person,” Acts 11:23, indicating persistent loyalty; of continuing in a
thing, Acts 13:43; 1 Tim. 5:5. See
CLEAVE
,
CONTINUE
,
TARRY
.¶ In the Sept., Judg. 3:25.¶
7.
(
$&
, 1304), lit., “to wear through by rubbing, to wear away” ( ,
“through,”
, “to rub”), when used of time, “to spend or pass time, to stay,” is found
twice in John’s gospel, 3:22 and 11:54,
RV
“tarried,” instead of “continued”; elsewhere
only in the Acts, eight times, 12:19; 14:3, 28; 15:35; 16:12; 20:6; 25:6, 14. See
CONTINUE
,
TARRY
.¶
8.
(
$!
, 390), used once in the sense of “abiding,” Matt. 17:22,
frequently denotes “to behave oneself, to live a certain manner of life”; here the most
reliable mss. have
$
, “to travel about.” See
BEHAVE
,
CONVERSATION
,
LIVE
,
OVERTHROW PASS
,
RETURN
.
9.
$
(
' &
, 835), “to lodge,” originally “to lodge in the
$
, or
courtyard,” is said of shepherds and flocks; hence, to pass the night in the open air, as did
the Lord, Luke 21:37; “to lodge in a house,” as of His visit to Bethany, Matt. 21:17.¶
10.
$
(
$ !
, 63), “to lodge in a fold in a field” (
, “a field,”
$
, “a
fold”), is used in Luke 2:8.¶ See
LODGE
.
11.
(
(
, 2476), “to stand, to make to stand,” is rendered “abode” in John
8:44,
KJV
; “continue,” in Acts 26:22. In these places the
RV
corrects to “stood” and
“stand.” This word is suggestive of fidelity and stability. It is rendered “lay … to the
charge” in Acts 7:60. See
APPOINT
,
CHARGE
,
ESTABLISH
,
HOLDEN
,
PRESENT
,
SET
,
STANCH
,
STAND
.
12.
(
!
, 4160), “to do, make,” is used of spending a time or tarrying, in a
place, Acts 15:33; 20:3; in 2 Cor. 11:25 it is rendered “I have been (a night and a day)”; a
preferable translation is “I have spent,” as in Jas. 4:13, “spend a year” (
RV
). So in Matt.
20:12. Cf., the English idiom “did one hour”; in Rev. 13:5 “continue” is perhaps the best
rendering. See
DO
.
B. Noun.
(
)
, 3438), “an abode” (akin to No. 1), is found in John 14:2, “mansions”
(
RV
marg., “abiding places”), and 14:23, “abode.”¶
ABILITY, ABLE
A. Nouns.
1.
$
(
"
, 1411) is (a) “power, ability,” physical or moral, as residing in a
person or thing; (b) “power in action,” as, e.g., when put forth in performing miracles. It
occurs 118 times in the NT. It is sometimes used of the miracle or sign itself, the effect