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signifying “by land,” in contrast to by sea.¶ Cf.
$
, “to go on foot,” Acts 20:3,
RV
,
“to go by land” (marg., “on foot”).
Notes:
(1) In Acts 20:18, the
RV
“set foot in”
expresses more literally the verb
(lit. “to go upon”) than the
KJV
“came into.” So
again in 21:4 (some mss. have
here). (2) In Luke 8:5,
, “to tread
down” (
, “down,”
, “to tread, trample”), is translated “was trodden under foot,”
RV
(
KJV
“was trodden down”).
FOOTSTOOL
$
(
%
, 5286), from
$
, “under,” and
$
, “a foot,” is used (a)
literally in Jas. 2:3, (b) metaphorically, of the earth as God’s “footstool,” Matt. 5:35; of
the foes of the Lord, Matt. 22:44 (in some mss.); Mark 12:36, “underneath” (in some
mss.), Luke 20:43; Acts 2:35; 7:49; Heb. 1:13; 10:13. The
RV
, adhering to the literal
rendering, translates the phrase “the footstool of My (Thy, His) feet,” for the
KJV
, “My
(etc.) footstool,” but in Matt. 22:44, “(till I put Thine enemies) underneath thy feet.”¶
For
FOR and FORASMUCH
see
Note
†
, p. 1
For
FORBADE
see
FORBID
FORBEAR, FORBEARANCE
A. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 430), “to hold up” ( , “up,”
, “to have or hold”), is used
in the middle voice in the NT, signifying “to bear with, endure”; it is rendered
“forbearing (one another)” in Eph. 4:2 and Col. 3:13. See
BEAR
. Cf. B, No. 1, below.
2.
(
&
, 447), lit., “to send up or back” ( , “up,”
, “to send”),
hence, “to relax, loosen,” or, metaphorically, “to desist from,” is translated “forbearing”
(threatening) in Eph. 6:9 (“giving up your threatening,” T. K. Abbott). See
LEAVE
,
LOOSE
.
3.
(
&
, 5339), “to spare” (its usual meaning), “to refrain from doing
something,” is rendered “I forbear” in 2 Cor. 12:6. See
SPARE
.
4.
(
!
, 4722) properly denotes “to protect by covering”; then, “to conceal”;
then, by covering, “to bear up under”; it is translated “forbear” in 1 Thess. 3:1, 5. See
BEAR
.
Note:
In 1 Cor. 9:6, the verb
, “to work,” is used in the present infinitive,
with a negative, and translated “to forbear working” (lit., “not working”).
B. Noun.
(
)
, 463), “a holding back” (akin to A, No. 1), denotes “forbearance.” a
delay of punishment, Rom. 2:4; 3:25, in both places of God’s “forbearance” with men, in
the latter passage His “forbearance” is the ground, not of His forgiveness, but of His
pretermission of sins, His withholding punishment. In 2:4 it represents a suspense of
wrath which must eventually be exercised unless the sinner accepts God’s conditions; in
3:25 it is connected with the passing over of sins in times past, previous to the atoning
work of Christ.¶
†
Indicates that the word referred to (preposition, conjunction, or particle) is not dealt
with in this volume.