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$
(
&
, 666), lit., “a being away from,” is used in Phil. 2:12, of the
apostle’s absence from Philippi, in contrast to his parousia, his presence with the saints
there “parousia” does not signify merely “a coming,” it includes or suggests “the
presence” which follows the arrival.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
(
/
, 548), “to be absent” ( , “from,”
, “to be”), is found in 1 Cor.
5:3; 2 Cor. 10:1, 11; 13:2, 10; Phil. 1:27; Col. 2:5. See
GO
.¶
2.
(
#
!
, 1553), lit., “to be away from people” ( , “from,” or “out of,”
, “people”), came to mean either (a) “to go abroad, depart”; the apostle Paul uses it
to speak of departing from the body as the earthly abode of the spirit, 2 Cor. 5:8; or (b)
“to be away”; in the same passage, of being here in the body and absent from the Lord (v.
6), or being absent from the body and present with the Lord (v. 8). Its other occurrence is
in v. 9.¶
C. Preposition.
(
/ $
, 817) means “without,” Luke 22:35, “without purse”; in v. 6, “in the
absence (of the multitude),” marg., “without tumult.” See
WITHOUT
.¶
ABSTAIN, ABSTINENCE
(
!
, 568), “to hold oneself from” ( , “from,”
, the middle
voice of
, “to have,” i.e., to keep oneself from), in the NT, invariably refers to evil
practices, moral and ceremonial, Acts 15:20, 29; 1 Thess. 4:3; 5:22; 1 Tim. 4:3; 1 Pet.
2:11; so in the Sept. in Job 1:1; 2:3. See
ENOUGH
,
RECEIVE
.¶
Note:
The noun “abstinence” in Acts 27:21,
KJV
, translates
, “without food,”
RV
( , negative,
, “food”). Cf.
, “fasting,” v. 33.¶
ABUNDANCE, ABUNDANT, ABUNDANTLY, ABOUND
A. Nouns.
1.
(
2 $
, 100), which, in 2 Cor. 8:20, in reference to the gifts from the
church at Corinth for poor saints in Judea, the
RV
renders “bounty” (
KJV
, “abundance”), is
derived from
, “thick, fat, full-grown, rich” (in the Sept. it is used chiefly of rich
and great men, e.g., Jer. 5:5). In regard, therefore, to the offering in 2 Cor. 8:20 the
thought is that of bountiful giving, a fat offering, not mere “abundance”.¶
2.
(
$ &
, 4050), “an exceeding measure, something above the
ordinary,” is used four times; Rom. 5:17, “of abundance of grace”; 2 Cor. 8:2, “of
abundance of joy”; 2 Cor. 10:15, of the extension of the apostle’s sphere of service
through the practical fellowship of the saints at Corinth; in Jas. 1:21 it is rendered,
metaphorically, “overflowing,”
KJV
“superfluity,” with reference to wickedness. Some
would render it “residuum,” or “what remains.” See No. 3.¶
3.
$
(
$&
, 4051) denotes “abundance” in a slightly more concrete
form, 2 Cor. 8:13-14, where it stands for the gifts in kind supplied by the saints. In Matt.
12:34 and Luke 6:45 it is used of the “abundance” of the heart; in Mark 8:8, of the broken
pieces left after feeding the multitude “that remained over” (
KJV
“that was left”). See
REMAIN
.¶ In the Sept., Eccl. 2:15.¶