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C. Noun.
(
$
)
, 2707), lit., “one who thinks down against,” hence, “a
despiser” (see A, No. 2), is found in Acts 13:41.¶ In the Sept., Hab. 1:5; 2:5 and Zeph.
3:4.¶
DESPITE, DESPITEFUL, DESPITEFULLY (use)
1.
$
(
#
$&
, 1796), “to treat insultingly, with contumely” ( , intensive,
$
, “to insult”; some connect it with
$
, “above, over,” Lat.
$
, which
suggests the insulting disdain of one who considers himself superior), is translated “hath
done despite” in Heb. 10:29.¶
Notes:
(1)
B$
, “to insult, act with insolence,” is translated “to use despitefully”
in Acts 14:5,
KJV
;
RV
, “to entreat … shamefully.” See
SHAMEFULLY
(
ENTREAT
),
SPITEFULLY
(
ENTREAT
),
REPROACH
, B, No. 2.
(2) The noun
$
, “a violent man,” is translated “despiteful” in Rom. 1:30,
KJV
;
RV
, “insolent”; in 1 Tim. 1:13, “injurious.”¶
2.
(
# $ 1
, 1908), for which see
ACCUSE
, B, No. 3, is found in some mss.
in Matt. 5:44, and translated “despitefully use,”
KJV
(the
RV
follows the mss. which omit
the sentence). In the corresponding passage in Luke 6:28, the
KJV
and
RV
have
“despitefully use”; in 1 Pet. 3:16,
KJV
, “falsely accuse,”
RV
, “revile.” See
ACCUSE
,
REVILE
.¶
DESTITUTE (be, etc.)
1.
(
$!
, 650): see
DEFRAUD
.
2.
$
(
% $!
, 5302), primarily, “to be behind, to be last,” hence, “to lack, fail
of, come short of,” is translated “being destitute” in Heb. 11:37. See
BEHIND
, B, No. 1.
3.
(
&
, 3007) signifies “to leave, forsake”; in the passive voice, “to be left,
forsaken, destitute”; in Jas. 2:15,
KJV
, “destitute,”
RV
, “be in lack.” See
LACK
,
WANT
.
DESTROY, DESTROYER, DESTRUCTION, DESTRUCTIVE
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
, 622), a strengthened form of
$
, signifies “to destroy
utterly”; in middle voice, “to perish.” The idea is not extinction but ruin, loss, not of
being, but of wellbeing. This is clear from its use, as, e.g., of the marring of wine skins,
Luke 5:37; of lost sheep, i.e., lost to the shepherd, metaphorical of spiritual destitution,
Luke 15:4, 6, etc.; the lost son, 15:24; of the perishing of food, John 6:27; of gold, 1 Pet.
1:7. So of persons, Matt. 2:13, “destroy”; 8:25, “perish”; 22:7; 27:20; of the loss of well-
being in the case of the unsaved hereafter, Matt. 10:28; Luke 13:3, 5; John 3:16 (v. 15 in
some mss.); 10:28; 17:12; Rom. 2:12; 1 Cor. 15:18; 2 Cor. 2:15, “are perishing”; 4:3; 2
Thess. 2:10; Jas. 4:12; 2 Pet. 3:9. Cf. B, II, No. 1. See
DIE
,
LOSE
,
MARRED
,
PERISH
.
2.
(
$ !
, 2673): see
ABOLISH
.
3.
(
$!
, 2507), “to cast down, pull down by force, etc.,” is translated
“to destroy” in Acts 13:19. In Acts 19:27,
KJV
, “should be destroyed,” the
RV
suitably has
“should be deposed.” See
CAST
, No. 13,
PULL
,
PUT
,
TAKE
.