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“hath made us sufficient”; in Col. 1:12, “hath made (us) meet.” See
ENOUGH
,
SUFFICIENT
.¶
C. Adjectives.
1.
$
(
, 1415), corresponding to A, No. 1, signifies “powerful.” See,
e.g., Rom. 4:21; 9:22; 11:23; 12:18; 15:1; 1 Cor. 1:26; 2 Cor. 9:8. See
MIGHTY
,
POSSIBLE
,
POWER
,
STRONG
.
2.
(
,
, 2425), translated “able,” is to be distinguished from
$
While
$
means “possessing power,”
, primarily, “reaching to,” has
accordingly the meaning “sufficient.” When said of things it signifies “enough,” e.g.,
Luke 22:38; when said of persons, it means “competent,” “worthy,” e.g., 2 Cor. 2:6, 16;
3:5; 2 Tim. 2:2. See
CONTENT
,
ENOUGH
,
GOOD
,
GREAT
,
LARGE
,
LONG
,
MANY
,
MEET
,
MUCH
,
SECURITY
,
SUFFICIENT
,
WORTHY
.
: &
9
$
denotes “strong, mighty”; in an active sense, “mighty,” in having
inherent and moral power, e.g., Matt. 12:29; 1 Cor. 4:10; Heb.6:18.
ABOARD
(
# &
, 1910), “to go upon” ( , “upon,”
, “to go”), is once
translated “we went aboard,” Acts 21:2, the single verb being short for “going aboard
ship.” In v. 6 it is rendered “we went on board”, in 27:2 “embarking”; in Matt. 21:5,
“riding upon.” See
COME
, No. 16.
ABOLISH
(
$ !
, 2673), lit., “to reduce to inactivity” (
, “down,”
,
“inactive”), is translated “abolish” in Eph. 2:15 and 2 Tim. 1:10, in the
RV
only in 1 Cor.
15:24, 26. It is rendered “is abolished” in the
KJV
of 2 Cor. 3:13, the
RV
corrects to “was
passing away” (marg., “was being done away”). In this and similar words not loss of
being is implied, but loss of well being.
The barren tree was cumbering the ground, making it useless for the purpose of its
existence, Luke 13:7, the unbelief of the Jews could not “make of none effect” the
faithfulness of God, Rom. 3:3; the preaching of the gospel could not “make of none
effect” the moral enactments of the Law, 3:31; the Law could not make the promise of
“none effect,” 4:14; Gal. 3:17; the effect of the identification of the believer with Christ
in His death is to render inactive his body in regard to sin, Rom. 6:6; the death of a
woman’s first husband discharges her from the law of the husband, that is, it makes void
her status as his wife in the eyes of the law, 7:2; in that sense the believer has been
discharged from the Law, 7:6; God has chosen things that are not “to bring to nought
things that are,” i.e., to render them useless for practical purposes, 1 Cor. 1:28; the
princes of this world are “brought to nought,” i.e., their wisdom becomes ineffective, 2:6;
the use for which the human stomach exists ceases with man’s death, 6:13; knowledge,
prophesyings, and that which was in part were to be “done away,” 1 Cor. 13:8, 10, i.e.,
they were to be rendered of no effect after their temporary use was fulfilled; when the
apostle became a man he did away with the ways of a child, v. 11; God is going to
abolish all rule and authority and power, i.e., He is going to render them inactive, 1 Cor.
15:24; the last enemy that shall be abolished, or reduced to inactivity, is death, v. 26; the
glory shining in the face of Moses, “was passing away,” 2 Cor. 3:7, the transitoriness of
its character being of a special significance; so in vv. 11, 13; the veil upon the heart of