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1.
(
# &$
, 1453) is used, (a) in the active voice, of “arousing a person from
sleep” in Matt. 8:25 of the act of the disciples in awaking the Lord; in Acts 12:7, of the
awaking of Peter,
RV
, “awake him”; (b) in the passive voice, with a middle significance,
of the virgins, in “arousing themselves” from their slumber, Matt. 25:7; in Rom. 13:11,
and Eph. 5:14, metaphorically, “of awaking from a state of moral sloth. See
ARISE
,
LIFT
,
RAISE
,
REAR
,
RISE
,
STAND
,
TAKE
.
2.
(
&$
, 1326), is used of “awaking from natural sleep,” Matt. 1:24;
Mark 4:38; of the act of the disciples in “awaking” the Lord, Luke 8:24 (cf.
, in
Matt. 8:25); metaphorically, “of arousing the mind,” 2 Pet. 1:13; 3:1. See
ARISE
,
RAISE
,
STIR UP
.
3.
(
#
)
, 1594), primarily, “to return to one’s sense from drunkenness, to
become sober,” is so used in the Sept., e.g., Gen. 9:24; metaphorically, in Joel 1:5; Hab.
2:7; lit., in 2:19, of the words of an idolater to an image; in the NT in 1 Cor. 15:34,
“Awake up righteously and sin not” (
RV
), suggesting a return to soberness of mind from
the stupor consequent upon the influence of evil doctrine.¶
4.
@$
(
#
&
, 1852), from , “out of,” and
$
, “sleep,” “to rouse a
person out of sleep,” is used metaphorically, in John 11:11.¶
5.
(
$ $!
, 1235),
, intensive,
, “to watch,” is used in
Luke 9:32,
RV
, “were fully awake.”
KJV
“were awake.”¶
For
AWARE
see
KNOW
, A, No. 1, end of 1st par.
AWAY
Note:
This word is to be taken in connection with various verbs. The verb
, “to
seize, to lift up, take away,” is translated “away with,” in Luke 23:18; John 19:15; Acts
21:36; 22:22, implying a forcible removal for the purpose of putting to death. See
BEAR
,
No. 9.
AWE
(
!
, 5399d), “awe,” is so rendered in Heb. 12:28,
RV
; the previous word
“reverence” represents the inferior reading
(see
SHAMEFASTNESS
).
AXE
@
(
&
, 513), “an axe,” akin to
$
, “to break,” is found in Matt. 3:10, and
Luke 3:9.¶
B
BABBLER, BABBLINGS
1.
(
$
, 4691), “a babbler,” is used in Acts 17:18. Primarily an
adjective, it came to be used as a noun signifying a crow, or some other bird, picking up