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8:5; of the Dragon, Rev. 12:4; of a prophet, “eating” up a book, suggestive of spiritually
“eating” and digesting its contents, Rev. 10:9 (cf. Ezek. 2:8; 3:1-3; Jer. 15:16); (b)
metaphorically, “to squander, to waste,” Luke 15:30; “to consume” one’s physical
powers by emotion, John 2:17; “to devour” by forcible appropriation, as of widows’
property, Matt. 23:14 (
KJV
only); Mark 12:40; “to demand maintenance,” as false
apostles did to the church at Corinth, 2 Cor. 11:20; “to exploit or prey on one another,”
Gal. 5:15, where “bite … devour … consume” form a climax, the first two describing a
process, the last the act of swallowing down; to “destroy” by fire, Rev. 11:5; 20:9. See
EAT
.¶
3.
(
&
, 2666), from
, “down,” intensive,
, “to drink,” in 1
Pet. 5:8 is translated “devour,” of Satan’s activities against believers. The meaning “to
swallow” is found in Matt. 23:24; 1 Cor. 15:54; 2 Cor. 2:7; 5:4; Heb. 11:29,
RV
(for
KJV
,
“drowned”); Rev. 12:16. See
SWALLOW
.¶
DEVOUT
1.
$
(
' )
, 2126), lit., “taking hold well” (
$
, “well,”
, “to take
hold”), primarily, “cautious,” signifies in the NT, “careful as to the realization of the
presence and claims of God, reverencing God, pious, devout”, in Luke 2:25 it is said of
Simeon, in Acts 2:5, of certain Jews; in 8:2, of those who bore Stephen’s body to burial;
of Ananias, 22:12 (see No. 2). “In that mingled fear and love which, combined, constitute
the piety of man toward God, the Old Testament placed its emphasis on the fear, the New
places it on the love (though there was love in the fear of God’s saints then, as there must
be fear in their love now),” Trench,
- !
, Sec.xlviii.¶
: !
Cf. the noun
$
, “reverence,” and the verb
$
, “to reverence.”
2.
$
(
' )
, 2152), from
$
, “well,”
, “to reverence,” the root
/
signifying “sacred awe,” describes “reverence” exhibited especially in actions, reverence
or awe well directed. Among the Greeks it was used, e.g., of practical piety towards
parents. In the NT it is used of a pious attitude towards God, Acts 10:2, 7; (in some mss.
in 22:12); “godly,” in 2 Pet. 2:9. See
GODLY
.¶ In the Sept., Prov. 12:12; Isa. 24:16; 26:7;
32:8; Mic. 7:2.¶
Notes:
(1) While
$
especially suggests the piety which characterizes the inner
being, the soul, in its attitude towards God,
$
directs us rather to the energy which,
directed by holy awe of God, finds expression in devoted activity.¶
(2) Cf.
, and
, which, by their very formation (
, “God,” and
, express “reverence” towards God. See Trench (Sec.xlviii).
3.
(
!
, 4576), “to feel awe,” whether before God or man, “to worship,”
is translated “devout,” in Acts 13:43,
RV
(
KJV
, “religious”); 13:50; 17:4, 17. See
WORSHIP
.
DIADEM
(
1
, 1238) is derived from
, “to bind round.” It was the kingly
ornament for the head, and especially the blue band marked with white, used to bind on
the turban or tiara of Persian kings. It was adopted by Alexander the Great and his