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spiritual union with Christ, are spiritual “adulteresses,” having been spiritually united to
Him as wife to husband, Rom. 7:4. It is used adjectivally to describe the Jewish people in
transferring their affections from God, Matt. 12:39; 16:4; Mark 8:38. In 2 Pet. 2:14, the
lit. translation is “full of an adulteress” (
RV
, marg.).¶
3.
(
&
, 3430), “adultery,” is found in Matt. 15:19; Mark 7:21; John 8:3
(
KJV
only).¶
B. Verbs.
1.
(
1
, 3429), used in the middle voice in the NT, is said of men in
Matt. 5:32; 19:9; Mark 10:11; of women in Mark 10:12.¶
2.
$
(
"
, 3431) is used in Matt. 5:27-28, 32 (in v. 32 some texts have
No. 1); 19:18; Mark 10:19; Luke 16:18; 18:20; John 8:4; Rom. 2:22; 13:9; Jas. 2:11; in
Rev. 2:22, metaphorically, of those who are by a Jezebel’s solicitations drawn away to
idolatry.¶
ADVANCE
(
$
, 4298), lit., “to strike forward, cut forward a way,” i.e., to make
progress, is translated “advanced” in Luke 2:52,
RV
, of the Lord Jesus (
KJV
, “increased”);
in Gal. 1:14 “advanced,” of Paul’s former progress in the Jews’ religion (
KJV
, “profited”);
in Rom. 13:12, “is far spent,” of the “advanced” state of the “night” of the world’s
spiritual darkness; in 2 Tim. 2:16, “will proceed further,” of profane babblings; in 3:9,
“shall proceed no further,” of the limit divinely to be put to the doings of evil men; in v.
13, of the progress of evil men and impostors, “shall wax,” lit., “shall advance to the
worse.” See
INCREASE
,
PROCEED
,
PROFIT
,
SPENT
,
WAX
.¶
Note:
The corresponding noun
is found in Phil. 1:12 and 25, “progress” (
KJV
,
“furtherance”); 1 Tim. 4:15, “progress” (
KJV
, “profiting,” an inadequate meaning).¶
ADVANTAGE
A. Nouns.
1.
(
$
, 4053), primarily, “what is above and over, superadded,” hence
came to denote “what is superior and advantageous,” Rom. 3:1, in a comparison between
Jew and Gentile; only here with this meaning. See
ABUNDANT
, C, No. 1.
2.
(
7
, 3786), akin to
, “to increase,” comes from a root
signifying “to increase”; hence, “advantage, profit”; it is rendered as a verb in its three
occurrences, 1 Cor. 15:32 (
KJV
, “advantageth”;
RV
, “doth it profit”); Jas. 2:14, 16, lit.,
“What (is) the profit?” See
PROFIT
.¶ In the Sept., Job 15:3.¶
3.
(
8 !
, 5622), an alternative form to No. 2, akin to C, No. 1, is found
in Rom. 3:1, “profit,” and Jude 16, “advantage.” (i.e., they shew respect of persons for
the sake of what they may gain from them). See
PROFIT
.¶
: & >
, “profitable,” is used only in the Pastoral Epistles, 1 Tim. 4:8; 2
Tim. 3:16; Titus 3:8. See
PROFIT
.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
(
8 !
, 5623) signifies “to be useful, do good, profit,” Rom. 2:25; with
a negative, “to be of no use, to effect nothing,” Matt. 27:24; John 6:63, “profiteth”; 12:19,