Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

Come, Came — Course

Come, Came

1: ἔρχομαι
(Strong's #2064 — Verb — erchomai — er'-khom-ahee )

the most frequent verb, denoting either "to come, or to go," signifies the act, in contrast with heko (see No. 22, below), which stresses the arrival, as, e.g., "I am come and am here," John 8:42 ; Hebrews 10:9 . See BRING , B, Note (1), FALL , GO , GROW , LIGHT , PASS , RESORT.

*Compounds of this with prepositions are as follows (2 to 11):

2: εἰσέρχομαι
(Strong's #1525 — Verb — eiserchomai — ice-er'-khom-ahee )

"to come into, or to go into" (eis, "into"), e.g., Luke 17:7 . See ENTER.

3: ἐξέρχομαι
(Strong's #1831 — Verb — exerchomai — ex-er'-khom-ahee )

"to come out, or go out or forth" (ek, "out"), e.g., Matthew 2:6 . See DEPART , ESCAPE , GET , (b) No. 3, Go, Note (1) PROCEED, SPREAD.

4: ἐπανέρχομαι
(Strong's #1880 — Verb — epanerchomai — ep-an-er'-khom-ahee )

"to come back again, return" (epi, "on," ana, "again"), Luke 10:35 ; Luke 19:15 .

5: διέρχομαι
(Strong's #1330 — Verb — dierchomai — dee-er'-khom-ahee )

"to come or go through" (dia, "through") e.g., Acts 9:38 . See DEPART , GO , PASS , PIERCE , TRAVEL , WALK.

6: ἐπέρχομαι
(Strong's #1904 — Verb — eperchomai — ep-er'-khom-ahee )

"to come or go upon" (epi, "upon"), e.g., Luke 1:35 ; in Luke 21:26 , used of "coming" events, suggesting their certainty; in Ephesians 2:7 , said of the "oncoming" of the ages; in Acts 14:19 , of Jews coming to (lit., "upon") a place.

7: κατέρχομαι
(Strong's #2718 — Verb — katerchomai — kat-er'-khom-ahee )

"to come down" (kata, "down"), e.g., Luke 9:37 . See DEPART , DESCEND , GO , Note (1), LAND.

8: παρεισέρχομαι
(Strong's #3922 — Verb — pareiserchomai — par-ice-er'-khom-ahee )

lit., "to come in" (eis) "beside or from the side" (para) so as to be present with, is used (a) in the literal sense, of the "coming" in of the Law in addition to sin, Romans 5:20 ; (b) in Galatians 2:4 , of false brethren, suggesting their "coming" in by stealth. See ENTER.

9: παρέρχομαι
(Strong's #3928 — Verb — parerchomai — par-er'-khom-ahee )

(para, "by or away"), signifies (a) "to come or go forth, or arrive," e.g., Luke 12:37 ; Luke 17:7 (last part); Acts 24:7 ; (b) "to pass by," e.g., Luke 18:37 ; (c) "to neglect," e.g., Luke 11:42 . See GO , PASS , TRANSGRESS.

10: προσέρχομαι
(Strong's #4334 — Verb — proserchomai — pros-er'-khom-ahee )

denotes "to come or go near to" (pros, "near to"), e.g., Matthew 4:3 ; Hebrews 10:1 , AV, "comers," RV, "them that draw nigh." See CONSENT , DRAW , GO , Note (1).

11: συνέρχομαι
(Strong's #4905 — Verb — sunerchomai — soon-er'-khom-ahee )

"to come together" (sun "with"), e.g., John 18:20 , is often translated by the verb "to assemble;" see the RV of 1 Corinthians 11:20 ; 1 Corinthians 14:23 . See ACCOMPANY , ASSEMBLE , COMPANY , GO WITH, RESORT.

Note: Aperchomai, "to come away or from," is differently translated in the RV; see, e.g., Mark 3:13 where it signifies that they went from the company or place where they were to Him; it usually denotes "to go away."

12: γίνομαι
(Strong's #1096 — Verb — ginomai — ghin'-om-ahee )

"to become," signifies a change of condition, state or place, e.g., Mark 4:35 . In Acts 27:33 , the verb is used with mello, "to be about to," to signify the coming on of day.

13: παραγίνομαι
(Strong's #3854 — Verb — paraginomai — par-ag-in'-om-ahee )

para, "near or by," denotes to "arrive, to be present," e.g., Matthew 2:1 . See GO , PRESENT.

14: συμπαραγίνομαι
(Strong's #4836 — Verb — sumparaginomai — soom-par-ag-in'-om-ahee )

"to come together," is used in Luke 23:48 ; 2 Timothy 4:16 , lit., "stood at my side with me." See STAND.

Note: For "come by" in Acts 27:16 , AV, the RV suitably has "secure."

*Compounds of the verb baino, "to go," are as follows (15 to 21):

15: ἀναβαίνω
(Strong's #305 — Verb — anabaino — an-ab-ah'ee-no )

"to come upon, to arrive in a place" (ana, "up or upon"), is translated "come into" in Acts 25:1 . See ARISE , ASCEND , ENTER , GO , CLIMB, GROW , RISE , SPRING.

16: ἐπιβαίνω
(Strong's #1910 — Verb — epibaino — ep-ee-bah'ee-no )

"to come to or into, or go upon," is rendered, in Acts 20:18 , RV, "set foot in." See ENTER , GO , TAKE , Note (16).

17: ἑκατοντάρχης
(Strong's #1543 — Noun Masculine — ekabaino — hek-at-on-tar'-khace, hek-at-on-tar'-khos )

"to come or go out," appears in the best mss. in Hebrews 11:15 ; AV, "came out," RV, "went out."

18: διαβαίνω
(Strong's #1224 — Verb — diabaino — dee-ab-ah'ee-no )

"to pass through," is translated "come over" in Acts 16:9 ; "pass" in Luke 16:26 ; "pass through" in Hebrews 11:29 . See PASS.

19: καταβαίνω
(Strong's #2597 — Verb — katabaino — kat-ab-ah'ee-no )

signifies "to come down," e.g., Matthew 8:1 . See DESCEND , FALL , GET , GO , STEP (down).

20: συναναβαίνω
(Strong's #4872 — Verb — sunanabaino — soon-an-ab-ah'ee-no )

"to come up with" (sun, "with," ana, "up"), is used in Mark 15:41 ; Acts 13:31 .

21: ἐμβαίνω
(Strong's #1684 — Verb — embaino — em-ba'hee-no )

"to go into," is rendered, in Mark 5:18 , AV, "was come into," RV, "was entering." See ENTER , GET , GO , STEP.

Note: Apobaino, "to go away," is rendered, in the AV of John 21:9 , "were come to;" RV, "got out upon."

22: ἥκω
(Strong's #2240 — Verb — heko — hay'-ko )

means (a) "to come, to be present" (see above, on No. 1); (b) "to come upon, of time and events," Matthew 24:14 ; John 2:4 ; 2 Peter 3:10 ; Revelation 18:8 ; (c) metaphorically, "to come upon one, of calamitious times, and evils," Matthew 23:36 ; Luke 19:43 .

23: ἀφικνέομαι
(Strong's #864 — Verb — aphikneomai — af-ik-neh'-om-ahee )

"to arrive at a place," is used in Romans 16:19 , "come abroad" (of the obedience of the saints).

24: χωρέω
(Strong's #5562 — Verb — choreo — kho-reh'-o )

lit., "to make room (chora, "a place") for another, and so to have place, receive," is rendered "come" (followed by "to repentance") in 2 Peter 3:9 ; the meaning strictly is "have room (i.e., space of time) for repentance." See CONTAIN , GO PLACE, ROOM , RECEIVE.

25: εἰμί
(Strong's #1510 — verb — eimi — i-mee' )

"to be," is, in the Infinitive Mood, rendered "come," in John 1:46 and in the future Indicative "will come," in 2 Timothy 4:3 .

26: ἐνίστημι
(Strong's #1764 — Verb — enistemi — en-is'-tay-mee )

lit., "to stand in, or set in" (en, "in," histemi, "to stand"), hence "to be present or to be imminent," is rendered "shall come" in 2 Timothy 3:1 ; it here expresses permanence, "shall settle in (upon you)." See AT HAND, PRESENT.

27: ἐφίστημι
(Strong's #2186 — Verb — ephistemi — ef-is'-tay-mee )

signifies "to stand by or over" (epi, "upon"), Luke 2:9 , RV: Acts 12:7 ; "before," Acts 11:11 ; to come upon, Luke 20:1 (here with the idea of suddenness); Acts 4:1 ; Acts 6:12 ; Acts 23:27 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; "coming up," of the arrival of Anna at the Temple, Luke 2:38 ; "came up to (Him)," of Martha, Luke 10:40 ; "is come," 2 Timothy 4:6 (probably with the same idea as in Luke 20:1 ). The RV is significant in all these places. See ASSAULT , AT HAND, PRESENT , STAND.

