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the former case, that the apostle, by his ministry of the Word of Life, would keep
unbelievers outside the kingdom of God, and admit those who believed. So with regard to
18:18, including the exercise of disciplinary measures in the sphere of the local church;
the application of the rabbinical sense of forbidding is questionable. See
BOND
,
KNIT
,
Note
,
TIE
.
2.
(
$ !
, 4019),
, “around,” with No. 1, “to bind around,” is used in
John 11:44 of the napkin around the face of Lazarus.¶ Cf. Job 12:18, Sept.
3.
$
(
% !
, 5265),
$
, “under,” with No. 1, “to bind underneath,” is used
of binding of sandals, Acts 12:8; rendered “shod” in Mark 6:9 and Eph. 6:15 See
SHOD
.¶
4.
(
!
, 2611),
, “down,” with No. 1, “to bind or tie down, or bind
up,” is used in Luke 10:34 of the act of the good Samaritan.¶
5.
$
(
!
, 4887),
$
, “together,” and No. 1, “to bind together,” implying
association, is used in Heb. 13:3 of those bound together in confinement.¶
6.
$
or
(
"
, 1195) signifies “to put in fetters or any kind of
bond,” Luke 8:29; Acts 22:4, or “to bind a burden upon a person,” Matt. 23:4. The verb is
connected with No. 1.¶
Notes:
(1) Cf.
, “a band, bond, fetter,” e.g., Luke 13:16, and
, “bound,”
Acts 25:14,
KJV
(
RV
, “a prisoner”); in Heb. 13:3, “them that are in bonds.” See
BOND
,
CHAIN
,
PRISONER
,
STRING
.
(2)
-$
(see No. 5, above), “that which binds together,” is translated “bands,”
in Col. 2:19. See
BONDS
.
7.
(
$ &
, 4385), lit., “to stretch forth” ( , “forth,”
, “to stretch”),
is used in Acts 22:25,
KJV
, “they bound”;
RV
, “they had tied (him) up,” in reference to the
preparations made for scourging, probably, to stretch the body forward, to make it tense
for severer punishment. See
TIE
.¶
BIRD (Fowl)
1.
(
7$
, 3732) is probably connected with a word signifying “to perceive,
to hear”; Rev. 18:2; 19:17, 21. See
FOWL
. Cf.
, a hen.¶
2.
(
, 4071) signifies “that which is able to fly, winged.” It is
connected with
signifying “feathered, winged,” which is used in 1 Cor. 15:39. Cf.
and
, “to fly.” In the Gospels the
RV
always translates it “birds,” e.g.,
Matt. 6:26; but “fowls” in Acts 10:12; 11:6. The
KJV
unsuitably has “fowls,” in the
Gospels, except Matt. 8:20; 13:32; Luke 9:58.
BIRTH
1.
(
!
, 1083), “a birth, begetting, producing” (related to
, “to
beget”), is used in Matt. 1:18 and Luke 1:14. Some mss. have
, “lineage, birth”
(from
, “to become”).¶