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$
(
$
, 1009), “a cluster, or bunch, bunch of grapes,” is found in Rev.
14:18.¶
Note:
Cf.
$
, “a bunch of grapes, the ripe cluster,” stressing the grapes
themselves, Matt. 7:16; Luke 6:44; Rev. 14:18.¶
COALS
1.
@
(
/ $
, 440), “a burning coal” (cf. Eng., “anthracite,”) is used in the
plural in Rom. 12:20, metaphorically in a proverbial expression, “thou shalt heap coals of
fire on his head” (from Prov. 25:22), signifying retribution by kindness, i.e., that, by
conferring a favor on your enemy, you recall the wrong he has done to you, so that he
repents, with pain of heart.¶
2.
(
$ 1
, 439), akin to No. 1, is “a heap of burning coals, or a charcoal
fire,” John 18:18; 21:9.¶
COAST, COASTING
A. Noun.
(
6$
, 3725), “a bound, boundary, limit, frontier” (akin to
, “to bound,
limit”), is rendered “coasts” ten times in the
KJV
, but “borders” in Matt. 4:13, and is
always translated “borders” in the
RV
. See
BORDER
.
B. Adjective.
(
$1
, 3882), “by the sea” (
, “by,”
, “salt”), hence denotes “a
sea coast,” Luke 6:17.¶ In the Sept., Gen. 49:13; Deut. 1:7; 33:19; Josh. 9:1; 11:3 (twice);
Job 6:3; Isa. 9:1.
C. Verb.
(
$ !
, 3881) is used, in the middle voice, as a nautical term, “to sail
past,” Acts 27:8, “coasting along”; v. 13, “sailed by.”¶
Notes:
(1)
"
(
, “with,” and A), in Mark 7:24, is translated “borders.” (2)
The phrase “upon the sea coast,” Matt. 4:13,
KJV
, translates
(
, “by,”
, “the sea”),
RV
, “by the sea.”¶ (3)
"
, “a part,” is translated “coasts” in Matt.
15:21; 16:13,
KJV
(
RV
, “parts,”); “country,”
RV
, in Acts 19:1,
KJV
“coasts”; this refers to
the high land in the interior of Asia Minor. See
BEHALF
,
CRAFT
,
PART
,
PARTICULAR
,
PIECE
,
PORTION
,
RESPECT
,
SOMEWHAT
,
SORT
. (4)
)
, “a country,” rendered “coasts” in
Acts 26:20,
KJV
, is corrected in the
RV
to “country.” See
COUNTRY
,
FIELD
,
GROUND
,
LAND
,
REGION
. (5) In Acts 27:2 the phrase in the
RV
, “on the coast of,” translates the
preposition
, “along,” and the complete clause, “unto the places on the coast of
Asia,”
RV
, is curiously condensed in the
KJV
to “by the coasts of Asia.”
For
COAT
(
$
) see
CLOTHING
COCK, COCK-CROWING
1.
(
! $
, 220), “a cock,” perhaps connected with a Hebrew phrase for the
oncoming of the light, is found in the passages concerning Peter’s denial of the Lord,
Matt. 26:34, 74-75; Mark 14:30, 68, 72; Luke 22:34, 60-61; John 13:38; 18:27.¶