28: καταντάω
(Strong's #2658 — Verb — katantao — kat-an-tah'-o )

denotes (a) "to come to, or over against, a place, arrive," Acts 16:1 ; Acts 18:19, 24 ; Acts 20:15 (in Acts 21:7 ; Acts 25:13 , RV, "arrived," in Acts 27:12 , "reach," for AV, "attain to"); Acts 28:13 ; (b) of things or events, "to arrive at a certain time, or come upon certain persons in the period of their lifetime," 1 Corinthians 10:11 ; or "to come to persons" so that they partake of, as of the Gospel, 1 Corinthians 14:36 . For the remaining instances, Acts 26:7 ; Ephesians 4:13 ; Philippians 3:11 , see ATTAIN.

29: μέλλω
(Strong's #3195 — Verb — mello — mel'-lo )

"to be about (to do something)," often implying the necessity and therefore the certainty of what is to take place, is frequently rendered "to come," e.g., Matthew 3:7 ; Matthew 11:14 ; Ephesians 1:21 ; 1 Timothy 4:8 ; 1 Timothy 6:19 ; Hebrews 2:5 . See ALMOST , BEGIN , MEAN , MIND , SHALL , TARRY , WILL.

30: παρίστανω
(Strong's #3936 — Verb — paristemi — par-is'-tay-mee, par-is-tan'-o )

"to stand by or near, to be at hand" (para, "near"), is translated "is come," of the arrival of harvest, Mark 4:29 . See BRING , COMMEND , GIVE , PRESENT , PROVE , PROVIDE , SHOW , STAND , YIELD.

31: φέρω
(Strong's #5342 — verb — phero — fer'-o )

"to bear, carry," is rendered "came," in the sense of being borne from a place, in 2 Peter 1:17, 18, 21 . See BEAR , CARRY.

32: φθάνω
(Strong's #5348 — Verb — phthano — fthan'-o )

denotes "to anticipate, to come sooner than expected," 1 Thessalonians 2:16 , "is come upon," of Divine wrath; cp. Romans 9:31 , "did not arrive at;" or to "come" in a different manner from what was expected, Matthew 12:28 , "come upon;" Luke 11:20 , of the kingdom of God; so of coming to a place, 2 Corinthians 10:14 . See ATTAIN , PRECEDE , PREVENT.

*Two of the compounds of the verb poreuomai, "to go, proceed," are translated "come," with a preposition or adverb:

33: ἐκπορεύομαι
(Strong's #1607 — Verb — ekporeuo — ek-por-yoo'-om-ahee )

in the Middle Voice, "to come forth" (ek, "out of"), Mark 7:15, 20 ; John 5:29 . See DEPART , GO , ISSUE , PROCEED.

34: προσπορεύομαι
(Strong's #4365 — Verb — prosporeuomai — pros-por-yoo'-om-ahee )

in Mark 10:35 , is translated "come near unto."

Notes: (1) No. 33 is rendered "proceed" in the RV of Mark 7:15, 20, 23 (AV, "come").

(2) For epiporeuomai, in Luke 8:4 , see RESORT.

35: προσεγγίζω
(Strong's #4331 — Verb — prosengizo — pros-eng-ghid'-zo )

denotes "to come near" (pros, "to," engizo, "to be near, to approach"), Mark 2:4 , used of those who tried to bring a palsied man to Christ.

36: συμπληρόω
(Strong's #4845 — Verb — sumpleroo — soom-play-ro'-o )

"to fill completely" (sun, "with," intensive), is used, in the Passive Voice, of time to be fulfilled or completed, Luke 9:51 , "the days were well-nigh come;" Acts 2:1 , "the day ... was now come (AV "was fully come"). In Luke 8:23 , it is used in the Active Voice, of the filling of a boat in a storm. See FILL.

37: συντυγχάνω
(Strong's #4940 — Verb — suntunchano — soon-toong-khan'-o )

"to meet with" (sun, "with," and tunchano, "to reach"), is rendered "to come at" in Luke 8:19 (of the efforts of Christ's mother and brethren to get at Him through a crowd).

38: κυκλόω
(Strong's #2944 — Verb — kukloo — koo-klo'-o )

"to compass" (Eng., "cycle"), is translated "came round about," in John 10:24 . See COMPASS , ROUND , STAND.

39: ὑστερέω
(Strong's #5302 — Verb — hustereo — hoos-ter-eh'-o )

"to be behind," is translated "to have come short," in Hebrews 4:1 . See BEHIND , B, No. 1.

Notes: (1) Deuro, "hither, here," is used (sometimes with verbs of motion) in the singular number, in calling a person to come, Matthew 19:21 ; Mark 10:21 ; Luke 18:22 ; John 11:43 ; Acts 7:3, 34 ; Revelation 17:1 ; Revelation 21:9 . For its other meaning, "hitherto," Romans 1:13 , see HITHERTO. It has a plural, deute, frequent in the Gospels; elsewhere in Revelation 19:17 . In the following the RV has a different rendering: (2) In Mark 14:8 , prolambano, "to anticipate, to be beforehand," AV, "hath come aforehand to anoint My body," RV, "hath anointed My body aforehand." (3) In Acts 7:45 , diadechomai, "to succeed one, to take the place of," AV, "who came after," RV, "in their turn." (4) In Luke 8:55 , epistrepho, "to return to," AV, "came again," RV, "returned." (5) In Acts 24:27 , lambano, with diadochos, "a successor," AV, "came into the room of," RV, "was succeeded by." (6) In Mark 9:23 , for episuntrecho, "to come running together," see under RUN. (7) In Acts 5:38 , kataluo, "to destroy," AV, "will come to nought," RV, "will be overthrown." (8) In John 12:35 , katalambano, "to seize," AV, "come upon," RV, "overtake." (9) In 2 Corinthians 11:28 , epistasis (in some mss episustaisis), lit., "a standing together upon," hence, "a pressing upon," as of cares, AV, "cometh upon," RV, "presseth upon." (10) In Acts 19:27 , erchomai, "with" eis apelegmon, RV, "come into disrepute," AV, "be set at nought." (11) For pareimi, John 7:6 , see PRESENT , No. 1. (12) Sunago, "to gather together," is always so rendered in RV, e.g., Matthew 27:62 ; Mark 7:1 ; Luke 22:66 ; Acts 13:44 ; Acts 15:6 ; Acts 20:7 . See GATHER , No. 1. (13) For come to nought see NOUGHT. (14) For eisporeuomai see ENTER , No. 4. (15) For "was come again," Acts 22:17 AV, see RETURN , No. 4. (16) For engizo, to come near, see APPROACH , NIGH.

Comeliness, Comely

A — 1: εὐσχημοσύνη
(Strong's #2157 — Noun Feminine — euschemosune — yoo-skhay-mos-oo'-nay )

"elegance of figure, gracefulness, comeliness" (eu, "well," schema, "a form"), is found in this sense in 1 Corinthians 12:23 .

B — 1: εὐσχήμων
(Strong's #2158 — Adjective — euschemon — yoo-skhay'-mone )

akin to A, "elegant in figure, well formed, graceful," is used in 1 Corinthians 12:24 , of parts of the body (see above); in 1 Corinthians 7:35 RV, "(that which is) seemly," AV, "comely;" "honourable," Mark 15:43 ; Acts 13:50 ; Acts 17:12 . See HONORABLE.

Note: In 1 Corinthians 11:13 , prepo, "to be becoming," is rendered in the AV, "is it comely?" RV, "is it seemly?" See BECOME , SEEMLY.

Comfort, Comforter, Comfortless

A — 1: παράκλησις
(Strong's #3874 — Noun Feminine — paraklesis — par-ak'-lay-sis )

means "a calling to one's side" (para, "beside," kaleo, "to call"); hence, either "an exhortation, or consolation, comfort," e.g., Luke 2:25 (here "looking for the consolation of Israel" is equivalent to waiting for the coming of the Messiah); Luke 6:24 ; Acts 9:31 ; Romans 15:4, 5 ; 1 Corinthians 14:3 , "exhortation;" 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 ; 2 Corinthians 7:4, 7, 13 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:16 ; Philemon 1:7 . In 2 Thessalonians 2:16 it combines encouragement with alleviation of grief. The RV changes "consolation" into "comfort," except in Luke 2:25 ; Luke 6:24 ; Acts 15:31 ; in Hebrews 6:18 , "encouragement;" in Acts 4:36 , "exhortation." RV (AV, consolation"). See CONSOLATION , ENCOURAGEMENT , EXHORTATION , INTREATY.

A — 2: παραμυθία
(Strong's #3889 — Noun Feminine — paramuthia — par-am-oo-thee'-ah )

primarily "a speaking closely to anyone" (para, "near," muthos, "speech"), hence denotes "consolation, comfort," with a greater degree of tenderness than No. 1,1 Corinthians 14:3 .

A — 3: παραμύθιον
(Strong's #3890 — Noun Neuter — paramuthion — par-am-oo'-thee-on )

has the same meaning as No. 2, the difference being that paramuthia stresses the process or progress of the act, paramuthion the instrument as used by the agent, Philippians 2:1 .

A — 4: παρηγορία
(Strong's #3931 — Noun Feminine — paregoria — par-ay-gor-ee'-ah )

primarily "an addressing, address," hence denotes "a soothing, solace," Colossians 4:11 . A verbal form of the word signifies medicines which allay irritation (Eng., "paregoric").

