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where it has this significance, save in Luke 21:26,
KJV
, where it is translated “earth.” See
WORLD
.
Note:
For
, translated “on earth” in Phil. 2:10,
, “of earth,” 2 Tim.
2:20, and
, “under the earth,” Phil. 2:10,¶ see
EARTHEN
.
EARTHEN, EARTHLY, EARTHY
1.
(
A $1
, 3749) signifies “made of earthenware or clay” (from
, “baked clay, potsherd, shell”; akin to
, “a bone”), 2 Tim. 2:20, “of
earth”; 2 Cor. 4:7, “earthen.”¶
2.
(
# &
, 1919), “on earth” ( , “on,” , “the earth”), is rendered
“earthly” in John 3:12; 2 Cor. 5:1; Phil. 3:19; Jas. 3:15; in Phil. 2:10, “on earth,”
RV
;
“terrestrial” in 1 Cor. 15:40 (twice). See
TERRESTRIAL
.¶
3.
(
;<
, 5517) denotes “earthy,” made of earth, from
$
, “soil, earth
thrown down or heaped up,” 1 Cor. 15:47-49.¶
4.
(
, 2709), “under the earth, subterranean” (
,
“down,”
, “the ground,” from a root signifying that which is deep), is used in Phil.
2:10.¶
EARTHQUAKE
(
, 4578), “a shaking, a shock,” from
, “to move to and fro, to
shake,” chiefly with the idea of concussion (Eng., “seismic,” “seismology,”
“seismometry”), is used (a) of a “tempest” in the sea, Matt. 8:24; (b) of “earthquakes,”
Matt. 24:7; 27:54; 28:2; Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11; Acts 16:26; Rev. 6:12; 8:5; 11:13
(twice), 19; 16:18 (twice). See
TEMPEST
.¶
EASE, EASED
A. Verb.
$
(
"
, 373) signifies “to cause or permit one to cease from any labor or
movement” so as to recover strength. It implies previous toil and care. Its chief
significance is that of taking, or causing to take, rest; it is used in the middle voice in
Luke 12:19, “take (thine) ease,” indicative of unnecessary, self-indulgent relaxation. In
the papyri it is used technically, as an agricultural term. Cf.
$
, “rest.” See
REFRESH
,
REST
.
B. Noun.
(
/
, 425) denotes “a letting loose, relaxation, easing”; it is connected with
, “to loosen, relax” ( , “back,” and
, “to send”). It signifies “rest,” not
from toil, but from endurance and suffering. Thus it is said (a) of a “less vigorous”
condition in imprisonment, Acts 24:23, “indulgence,” KlV, “liberty”; (b) “relief” from
anxiety, 2 Cor. 2:13; 7:5, “relief” (
KJV
, “rest”), (c) “relief” from persecutions, 2 Thess.
1:7, “rest”; (d) of “relief” from the sufferings of poverty, 2 Cor. 8:13, “be eased,” lit.,
“(that there should be) easing for others (trouble to you).” Cf. the synonymous word
$
, “cessation or rest” (akin to A). See
INDULGENCE
,
LIBERTY
,
RELIEF
,
REST
.¶ In
the Sept., 2 Chron. 23:15.¶