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8, 16, where the
KJV
has three different renderings, “scarce,” “hardly,” and “much work,”
respectively, the
RV
has “with difficulty” in each place. For its other meanings, “scarce,
scarcely,” see Acts 14:18; Rom. 5:7 1 Pet. 4:18. See
HARDLY
, No. 3.¶
DIG, DIG DOWN
1.
$
(
A$"
, 3736), “to dig, dig up soil, dig a pit,” is said of a place for a
winepress, Matt. 21:33; Mark 12:1; of “digging” a pit for hiding something, Matt. 25:15.¶
Notes:
(1)
4 $
, lit., “to dig through” ( , “through”), is translated “to break
through (or up)” in Matt. 6:19-20; 24:43; Luke 12:39. See
BREAK
.¶
(2)
,@ $
, lit., “to dig out,” is translated “to break up” in Mark 2:4; “to pluck out
(the eyes)” in Gal. 4:15. See
BREAK
,
PLUCK
.¶
2.
(
1
, 4626), primarily, “to dig, by way of hollowing out,” hence,
denotes “to dig.” The root
is seen in
, “a spade,”
, “a ditch,”
, “a boat,” and in Eng., “scoop, skiff, and ship” (i.e., something hollowed out).
The verb is found in Luke 6:48; 13:8; 16:3.¶
3.
(
1
, 2679), “to dig down” (
, “down,” and No. 2), is
found in Rom. 11:3, of altars, and in some mss. in Acts 15:16, “ruins,” lit., “the things
dug down.” Here the best texts have
, “to overthrow, overturn.”¶
DIGNITY, DIGNITIES
@
(
, 1391) primarily denotes “an opinion, estimation, repute”; in the NT,
always “good opinion, praise, honor, glory, an appearance commanding respect,
magnificence, excellence, manifestation of glory”; hence, of angelic powers, in respect of
their state as commanding recognition, “dignities,” 2 Pet. 2:10; Jude 8. See
GLORY
,
HONOR
,
PRAISE
,
WORSHIP
.
DILIGENCE, DILIGENT, DILIGENTLY
A. Nouns.
1.
(
#$ &
, 2039), (a) lit., “a working” (akin to
, “work”), is indicative
of a process, in contrast to the concrete,
, e.g., Eph. 4:19, lit., “unto a working” (
RV
marg., “to make a trade of”); contrast
in v. 12; (b) “business,” Acts 19:25,
RV
(for
KJV
, “craft”); or gain got by “work,” Acts 16:16, 19; 19:24; (c) endeavor, pains,
“diligence,” Luke 12:58. See
CRAFT
,
GAIN
,
WORK
.¶
2.
$
(
)
, 4710), “earnestness, zeal,” or sometimes “the haste
accompanying this,” Mark 6:25; Luke 1:39, is translated “diligence” in Rom. 12:8; in v.
11,
KJV
, “business” (
RV
, “diligence”); in 2 Cor. 8:7,
KJV
, “diligence,”
RV
, “earnestness”;
both have “diligence” in Heb. 6:11; 2 Pet. 1:5; Jude 3; in 2 Cor. 7:11, 12,
RV
, “earnest
care,”
KJV
, “carefulness,” and “care.” See
CARE
.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
$
(
1
, 4704) has meanings corresponding to A, No. 2; it signifies
“to hasten to do a thing, to exert oneself, endeavor, give diligence”; in Gal. 2:10, of
remembering the poor,
KJV
, “was forward,”
RV
, “was zealous”; in Eph. 4:3, of keeping
the unity of the Spirit,
KJV
“endeavoring,”
RV
, “giving diligence”; in 1 Thess. 2:17, of