A — 5: παράκλητος
(Strong's #3875 — Noun Masculine — parakletos — par-ak'-lay-tos )

lit., "called to one's side," i.e., to one's aid is primarily a verbal adjective, and suggests the capability or adaptability for giving aid. It was used in a court of justice to denote a legal assistant, counsel for the defense, an advocate; then, generally, one who pleads another's cause, an intercessor, advocate, as in 1 John 2:1 , of the Lord Jesus. In the widest sense, it signifies a "succorer, comforter." Christ was this to His disciples, by the implication of His word "another (allos, "another of the same sort," not heteros, "different") Comforter," when speaking of the Holy Spirit, John 14:16 . In John 14:26 ; John 15:26 ; John 16:7 He calls Him "the Comforter." "Comforter" or "Consoler" corresponds to the name "Menahem," given by the Hebrews to the Messiah.

B — 1: παρακαλέω
(Strong's #3870 — Verb — parakaleo — par-ak-al-eh'-o )

has the same variety of meanings as Noun, No. 1, above, e.g., Matthew 2:18 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:2, 7 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:18 . In 2 Corinthians 13:11 , it signifies "to be comforted" (so the RV). See BESEECH.

B — 2: συμπαρακαλέω
(Strong's #4837 — Verb — sumparakaleo — soom-par-ak-al-eh'-o )

sun, "with," and No. 1, signifies "to comfort together," Romans 1:12 .

B — 3: παραμυθέομαι
(Strong's #3888 — Verb — paramutheomai — par-am-oo-theh'-om-ahee )

akin to Noun No. 2, "to soothe, console, encourage," is translated, in John 11:31 , "comforted;" in John 11:19 , RV, "encourage," as the sense there is that of stimulating to the earnest discharge of duties. See CONSOLE , ENCOURAGE.

B — 4: εὐψυχέω
(Strong's #2174 — Verb — eupsucheo — yoo-psoo-kheh'-o )

signifies "to be of good comfort" (eu, "well," psuche, "the soul"), Philippians 2:19 .

Notes: (1) For the verb tharseo, "be of good comfort, see CHEER , No. 2.

(2) Orphanos is rendered "comfortless" in John 14:18 , AV; RV, "desolate." See DESOLATE , FATHERLESS.

Coming

1: εἴσοδος
(Strong's #1529 — Noun Feminine — eisodos — ice'-od-os )

"an entrance" (eis, "in," hodos, "a way"), "an entering in," is once translated "coming," Acts 13:24 , of the coming of Christ into the nation of Israel. For its meaning "entrance" see 1 Thessalonians 1:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:1 ; Hebrews 10:19 ; 2 Peter 1:11 . See ENTER , ENTRANCE.

2: ἔλευσις
(Strong's #1660 — Noun Feminine — eleusis — el'-yoo-sis )

"a coming" (from erchomai, "to come"), is found in Acts 7:52 .

3: παρουσία
(Strong's #3952 — Noun Feminine — parousia — par-oo-see'-ah )

lit., "a presence," para, "with," and ousia, "being" (from eimi, "to be"), denotes both an "arrival" and a consequent "presence with." For instance, in a papyrus letter a lady speaks of the necessity of her parousia in a place in order to attend to matters relating to her property there. Paul speaks of his parousia in Philippi, Philippians 2:12 (in contrast to his apousia, "his absence;" see ABSENCE). Other words denote "the arrival" (see eisodos and eleusis, above). Parousia is used to describe the presence of Christ with His disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration, 2 Peter 1:16 . When used of the return of Christ, at the Rapture of the Chruch, it signifies, not merely His momentary "coming" for His saints, but His presence with them from that moment until His revelation and manifestation to the world. In some passages the word gives prominence to the beginning of that period, the course of the period being implied, 1 Corinthians 15:23 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:15 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:1 ; James 5:7, 8 ; 2 Peter 3:4 . In some, the course is prominent, Matthew 24:3, 37 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:13 ; 1 John 2:28 ; in others the conclusion of the period, Matthew 24:27 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:8 .

The word is also used of the Lawless One, the Man of Sin, his access to power and his doings in the world during his parousia, 2 Thessalonians 2:9 . In addition to Philippians 2:12 (above), it is used in the same way of the Apostle, or his companions, in 1 Corinthians 16:17 ; 2 Corinthians 7:6, 7 ; 2 Corinthians 10:10 ; Philippians 1:26 ; of the Day of God, 2 Peter 3:12 . See PRESENCE.

Note: The word apokalupsis, rendered "coming" in 1 Corinthians 1:7 , AV, denotes a "revelation" (RV). For a fuller treatment of Parousia, see Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 87,88.

Command

1: διατάσσω
(Strong's #1299 — Verb — diatasso — dee-at-as'-so )

signifies "to set in order, appoint, command," Matthew 11:1 ; Luke 8:55 ; Luke 17:9, 10 ; Acts 18:2 ; Acts 23:31 ; "gave order," 1 Corinthians 16:1 , RV. So in Acts 24:23 , where it is in the Middle Voice. See APPOINT , No. 6.

2: ἔπω
(Strong's #2036 — Verb — epo — ep'-o )

denotes "to speak" (connected with eipon, "to say"); hence, among various renderings, "to bid, command," Matthew 4:3 ; Mark 5:43 ; Mark 8:7 ; Luke 4:3 ; Luke 19:15 . See BID.

Note: In 2 Corinthians 4:6 , the RV rightly has "said," followed by the quotation "Light shall shine out of darkness."

3: ἐντέλλω
(Strong's #1781 — Verb — entello — en-tel'-lom-ahee )

signifies "to enjoin upon, to charge with;" it is used in the Middle Voice in the sense of commanding, Matthew 19:7 ; Matthew 28:20 ; Mark 10:3 ; Mark 13:34 ; John 8:5 ; John 15:14, 17 ; Acts 13:47 ; Hebrews 9:20 ; Hebrews 11:22 , "gave commandment." See CHARGE , ENJOIN.

4: ἐπιτάσσω
(Strong's #2004 — Verb — epitasso — ep-ee-tas'-so )

signifies to appoint over, put in charge (epi, "over," tasso, "to appoint"); then, "to put upon one as a duty, to enjoin," Mark 1:27 ; Mark 6:27, 39 ; Mark 9:25 ; Luke 4:36 ; Luke 8:25, 31 ; Luke 14:22 ; Acts 23:2 ; Philemon 1:8 . See CHARGE , ENJOIN.

5: κελεύω
(Strong's #2753 — Verb — keleuo — kel-yoo'-o )

"to urge, incite, order," suggests a stronger injunction than No. 6, Matthew 14:9, 19 ; Matthew 15:35 ; Matthew 18:25 ; Matthew 27:58, 64 ; Luke 18:40 ; Acts 4:15 (frequently in Acts, not subsequently in the NT). See BID.

6: παραγγέλλω
(Strong's #3853 — Verb — parangello — par-ang-gel'-lo )

"to announce beside" (para, "beside," angello, "to announce"), "to pass on an announcement," hence denotes "to give the word, order, give a charge, command," e.g., Mark 6:8 ; Luke 8:29 ; Luke 9:21 ; Acts 5:28 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:4, 6, 10, 12 . See CHARGE , B, No. 8.

7: προστάσσω
(Strong's #4367 — Verb — prostasso — pros-tas'-so )

denotes "to arrange or set in order towards" (pros, "towards," tasso, "to arrange"); hence "to prescribe, give command," Matthew 1:24 ; Matthew 8:4 ; Mark 1:44 ; Luke 5:14 ; Acts 10:33, 48 . For Matthew 21:6 see Note (3) below. See BID.

Notes: (1) In Revelation 9:4 , rheo, "to speak," is translated "said" in the RV (AV, "commanded"). (2) in Hebrews 12:20 diastellomai, "to charge, enjoin" (so in the RV), is rendered "commanded" in the AV. (3) in Matthew 21:6 , the RV, translating suntasso, as in the best mss., has "appointed," AV, "commanded."

Commandment

1: διάταγμα
(Strong's #1297 — Noun Neuter — diatagma — dee-at'-ag-mah )

signifies "that which is imposed by decree or law," Hebrews 11:23 . It stresses the concrete character of the "commandment" more than epitage (No. 4). Cp. COMMAND, No. 1. For the verb in Hebrews 11:22 see No. 3 under COMMAND.

2: ἐντολή
(Strong's #1785 — Noun Feminine — entole — en-tol-ay' )

akin to No. 3, above, denotes, in general, "an injunction, charge, precept, commandment." It is the most frequent term, and is used of moral and religious precepts, e.g., Matthew 5:19 ; it is frequent in the Gospels, especially that of John, and in his Epistles. See also, e.g., Acts 17:15 ; Romans 7:8-13 ; Romans 13:9 ; 1 Corinthians 7:19 ; Ephesians 2:15 ; Colossians 4:10 . See PRECEPT.

3: ἔνταλμα
(Strong's #1778 — Noun Neuter — entalma — en'-tal-mah )

akin to No. 2, marks more especially "the thing commanded, a commission;" in Matthew 15:9 ; Mark 7:7 ; Colossians 2:22 , RV, "precepts," AV, "commandments." See PRECEPT.

