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“to work,” it forms a
. This may be produced in a free rendering: “some who
are not busied in their own business, but are overbusied in that of others.Ӧ
B. Adjective.
(
$& $
, 4021), akin to A, denoting “taken up with trifles,” is used of
magic arts in Acts 19:19; “busybodies” in 1 Tim. 5:13, i.e., meddling in other persons’
affairs. See
CURIOUS
.¶
C. Noun.
(
$ &
, 244), from
, “belonging to another
person,” and
, “an overseer,” translated “busybody” in the
KJV
of 1 Pet. 4:15,
“meddler,”
RV
, was a legal term for a charge brought against Christians as being hostile
to civilized society, their purpose being to make Gentiles conform to Christian standards.
Some explain it as a pryer into others’ affairs. See
MEDDLER
.¶
BUY, BOUGHT
1.
(
$1
, 59), primarily, “to frequent the market-place,” the
, hence
“to do business there, to buy or sell,” is used lit., e.g., in Matt. 14:15. Figuratively Christ
is spoken of as having bought His redeemed, making them His property at the price of
His blood (i.e., His death through the shedding of His blood in expiation for their sins), 1
Cor. 6:20; 7:23; 2 Pet. 2:1; see also Rev. 5:9; 14:3-4 (not as
KJV
, “redeemed”).
*
does not mean “to redeem.” See
REDEEM
.
2.
(
8
!
, 5608), “to buy, in contradistinction to selling,” is used in Acts
7:16, of the purchase by Abraham of a burying place.¶
Note:
In Jas. 4:13 (
KJV
) the verb
$
(Eng., “emporium”) is rendered “buy
and sell.” Its meaning is to trade, traffic,
RV
. It primarily denotes to travel, to go on a
journey, then, to do so for traffic purposes; hence to trade; in 2 Pet. 2:3, “make
merchandise of.” See
MERCHANDISE
.¶
For
BY
See
Note
†
, p. 1
Note:
The phrase “by and by” in the
KJV
is in several places misleading. The three
words
@ $
, Mark 6:25,
$
$
, Matt. 13:21, and
$
, Luke 17:7; 21:9, mean
“straightway,” “immediately.” See under these words.
C
CAGE
$
(
)
, 5438), from
$
, “to guard,” denotes (a) “a watching,
keeping watch,” Luke 2:8; (b) “persons keeping watch, a guard,” Acts 12:10; (c) “a
period during which watch is kept,” e.g., Matt. 24:43; (d) “a prison, a hold.” In Rev. 18:2,