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CLEAR, CLEARING, CLEARLY
A. Verb.
$
(
$
&
, 2929), “to shine like crystal, to be of crystalline brightness,
or transparency,” is found in Rev. 21:11, “clear as crystal.” The verb may, however, have
a transitive force, signifying “to crystallize or cause to become like crystal.” In that case
it would speak of Christ (since He is the “Lightgiver,” see the preceding part of the
verse), as the One who causes the saints to shine in His own likeness.¶
B. Adjective.
(
$
, 2986) is said of crystal, Rev. 22:1,
KJV
, clear,
RV
, bright. See
BRIGHT
,
GAY
,
GOODLY
,
GORGEOUS
,
WHITE
.
Note:
The corresponding adverb
signifies “sumptuously.”
C. Adverb.
$
(
, 5081), from
, “afar,” and
$
, “radiance,” signifies
“conspicuously, or clearly,” Mark 8:25, of the sight imparted by Christ to one who had
been blind.¶ Some mss. have
$
, “clearly” (
, “clear”).
Notes:
(1) In 2 Cor. 7:11,
KJV
,
is rendered “clear.” See
PURE
. (2) In Rev.
21:18,
, (“pure,”
RV
) is rendered “clear,” in the
KJV
. SEE CLEAN. (3)
*
(Eng., apology), “a defense against an accusation,” signifies, in 2 Cor. 7:11, a clearing of
oneself (4) For
, “to see clearly,” Matt. 7:5; Luke 6:42, and
, ditto,
Rom. 1:20, see
SEE
.
CLEAVE, CLAVE
1.
(
1
, 2853), “to join fast together, to glue, cement,” is primarily said of
metals and other materials (from
, “glue”). In the NT it is used only in the passive
voice, with reflexive force, in the sense of “cleaving unto,” as of cleaving to one’s wife,
Matt. 19:5; some mss. have the intensive verb No. 2, here; 1 Cor. 6:16-17, “joined.” In
the corresponding passage in Mark 10:7, the most authentic mss. omit the sentence. In
Luke 10:11 it is used of the “cleaving” of dust to the feet; in Acts 5:13; 8:29; 9:26; 10:28;
17:34, in the sense of becoming associated with a person so as to company with him, or
be on his side, said, in the last passage, of those in Athens who believed: in Rom. 12:9,
ethically, of“cleaving” to that which is good. For its use in Rev. 18:5 see
REACH
(
RV
,
marg. “cleave together”). See
COMPANY
,
JOIN
.¶
2.
(
$
1
, 4347), in the passive voice, used reflexively, “to cleave
unto,” is found in Eph. 5:31 (
KJV
“joined to”).
3.
(
$ !
, 4357), lit., “to abide with” (
, “toward or with,” and
, “to abide”), is used of “cleaving” unto the Lord, Acts 11:23. See
ABIDE
.
CLEMENCY
(
# &
, 1932), “mildness, gentleness, kindness” (what Matthew Arnold
has called “sweet reasonableness”), is translated “clemency” in Acts 24:4; elsewhere, in 2
Cor. 10:1, of the gentleness of Christ. See
GENTLENESS
.¶ Cf.
(see
FORBEARANCE
).