4: ἐπιταγή
(Strong's #2003 — Noun Feminine — epitage — ep-ee-tag-ay' )

akin to No. 4, above, stresses "the authoritativeness of the command;" it is used in Romans 16:26 ; 1 Corinthians 7:6, 25 ; 2 Corinthians 8:8 ; 1 Timothy 1:1 ; Titus 1:3 ; Titus 2:15 . See AUTHORITY.

Notes: (1) For parangelia (cp. parangello, above), "a proclamation," see CHARGE. (2) In Revelation 22:14 the RV, "wash their robes" (for AV, "do His commandments") follows the most authentic mss.

Commend, Commendation

A — 1: ἐπαινέω
(Strong's #1867 — Verb — epaineo — ep-ahee-neh'-o )

"to praise," is an intensive form of aineo, Luke 16:8 . It is elsewhere translated by the verb "to praise," in the RV, Romans 15:11 ; 1 Corinthians 11:2, 17, 22 . See LAUD , PRAISE.

A — 2: παραδίδωμι
(Strong's #3860 — Verb — paradidomi — par-ad-id'-o-mee )

lit., "to give or deliver over" (para, "over" didomi, "to give"), is said of "commending," or "committing," servants of God to Him (AV, "recommend"), Acts 14:26 ; Acts 15:40 . See BETRAY , BRING , B, Note (4), CAST , COMMIT , DELIVER , GIVE , HAZARD , PUT (in prison), RECOMMEND.

A — 3: παρατίθημι
(Strong's #3908 — Verb — paratithemi — par-at-ith'-ay-mee )

lit., "to put near" (para, "near"), in the Middle Voice, denotes "to place with someone, entrust, commit." In the sense of commending, it is said (a) of the Lord Jesus in "commending" His spirit into the Father's hands, Luke 23:46 ; (b) of "commending" disciples to God, Acts 14:23 ; (c) of "commending" elders to God, Acts 20:32 . See ALLEGE , COMMIT , PUT , No. 3, SET, No. 4. Cp. No. 2.

A — 4: παρίστανω
(Strong's #3936 — Verb — paristemi — par-is'-tay-mee, par-is-tan'-o )

lit., "to place near, set before," (para, "near," histemi, "to set"), is used of "self-commendation," 1 Corinthians 8:8 . See ASSIST , BRING , COME , GIVE , PRESENT , PROVE , PROVIDE , SHOW , STAND , YIELD.

A — 5: συνίστημι
(Strong's #4921 — Verb — sunistemi | sunistano — soon-is-tah'-o, soon-is-tah'-an'-o, soon-is-tah'-ay-mee )

lit., "to place together," denotes "to introduce one person to another, represent as worthy," e.g., Romans 3:5 ; Romans 5:8 ; Romans 16:1 ; 2 Corinthians 4:2 ; 2 Corinthians 6:4 ; 2 Corinthians 10:18 ; 2 Corinthians 12:11 . In 2 Corinthians 3:1 ; 2 Corinthians 5:12 ; 2 Corinthians 10:12 , the verb sunistano is used. See APPROVE , CONSIST , MAKE , STAND.

B — 1: συστατικός
(Strong's #4956 — Adjective — sustatikos — soos-tat-ee-kos' )

akin to A, No. 5, lit., "placing together," hence, "commendatory," is used of letters of "commendation," 2 Corinthians 3:1 , lit., "commendatory letters."

Commit, Commission

A — 1: ἐργάζομαι
(Strong's #2038 — Verb — ergazomai — er-gad'-zom-ahee )

to work, is translated by the verb "to commit" (of committing sin), in James 2:9 . This is a stronger expression than poieo, "to do," or prasso, "to practice" (Nos. 2 and 3). See DO , LABOR , MINISTER , TRADE , WORK.

A — 2: ποιέω
(Strong's #4160 — Verb — poieo — poy-eh'-o )

"to do, cause, etc.," sometimes signifies "to commit, of any act, as of murder," Mark 15:7 ; sin, John 8:34 ; 2 Corinthians 11:7 ; James 5:15 . See DO.

Note: In 1 John 3:4, 8, 9 , the AV wrongly has "commit" (an impossible meaning in ver. 8); the RV rightly has "doeth," i.e., of a continuous habit, equivalent to prasso, "to practice." The committal of an act is not in view in that passage.

A — 3: πράσσω
(Strong's #4238 — Verb — prasso — pras'-so )

"to do, work, practice," is said of continuous action, or action not yet completed, Acts 25:11, 25 ; it is rendered "practice" in the RV, for the incorrect AV "commit," in Romans 1:32 ; Romans 2:2 . See DO , EXACT , KEEP , REQUIRE , USE.

* (2) In the sense of delivering or entrusting something to a person.

A — 4: παραδίδωμι
(Strong's #3860 — Verb — paradidomi — par-ad-id'-o-mee )

"to give over," is often rendered by the verb "to commit," e.g., to prison, Acts 8:3 ; to the grace of God, Acts 14:26 ; to God, 1 Peter 2:23 ; by God to pits of darkness, 2 Peter 2:4 . See COMMEND , No. 2.

A — 5: πιστεύω
(Strong's #4100 — Verb — pisteuo — pist-yoo'-o )

signifies "to entrust, commit to," Luke 16:11 ; 1 Timothy 1:11 , "committed to (my) trust." See BELIEVE.

A — 6: τίθημι
(Strong's #5087 — Verb — tithemi — tith'-ay-mee )

"to put, place," signifies, in the Middle Voice, "to put for oneself, assign, place in," 2 Corinthians 5:19 , "having committed (unto us)."

A — 7: παρατίθημι
(Strong's #3908 — Verb — paratithemi — par-at-ith'-ay-mee )

see COMMEND , No. 3, signifies "to entrust, commit to one's charge," e.g., in Luke 12:48 ; 1 Timothy 1:18 ; 2 Timothy 2:2 ; 1 Peter 4:19 (AV, "commit the keeping").

Notes: (1) Didomi, "to give," is rendered "committed" in the AV of John 5:22 (RV, "given").

(2) For porneuo ("to commit fornication") see FORNICATION.

(3) In Romans 2:22 , hierosuleo, "to rob temples," is so rendered in the RV, for AV, "commit sacrilege."

(4) In Acts 27:40 , eao, "to let, leave," is rendered in the RV, "left (the anchors) in," for AV, "committed themselves to."

B — 1: παραθήκη
(Strong's #3866 — Noun Feminine — paratheke — par-ath-ah'-kay )

"a putting with, a deposit" (para, "with," tithemi, "to put"), and its longer form, parakatatheke, are found, the former in 2 Timothy 1:12 , "that which He hath committed unto me," RV, marg., lit., "my deposit" (perhaps, "my deposit with Him"), the latter in 1 Timothy 6:20 , where "guard that which is committed unto thee" is, lit., "guard the deposit," and 2 Timothy 1:14 , "that good thing which was committed unto thee," i.e., the good deposit; RV, marg., "the good deposit."

B — 2: ἀνεύθετος
(Strong's #428 — Adjective — epitrope — an-yoo'-the-tos )

denotes "a turning over (to another), a referring of a thing to another" (epi, "over," trepo, "to turn"), and so a committal of full powers, "a commission," Acts 26:12 .

Commodius

1: ἐπιτροπή
(Strong's #2011 — Noun Feminine — aneuthetos — ep-ee-trop-ay' )

"not commodius," lit., "not-well-placed" (from a, "not," n, euphonic, eu, "well," thetos, "from" tithemi, "to put, place"), is found in Acts 27:12 , where it is said of the haven at the place called Fair Havens.

Common, Commonly

A — 1: Κνίδος
(Strong's #2834 — Noun Location — koinos — knee'-dos )

denotes (a) "common, belonging to several" (Lat., communis), said of things had in common, Acts 2:44 ; Acts 4:32 ; of faith, Titus 1:4 ; of salvation, Jude 1:3 ; it stands in contrast to idios, "one's own;" (b) "ordinary, belonging to the generality, as distinct from what is peculiar to the few;" hence the application to religious practices of Gentiles in contrast with those of Jews; or of the ordinary people in contrast with those of the Pharisees; hence the meaning "unhallowed, profane," Levitically unclean (Lat., profanus), said of hands, Mark 7:2 (AV, "defiled,") RV marg., "common;" of animals, ceremonially unclean, Acts 10:14 ; Acts 11:8 ; of a man, Acts 10:28 ; of meats, Romans 14:14 , "unclean;" of the blood of the covenant, as viewed by an apostate, Hebrews 10:29 , "unholy" (RV, marg., "common"); of everything unfit for the holy city, Revelation 21:27 , RV, "unclean" (marg., "common"). Some mss. have the verb here. See DEFILED, UNCLEAN UNHOLY.

B — 1: κοινόω
(Strong's #2840 — Verb — koinoo — koy-no'-o )

"to make, or count, common," has this meaning in Acts 10:15 ; Acts 11:9 . See DEFILE , POLLUTE , UNCLEAN.

