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2.
$
(
$
, 208), “to deprive of authority” ( , negative,
$
, “force,
authority”; cf.
$
, “a lord,”
$
, “to strengthen”), hence, “to make of none effect,”
Matt. 15:6; Mark 7:13, with reference to the commandment or word of God,
RV
, “to
make void,” is translated “disannul” in Gal. 3:17, of the inability of the Law to deprive of
force God’s covenant with Abraham. This verb stresses the effect of the act, while No. 1
stresses the attitude of the rejector. See
VOID
.¶
B. Noun.
(
!
, 115), akin to A, No. 1, “a setting aside, abolition,” is translated
“disannulling” in Heb. 7:18, with reference to a commandment; in 9:26 “to put away,”
with reference to sin, lit., “for a putting away.” See
PUTTING
,
Note
.¶
DISBELIEVE
(
!
, 569), “to be unbelieving” ( , negative,
, “faith”; cf.
,
“unbelieving”), is translated “believed not,” etc., in the
KJV
(except in 1 Pet. 2:7, “be
disobedient”); “disbelieve” (or “disbelieved”) in the
RV
, in Mark 16:11, 16; Luke 24:11,
41; Acts 28:24; “disbelieve” is the best rendering, implying that the unbeliever has had a
full opportunity of believing and has rejected it; some mss. have
, “to be
disobedient,” in 1 Pet. 2:7; Rom. 3:3,
RV
, “were without faith”; 2 Tim. 2:13,
RV
, “are
faithless.” Cf.
DISOBEDIENT
, C. See
BELIEVE
.¶
DISCERN, DISCERNER, DISCERNMENT
A. Verbs.
1.
(
$&
, 350), “to distinguish, or separate out so as to investigate
(
) by looking throughout ( , intensive) objects or particulars,” hence signifies “to
examine, scrutinize, question, to hold a preliminary judicial examination preceding the
trial proper” (this first examination, implying more to follow, is often present in the
nonlegal uses of the word), e.g. Luke 23:14; figuratively, in 1 Cor. 4:3; it is said of
searching the Scriptures in Acts 17:11; of “discerning” or determining the excellence or
defects of a person or thing, e.g., 1 Cor. 2:14,
KJV
, “discerned”;
RV
, “judged”; in 1 Cor.
10:27, “asking (no) question” (i.e., not raising the question as to whether the meat is the
residue from an idolatrous sacrifice). Except in Luke 23:14, this word is found only in
Acts and 1 Cor. See
EXAMINE
,
JUDGE
.
2.
(
$&
, 1252) signifies “to separate, discriminate”; then, “to learn by
discriminating, to determine, decide.” It is translated “discern” in Matt. 16:3, of
discriminating between the varying conditions of the sky (see
, No. 3, below, in
Luke 12:56), and in 1 Cor. 11:29, with reference to partaking of the bread and the cup of
the Lord’s Supper unworthily, by not “discerning” or discriminating what they represent;
in v. 31, the
RV
has “discerned,” for the
KJV
, “would judge,” of trying oneself,
“discerning” one’s condition, and so judging any evil before the Lord; in 14:29, regarding
oral testimony in a gathering of believers, it is used of “discerning” what is of the Holy
Spirit,
RV
, “discern” (
KJV
, “judge”). See
CONTEND
,
DECIDE
,
DIFFER
, etc.
3.
(
1
, 1381) signifies “to test, prove, scrutinize,” so as “to decide.”
It is translated “discern” in the
KJV
of Luke 12:56;
RV
, “interpret” (marg., “prove”). See
APPROVE
.