Notes: (1) Polus, used of number, signifies "many, numerous;" used of space, it signifies "wide, far reaching;" hence, with the article it is said of a multitude as being numerous; it is translated "common" (people) in Mark 12:37 (see the RV , marg.). It does not, however, mean the ordinary folk, but the many folk. See ABUNDANT , GREAT , LONG , MANY , MUCH , PLENTY.

(2) Ochlos denotes "a crowd, a great multitude;" with the article it is translated "the common people," in John 12:9, 12 (RV, marg.). See COMPANY , CROWD , MULTITUDE , NUMBER , PEOPLE , PRESS.

(3) Tunchano, "to happen," is used as an adjective in Acts 28:2 , of the kindness shown by the people of Melita to the shipwrecked company; AV, "(no) little;" RV, "(no) common;" the idea suggested by the verb is that which might happen anywhere or at all times; hence, "little, ordinary, or casual." See CHANCE , ENJOY , OBTAIN.

(4) In Matthew 27:27 , what the AV describes as "the common hall," is the praetorium, RV, "palace," the official residence of the Governor of a Province (marg., "praetorium").

(5) In Acts 5:18 , demosios (AV, "common," with reference to the prison) signifies "public," belonging to the people, demos, (RV, "public").

(6) In 1 Corinthians 5:1 , holos, "altogether" (AV, "commonly") means "actually" (RV).

(7) In Matthew 28:15 , diaphemizo, "to spread abroad" (as in the RV), is rendered in the AV, "is commonly reported. See SPREAD , Note (5).

Commonwealth

1: πολιτεία
(Strong's #4174 — Noun Feminine — politeia — pol-ee-ti'-ah )

see CITIZENSHIP , No. 3.

2: πολίτευμα
(Strong's #4175 — Noun Neuter — politeuma — pol-it'-yoo-mah )

see CITIZENSHIP , No. 4.

Commotion

* For COMMOTION see CONFUSION, TUMULT

Commune

1: διαλαλέω
(Strong's #1255 — Verb — dialaleo — dee-al-al-eh'-o )

signifies "to speak with anyone" (dia, "by turns," laleo, "to speak"), Luke 6:11 ; in Luke 1:65 , "to talk over, to noise abroad." The idea that laleo and its compounds bear no reference to the word spoken or the sentiment, is unfounded. See NOISE.

2: ὁμιλέω
(Strong's #3656 — Verb — homileo — hom-il-eh'-o )

from homos, "together," signifies "to be in company, to associate with any one;" hence, "to have intercourse with," Luke 24:14 (RV, "communed;" AV, "talked"), 15; Acts 24:26 ; in Acts 20:11 , "talked with." See TALK.

3: συλλαλέω
(Strong's #4814 — Verb — sullaleo — sool-lal-eh'-o )

"to talk together," is translated "communed" in Luke 22:4 , of the conspiracy of Judas with the chief priests. See CONFER , SPEAK , TALK.

Note: Laleo and its compounds, and the noun lalia, "speech," have a more dignified meaning in the Hellenistic Greek than "to chatter," its frequent meaning in earlier times.

Communicate, Communication

A — 1: κοινωνέω
(Strong's #2841 — Verb — koinoneo — koy-no-neh'-o )

is used in two senses, (a) "to have a share in," Romans 15:27 ; 1 Timothy 5:22 ; Hebrews 2:14 ; 1 Peter 4:13 ; 2 John 1:11 ; (b) "to give a share to, go shares with," Romans 12:13 , RV, "communicating," for AV, "distributing;" Galatians 6:6 , "communicate;" Philippians 4:15 , AV, "did communicate," RV, "had fellowship with." See DISTRIBUTE , FELLOWSHIP , PARTAKE.

A — 2: συγκοινωνέω
(Strong's #4790 — Verb — sunkoinoneo — soong-koy-no-neh'-o )

"to share together with" (sun "and" No. 1), is translated "communicated with" in Philippians 4:14 ; "have fellowship with," Ephesians 5:11 ; "be ... partakers of," Revelation 18:4 (RV, "have fellowship"). The thought is that of sharing with others what one has, in order to meet their needs. See FELLOWSHIP , B, No. 2, PARTAKE, B, No. 2.

Note: Anatithemi, "to set forth," is rendered "laid before" in Galatians 2:2 , RV, for AV, "communicated unto;" in Acts 25:14 , RV, "laid before," for AV, "declared."

B — 1: κοινωνία
(Strong's #2842 — Noun Feminine — koinonia — koy-nohn-ee'-ah )

akin to A (which see), is translated in Hebrews 13:16 "to communicate," lit., "be not forgetful of good deed and of fellowship;" "fellowship" (AV, "communication") in Philemon 1:6 , RV. See COMMUNION.

B — 2: λόγος
(Strong's #3056 — Noun Masculine — logos — log'-os )

"a word, that which is spoken" (lego, "to speak"), is used in the plural with reference to a conversation; "communication," Luke 24:17 . Elsewhere with this significance the RV renders it "speech," Matthew 5:37 ; Ephesians 4:29 . See ACCOUNT.

Note: In Colossians 3:8 , where the AV translates aischrologia by "filthy communication," the RV renders it "shameful speaking" (aischros, "base," lego, "to speak").

C — 1: κοινωνικός
(Strong's #2843 — Adjective — koinonikos — koy-no-nee-kos' )

akin to A, No. 1 and B, No. 1, means "apt, or ready, to communicate," 1 Timothy 6:18 .

Note: Homilia, "a company, association, or intercourse with" (see COMMUNE , No. 2), is translated "company" in 1 Corinthians 15:33 , RV (AV, "communications"); the word is in the plural, "evil companies," i.e., associations. See COMPANY , No. 6.

Communion

A — 1: κοινωνία
(Strong's #2842 — Noun Feminine — koinonia — koy-nohn-ee'-ah )

"a having in common (koinos), partnership, fellowship" (see COMMUNICATE), denotes (a) the share which one has in anything, a participation, fellowship recognized and enjoyed; thus it is used of the common experiences and interests of Christian men, Acts 2:42 ; Galatians 2:9 ; of participation in the knowledge of the Son of God, 1 Corinthians 1:9 ; of sharing the realization of the effects of the Blood (i.e., the Death) of Christ and the Body of Christ, as set forth by the emblems in the Lord's Supper, 1 Corinthians 10:16 ; of participation in what is derived from the Holy Spirit, 2 Corinthians 13:14 (RV, "communion"); Philippians 2:1 ; of participation in the sufferings of Christ, Philippians 3:10 ; of sharing in the resurrection life possessed in Christ, and so of fellowship with the Father and the Son, 1 John 1:3, 6, 7 ; negatively, of the impossibility of "communion" between light and darkness, 2 Corinthians 6:14 ; (b) fellowship manifested in acts, the practical effects of fellowship with God, wrought by the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers as the outcome of faith, Philemon 1:6 , and finding expression in joint ministration to the needy, Romans 15:26 ; 2 Corinthians 8:4 ; 2 Corinthians 9:13 ; Hebrews 13:16 , and in the furtherance of the Gospel by gifts, Philippians 1:5 . See COMMUNICATION , CONTRIBUTION , DISTRIBUTION , FELLOWSHIP.

B — 1: κοινωνός
(Strong's #2844 — Noun Masculine — koinonos — koy-no-nos' )

"having in common," is rendered "have communion with (the altar)," --the altar standing by metonymy for that which is associated with it -- in 1 Corinthians 10:18 , RV (for AV, "are partakers of"), and in 1 Corinthians 10:20 , for AV, "have fellowship with (demons)." See COMPANION.

Compacted

1: συνίστημι
(Strong's #4921 — Verb — sunistemi — soon-is-tah'-o, soon-is-tah'-an'-o, soon-is-tah'-ay-mee )

and transitively sunistao, "to stand together" (sun, "with," histemi, "to stand"), is rendered "compacted," in 2 Peter 3:5 , of the earth as formerly arranged by God in relation to the waters. See APPROVE , COMMEND , CONSIST , MAKE , STAND.

2: συμβιβάζω
(Strong's #4822 — Verb — sumbibazo — soom-bib-ad'-zo )

"to unite, to knit," is translated "compacted" in the AV of Ephesians 4:16 (RV, "knit together"), concerning the Church as the Body of Christ. See CONCLUDE , GATHER , INSTRUCT , KNIT, PROVE.

Companion

1: συνέκδημος
(Strong's #4898 — Noun Masculine — sunekdemos — soon-ek'-day-mos )

"a fellow-traveler" (sun, "with," ek, "from," demos, "people;" i.e., "away from one's people"), is used in Acts 19:29 , of Paul's companions in travel; in 2 Corinthians 8:19 , "travel with;" a closer rendering would be "(as) our fellow-traveler." See TRAVEL.

2: κοινωνός
(Strong's #2844 — Noun Masculine — koinonos — koy-no-nos' )

is rendered "companions" in the AV of Hebrews 10:33 (RV "partakers"). So sunkoinonos in Revelation 1:9 , AV, "companion;" RV, "partaker with you." See B, above, PARTAKER , PARTNER. Cp. COMMUNICATE.

3: συνεργός
(Strong's #4904 — Adjective — sunergos — soon-er-gos' )

"a felloworker" (sun, "with," ergon, "work"), is translated in Philippians 2:25 "companion in labor," AV (RV, "fellow-worker"). See HELPER , LABORER , WORKER.

Company

A — 1: ὄχλος
(Strong's #3793 — Noun Masculine — ochlos — okh'-los )

"a throng of people, an irregular crowd," most usually "a disorganized throng;" in Acts 6:7 , however, it is said of a company of the priests who believed; the word here indicates that they had not combined to bring this about. The RV usually translates this word "company" or "multitude." Cp. B, Note 3. See COMMON , CROWD , MULTITUDE , and Trench, Syn. xcviii.

A — 2: συνοδία
(Strong's #4923 — Noun Feminine — sunodia — soon-od-ee'-ah )

lit., "a way or journey together" (sun, "with," hodos, "a way"), denotes, by metonymy, "a company of travelers;" in Luke 2:44 , of the company from which Christ was missed by Joseph and Mary. (Eng., synod).

A — 3: συμπόσιον
(Strong's #4849 — Noun Neuter — sumposion — soom-pos'-ee-on )

lit. "denotes a drinking together (sun, "with," pino, "to drink"), a drinking-party;" hence, by metonymy, "any table party or any company arranged as a party." In Mark 6:39 the noun is repeated, in the plural, by way of an adverbial and distributive phrase, sumposia sumposia, lit., "companies-companies" (i.e., by companies).

A — 4: κλισία
(Strong's #2828 — Noun Feminine — klisia — klee-see'-ah )

akin to klino, "to recline," primarily means a place for lying down in, and hence a "reclining company," for the same purpose as No. 3. It is found in the plural in Luke 9:14 , corresponding to Mark's word sumposia (No. 3, above), signifying "companies reclining at a meal."

A — 5: πλῆθος
(Strong's #4128 — Noun Neuter — plethos — play'-thos )

lit., "a fullness," hence denotes "a multitude, a large or full company," Luke 23:1 ; "a multitude," Luke 23:27 (AV, "a great company"). See BUNDLE , MULTITUDE.

A — 6: ὁμιλία
(Strong's #3657 — Noun Feminine — homilia — hom-il-ee'-ah )

"an association of people, those who are of the same company" (homos, "same"), is used in 1 Corinthians 15:33 , AV, "(evil) communications;" RV, "(evil) company."

A — 7: ὅμιλος
(Strong's #3658 — Noun Masculine — homilos — hom'-il-os )

akin to No. 6, "a throng or crowd," is found, in some mss., in Revelation 18:17 , "all the company in ships," AV. Homilos denotes the concrete; homilia is chiefly an abstract noun.

A — 8: ἴδιος
(Strong's #2398 — Adjective — idios — id'-ee-os )

"one's own," is used in the plural with the article in Acts 4:23 , to signify "their own (company)." See BUSINESS , B.

Notes: (1) The preposition ex (i.e., ek), "of," with the first personal pronoun in the genitive plural (hemon, "us"), signifies "of our company," lit., "of us," in Luke 24:22 ; so ex auton, in Acts 15:22 , "men out of their company," lit., "men out of them."

(2) The phrase in Acts 13:13 , hoi peri Paulon, lit., "the (ones) about Paul," signifies "Paul and his company."

(3) Murias, a noun connected with the adjective murios ("numberless, infinite"), signifies "a myriad" (whence the English word), and is used hyperbolically, of vast numbers, e.g., Hebrews 12:22 , AV, "an innumerable company;" RV, "innumerable hosts." (Contrast murioi, 10,000, Matthew 18:24 ).

(4) In Acts 21:8 , the phrase translated "that were of Paul's company" is absent from the best texts.

B — 1: συναναμίγνυμι
(Strong's #4874 — Verb — sunanamignumi — soon-an-am-ig'-noo-mee )

lit., "to mix up with" (sun, "with," ana, "up," mignumi, "to mix, mingle"), signifies "to have, or keep, company with," 1 Corinthians 5:9, 11 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:14 .

B — 2: συνέρχομαι
(Strong's #4905 — Verb — sunerchomai — soon-er'-khom-ahee )

"to come, or go, with," is rendered "have companied" in Acts 1:21 . See COME , No. 11.

Notes: (1) Aphorizo, "to separate," is translated "separate (you) from (their) company," in Luke 6:22 , the latter part being added in italics to supply the meaning of excommunication. See DIVIDE.

(2) Kollao, "to join," is rendered "keep company," in Acts 10:28 , AV; RV, "join himself." See CLEAVE , JOIN.

(3) Ochlopoieo, lit., "to make a crowd" (ochlos, "a crowd," poieo, "to make"), is translated "gathered a company," in Acts 17:5 , AV; the RV corrects this to "gathering a crowd." See CROWD.

Compare, Comparison

1: συγκρίνω
(Strong's #4793 — Verb — sunkrino — soong-kree'-no )

denotes (a) "to join fitly, to combine," 1 Corinthians 2:13 , either in the sense of combining spiritual things with spiritual, adapting the discourse to the subject, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, or communicating spiritual things by spiritual things or words, or in the sense of interpreting spiritual things to spiritual men, RV and AV, "comparing" (cp. the Sept. use, of interpreting dreams, etc. Genesis 40:8, 16, 22 ; Genesis 41:12, 15 ; Daniel 5:12 ); (b) "to place together;" hence, "judge or discriminate by comparison, compare, with or among," 2 Corinthians 10:12 (thrice).

2: παραβάλλω
(Strong's #3846 — Verb — paraballo — par-ab-al'-lo )

"to place side by side, to set forth," and the noun parabole (Eng., "parable"), occur in Mark 4:30 , RV, "In what parable shall we set it forth?," AV, "with what comparison shall we compare it?" See ARRIVE.

Note: The preposition pros, "towards," is sometimes used of mental direction, in the way of estimation, or comparison, as in the phrase "(worthy) to be compared," or "(worthy) in comparison with," Romans 8:18 .

Compass

1: κυκλόω
(Strong's #2944 — Verb — kukleuo — koo-klo'-o )

denotes "to encircle, surround," and is found in the best texts in John 10:24 , "came round about," and Revelation 20:9 , of a camp surrounded by foes; some mss. have No. 2 in each place.

2: κυκλόω
(Strong's #2944 — Verb — kukloo — koo-klo'-o )

(cp. Eng., "cycle") signifies "to move in a circle, to compass about," as of a city "encompassed" by armies, Luke 21:20 ; Hebrews 11:30 ; in Acts 14:20 , "stood round about." See COME , No. 38, STAND.

3: περικυκλόω
(Strong's #4033 — Verb — perikukloo — per-ee-koo-klo'-o )

peri, "about," with No. 2, is used in Luke 19:43 "shall compass ... round."

4: περιάγω
(Strong's #4013 — Verb — periago — per-ee-ag'-o )

"to lead about," 1 Corinthians 9:5 , or, intransitively, "to go about, to go up and down," is so used in Matthew 4:23 ; Matthew 9:35 ; Mark 6:6 ; Acts 13:11 ; "to compass regions," Matthew 23:15 . See GO , LEAD.

5: περίκειμαι
(Strong's #4029 — Verb — perikeimai — per-ik'-i-mahee )

"to be encompassed:" see BOUND (b), HANG.

6: περιέρχομαι
(Strong's #4022 — Verb — perierchomai — per-ee-er'-khom-ahee )

lit., "to go, or come, about" (peri, "about," erchomai, "to come"), is translated in Acts 28:13 , AV, "fetched a compass." See CIRCUIT.

Compassion, Compassionate

A — 1: οἰκτείρω
(Strong's #3627 — Verb — oikteiro — oyk-ti'-ro )

"to have pity, a feeling of distress through the ills of others," is used of God's compassion, Romans 9:15 .

A — 2: σπλαγχνίζομαι
(Strong's #4697 — Verb — splanchnizomai — splangkh-nid'-zom-ahee )

"to be moved as to one's inwards (splanchna), to be moved with compassion, to yearn with compassion," is frequently recorded of Christ towards the multitude and towards individual sufferers, Matthew 9:36 ; Matthew 14:14 ; Matthew 15:32 ; Matthew 18:27 ; Matthew 20:34 ; Mark 1:41 ; Mark 6:34 ; Mark 8:2 ; Mark 9:22 (of the appeal of a father for a demon-possessed son); Luke 7:13 ; Luke 10:33 ; of the father in the parable of the Prodigal Son, Luke 15:20 . (Moulton and Milligan consider the verb to have been coined in the Jewish dispersion).

A — 3: συμπαθέω
(Strong's #4834 — Verb — sumpatheo — soom-path-eh'-o )

"to suffer with another (sun, 'with,' pascho, 'to suffer'), to be affected similarly" (Eng., "sympathy"), to have "compassion" upon, Hebrews 10:34 , of "compassionating" those in prison, is translated "be touched with" in Hebrews 4:15 , of Christ as the High Priest. See TOUCH.

A — 4: ἐλεέω
(Strong's #1653 — Verb — eleeo — el-eh-eh'-o )

"to have mercy (eleos, "mercy"), to show kindness, by beneficence, or assistance," is translated "have compassion" in Matthew 18:33 (AV); Mark 5:19 ; Jude 1:22 . See MERCY.

A — 5: μετριοπαθέω
(Strong's #3356 — Verb — metriopatheo — met-ree-op-ath-eh'-o )

is rendered "have compassion," in Hebrews 5:2 , AV. See BEAR , No. 13.

B — 1: οἰκτιρμός
(Strong's #3628 — Noun Masculine — oiktirmos — oyk-tir-mos' )

akin to A, No. 1, is used with splanchna (see below), "the viscera, the inward parts," as the seat of emotion, the "heart," Philippians 2:1 ; Colossians 3:12 , "a heart of compassion" (AV, "bowels of mercies"). In Hebrews 10:28 it is used with choris, "without," (lit., "without compassions"). It is translated "mercies" in Romans 12:1 ; 2 Corinthians 1:3 . See MERCY.

B — 2: σπλάγχνον
(Strong's #4698 — Noun Neuter — splanchnon — splangkh'-non )

always used in the plural, is suitably rendered "compassion" in the RV of Colossians 3:12 ; 1 John 3:17 ; "compassions" in Philippians 2:1 , Cp. A, No. 2. See BOWELS.

C — 1: συμπαθής
(Strong's #4835 — Adjective — sumpathes — soom-path-ace' )

denotes suffering with, "compassionate," 1 Peter 3:8 , RV (AV, "having compassion"). See A, No. 3.

Compel

1: ἀναγκάζω
(Strong's #315 — Verb — anankazo — an-ang-kad'-zo )

denotes "to put constraint upon (from ananke, 'necessity'), to constrain," whether by threat, entreaty, force or persuasion; Christ "constrained" the disciples to get into a boat, Matthew 14:22 ; Mark 6:45 ; the servants of the man who made a great supper were to constrain people to come in, Luke 14:23 (RV, "constrain"); Saul of Tarsus "strove" to make saints blaspheme, Acts 26:11 , RV (AV, "compelled"); Titus, though a Greek, was not "compelled" to be circumcised, Galatians 2:3 , as Galatian converts were, Galatians 6:12 , RV; Peter was "compelling" Gentiles to live as Jews, Galatians 2:14 ; Paul was "constrained" to appeal to Caesar, Acts 28:19 , and was "compelled" by the church at Corinth to become foolish in speaking of himself, 2 Corinthians 12:11 . See CONSTRAIN.

2: ἀγγαρεύω
(Strong's #29 — Verb — angareuo — ang-ar-yew'-o )

"to dispatch as an angaros (a Persian courier kept at regular stages with power of impressing men into service)," and hence, in general, "to impress into service," is used of "compelling" a person to go a mile, Matthew 5:41 ; of the impressing of Simon to bear Christ's cross, Matthew 27:32 ; Mark 15:21 .

Complainer, Complaint

1: μεμψίμοιρος
(Strong's #3202 — Adjective — mempsimoiros — mem-psim'-oy-ros )

denotes "one who complains," lit., "complaining of one's lot" (memphomai, "to blame," moira, "a fate, lot"); hence, "discontented, querulous, repining;" it is rendered "complainers" in Jude 1:16 .

2: μομφή
(Strong's #3437 — Noun Feminine — momphe — mom-fay' )

denotes "blame" (akin to memphomai, see No. 1), "an occasion of complaint," Colossians 3:13 (AV, "quarrel"). See QUARREL.

3: αἰτίαμα
(Strong's #157 — Noun Neuter — aitioma — ahee-tee'-am-ah )

"a charge," is translated "complaints" in Acts 25:7 , AV. See CHARGE.

Complete, Completion, Completely

A — 1: ἐπιτελέω
(Strong's #2005 — Verb — epiteleo — ep-ee-tel-eh'-o )

"to complete:" see ACCOMPLISH , No. 4.

A — 2: ἐξαρτίζω
(Strong's #1822 — Verb — exartizo — ex-ar-tid'-zo )

"to fit out" (ek, "out," intensive, artos, "a joint;" or from artios, perfect, lit., "exactly right"), is said of the equipment of the man of God, 2 Timothy 3:17 , "furnished completely" (AV, "throughly furnished"); elsewhere in Acts 21:5 , "accomplished." Cp. B. See FURNISH.

A — 3: συντελέω
(Strong's #4931 — Verb — sunteleo — soon-tel-eh'-o )

"to end together, bring quite to an end" (sun, "together," intensive, telos, "an end"), is said (a) of the "completion" of a period of days, Luke 4:2 ; Acts 21:27 ; (b) of "completing" something; some mss. have it in Matthew 7:28 , of the Lord, in ending His discourse (the best mss. have teleo, "to finish"); of God, in finishing a work, Romans 9:28 , in making a new covenant, Hebrews 8:8 , marg., "accomplish;" of the fulfillment of things foretold, Mark 13:4 ; of the Devil's temptation of the Lord, Luke 4:13 . See END , FINISH , FULFILL , MAKE.

A — 4: πληρόω
(Strong's #4137 — Verb — pleroo — play-ro'-o )

"to fill" (in the Passive Voice, "to be made full"), is translated "complete" in the AV of Colossians 2:10 (RV, "made full;" cp. ver. 9). See ACCOMPLISH.

A — 5: πληροφορέω
(Strong's #4135 — Verb — plerophoreo — play-rof-or-eh'-o )

"to be fully assured," is translated "complete" in Colossians 4:12 . See ASSURED, B, No. 2.

B — 1: ἄρτιος
(Strong's #739 — Adjective — artios — ar'-tee-os )

"fitted, complete" (from artos, "a limb, joint"), is used in 2 Timothy 3:17 , RV, "complete," AV, "perfect." See PERFECT.

C — 1: ἀπαρτισμός
(Strong's #535 — Noun Masculine — apartismos — ap-ar-tis-mos' )

is rendered "complete" in Luke 14:28 , RV.

Comprehend

* For COMPREHEND see APPREHEND , John 1:5 , AV, and SUM UP

Conceal

1: παρακαλύπτω
(Strong's #3871 — Verb — parakalupto — par-ak-al-oop'-to )

"to conceal thoroughly" (para, "beside," intensive, kalupto, "to hide"), is found in Luke 9:45 , of "concealing" from the disciples the fact of the delivering up of Christ.

Conceits

1: ἐν
(Strong's #1722 1438 — Preposition — en heautois — en )

lit., "in yourselves," is used with phronimos, "wise," in Romans 11:25 , "(wise) in your own conceits (i.e., opinions)."

2: παρά
(Strong's #3844 1438 — Preposition — par' heautois — par-ah' )

(para, with, in the estimation of), in Romans 12:16 has the same rendering as No. 1.

Conceive

1: γεννάω
(Strong's #1080 — Verb — gennao — ghen-nah'-o )

"to conceive, beget:" see BEGET , A, No. 1.

2: συλλαμβάνω
(Strong's #4815 — Verb — sullambano — sool-lam-ban'-o )

lit., "to take together" (sun, "with," lambano, "to take or receive"), is used (a) of a woman, to "conceive," Luke 1:24, 31, 36 ; in the Passive Voice. Luke 2:21 ; (b) metaphorically, of the impulse of lust in the human heart, enticing to sin, James 1:15 . For its other meaning see CATCH , No. 8.

3: τίθημι
(Strong's #5087 — Verb — tithemi — tith'-ay-mee )

"to put, set," is used in Acts 5:4 , of the sin of Ananias, in "conceiving" a lie in his heart.

Notes: (1) The phrase echo, "to have," with koite, "a lying down, a bed," especially the marriage bed, denotes "to conceive," Romans 9:10 .

(2) The phrase eis katabolen, lit., "for a casting down, or in," is used of conception in Hebrews 11:11 .

Concern

* 1. The neuter plural of the article ("the things"), with the genitive case of a noun, is used in 2 Corinthians 11:30 of Paul's infirmity, "the things that concern my infirmity," lit., "the (things) of my infirmity." * 2. The neuter singular of the article, with the preposition peri, "concerning," is used by the Lord in Luke 22:37 , "that which concerneth," lit., "the (thing) concerning (Me)." The same construction is found in Luke 24:27 ; Acts 19:8 ; Acts 28:31

Concerning

* For CONCERNING (preposition, conjunction, or participle not dealt with in this resource)

Concision

1: κατατομή
(Strong's #2699 — Noun Feminine — katatome — kat-at-om-ay' )

lit., "a cutting off" (kata, "down," temno, "to cut"), "a mutilation," is a term found in Philippians 3:2 , there used by the Apostle, by a paranomasia, contemptuously, for the Jewish circumcision with its Judaistic influence, in contrast to the true spiritual circumcision.

Conclude

1: συμβιβάζω
(Strong's #4822 — Verb — sumbibazo — soom-bib-ad'-zo )

lit., "to make to come together," is translated "concluding" in Acts 16:10 , RV, for the AV, "assuredly gathering." See COMPACTED , INSTRUCT , KNIT, PROVE.

Notes: For krino, "to judge, give judgement," rendered "concluded" in the AV of Acts 21:25 , RV, "giving judgment," see JUDGMENT. For logizomai, "to reckon," translated "conclude" in Romans 3:28 , AV, RV, "reckon," see RECKON. For sunkleio, "to shut up with," translated "concluded" in Romans 11:32 ; Galatians 3:22 , AV, RV, "shut up," see INCLOSE , SHUT.

Concord

1: συμφώνησις
(Strong's #4857 — Noun Feminine — sumphonesis — soom-fo'-nay-sis )

lit., "a sounding together" (sun, "with," phone, "a sound;" Eng., "symphony"), is found in 2 Corinthians 6:15 , in the rhetorical question "what concord hath Christ with Belial?" See AGREE , A, No. 1.

Concourse

1: συστροφή
(Strong's #4963 — Noun Feminine — suntrophe — soos-trof-ay' )

"a turning together" (sun, "with," trepo, "to turn"), signifies (a) that which is rolled together; hence (b) a dense mass of people, concourse, Acts 19:40 . See BANDED.

Concupiscence

* For CONCUPISCENCE (AV of Romans 7:8 ; Colossians 3:5 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:5 ) see COVET , DESIRE , LUST.

Condemn, Condemnation

A — 1: καταγινώσκω
(Strong's #2607 — Verb — kataginosko — kat-ag-in-o'-sko )

"to know something against" (kata, "against," ginosko, "to know by experience"), hence, "to think ill of, to condemn," is said, in Galatians 2:11 , of Peter's conduct (RV, "stood condemned"), he being "self-condemned" as the result of an exercised and enlightened conscience, and "condemned" in the sight of others; so of "self-condemnation" due to an exercise of heart, 1 John 3:20, 21 . See BLAME.

A — 2: καταδικάζω
(Strong's #2613 — Verb — katadikazo — kat-ad-ik-ad'-zo )

signifies "to exercise right or law against anyone;" hence, "to pronounce judgment, to condemn" (kata, "down, or against," dike, "justice"), Matthew 12:7, 37 ; Luke 6:37 ; James 5:6 .

A — 3: κρίνω
(Strong's #2919 — Verb — krino — kree'-no )

"to distinguish, choose, give an opinion upon, judge," sometimes denotes "to condemn," e.g., Acts 13:27 ; Romans 2:27 ; James 5:9 (in the best mss.). Cp. No. 1, below. See CALL (No. 13), CONCLUDE, DECREE, DETERMINE, ESTEEM, JUDGE, LAW (go to), ORDAIN, SUE, THINK.

A — 4: κατακρίνω
(Strong's #2632 — Verb — katakrino — kat-ak-ree'-no )

a strengthened form of No. 3, signifies "to give judgment against, pass sentence upon;" hence, "to condemn," implying (a) the fact of a crime, e.g., Romans 2:1 ; Romans 14:23 ; 2 Peter 2:6 ; some mss. have it in James 5:9 ; (b) the imputation of a crime, as in the "condemnation" of Christ by the Jews, Matthew 20:18 ; Mark 14:64 . It is used metaphorically of "condemning" by a good example, Matthew 12:41, 42 ; Luke 11:31, 32 ; Hebrews 11:7 .

In Romans 8:3 , God's "condemnation" of sin is set forth in that Christ, His own Son, sent by Him to partake of human nature (sin apart) and to become an offering for sin, died under the judgment due to our sin.

B — 1: κρίμα
(Strong's #2917 — Noun Neuter — krima — kree'-mah )

denotes (a) "the sentence pronounced, a verdict, a condemnation, the decision resulting from an investigation," e.g., Mark 12:40 ; Luke 23:40 ; 1 Timothy 3:6 ; Jude 1:4 ; (b) "the process of judgment leading to a decision," 1 Peter 4:17 ("judgment"), where krisis (see No. 3, below) might be expected. In Luke 24:20 , "to be condemned" translates the phrase eis krima, "unto condemnation" (i.e., unto the pronouncement of the sentence of "condemnation"). For the rendering "judgment," see, e.g., Romans 11:33 ; 1 Corinthians 11:34 ; Galatians 5:10 ; James 3:1 . In these (a) the process leading to a decision and (b) the pronouncement of the decision, the verdict, are to be distinguished. In 1 Corinthians 6:7 the word means a matter for judgment, a lawsuit. See JUDGMENT.

B — 2: κατάκριμα
(Strong's #2631 — Noun Neuter — katakrima — kat-ak'-ree-mah )

cp. No. 4, above, is "the sentence pronounced, the condemnation" with a suggestion of the punishment following; it is found in Romans 5:16, 18 ; Romans 8:1 .

B — 3: κρίσις
(Strong's #2920 — Noun Feminine — krisis — kree'-sis )

(a) denotes "the process of investigation, the act of distinguishing and separating" (as distinct from krima, see No. 1 above); hence "a judging, a passing of judgment upon a person or thing;" it has a variety of meanings, such as judicial authority, John 5:22, 27 ; justice, Acts 8:33 ; James 2:13 ; a tribunal, Matthew 5:21, 22 ; a trial, John 5:24 ; 2 Peter 2:4 ; a judgment, 2 Peter 2:11 ; Jude 1:9 ; by metonymy, the standard of judgment, just dealing, Matthew 12:18, 20 ; Matthew 23:23 ; Luke 11:42 ; Divine judgment executed, 2 Thessalonians 1:5 ; Revelation 16:7 ; (b) sometimes it has the meaning "condemnation," and is virtually equivalent to krima (a); see Matthew 23:33 ; John 3:19 ; James 5:12 , hupo krisin, "under judgment." See ACCUSATION , A (Note), DAMNATION , JUDGMENT.

Note: In John 9:39 , "For judgment (krima) came I into this world," the meaning would appear to be, "for being judged" (as a touch-stone for proving men's thoughts and characters), in contrast to John 5:22 , "hath given all judging (krisis) to the Son;" in Luke 24:20 , "delivered Him up to be condemned to death," the latter phrase is, lit., "to a verdict (krima) of death" (which they themselves could not carry out); in Mark 12:40 , "these shall receive greater condemnation" (krima), the phrase signifies a heavier verdict (against themselves).

B — 4: κατάκρισις
(Strong's #2633 — Verb — katakrisis — kat-ak'-ree-sis )

a strengthened form of No. 3, denotes "a judgment against, condemnation," with the suggestion of the process leading to it, as of "the ministration of condemnation," 2 Corinthians 3:9 ; in 2 Corinthians 7:3 , "to condemn," more lit., "with a view to condemnation."

C — 1: αὐτοκατάκριτος
(Strong's #843 — Adjective — autokatakritos — ow-tok-at-ak'-ree-tos )

"self-condemned" (auto, "self," katakrino, "to condemn"), i.e., on account of doing himself what he condemns in others, is used in Titus 3:11 .

C — 2: ἀκατάγνωστος
(Strong's #176 — Adjective — akatagnostos — ak-at-ag'-noce-tos )

akin to A, No. 1, with negative prefix, a, "not to be condemned," is said of sound speech, in Titus 2:8 .

Condescend

1: συναπάγω
(Strong's #4879 — Verb — sunapago — soon-ap-ag'-o )

see CARRY , No. 7.

Conditions

* Note: This translates the phrase ta pros in Luke 14:32 , lit., "the (things) towards," i.e., the things relating to, or conditions of, (peace).

Conduct

A — 1: ἀγωγή
(Strong's #72 — Noun Feminine — agoge — ag-o-gay' )

from ago, "to lead," properly denotes "a teaching;" then, figuratively, "a training, discipline," and so, the life led, a way or course of life, conduct, 2 Timothy 3:10 , RV, "conduct;" AV, "manner of life." See LIFE.

B — 1: καθίστημι
(Strong's #2525 — Verb — kathistemi — kath-is'-tay-mee )

lit., "to stand down or set down" (kata, "down," histemi, "to stand"), has, among its various meanings, "the significance of bringing to a certain place, conducting," Acts 17:15 (so the Sept. in Joshua 6:23 ; 1 Samuel 5:3 ; 2 Chronicles 28:15 ). See APPOINT.

B — 2: προπέμπω
(Strong's #4311 — Verb — propempo — prop-em'-po )

signifies "to set forward, conduct:" see ACCOMPANY , No. 4.

Confer, Conference

1: προσανατίθημι
(Strong's #4323 — Verb — prosanatithemi — pros-an-at-ith'-ay-mee )

lit., "to put before" (pros, "towards," ana, "up," and tithemi, "to put"), i.e., "to lay a matter before others so as to obtain counsel or instruction," is used of Paul's refraining from consulting human beings, Galatians 1:16 (translated "imparted" in Galatians 2:6 ; AV, "added ... in conference"). Cp. the shorter form anatithemi, in Galatians 2:2 , "laid before," the less intensive word being used there simply to signify the imparting of information, rather than conferring with others to seek advice. See ADD , IMPART.

2: συλλαλέω
(Strong's #4814 — Verb — sullaleo — sool-lal-eh'-o )

"to speak together with" (sun, "with," laleo, "to speak"), is translated "conferred" in Acts 25:12 ; elsewhere of talking with, Matthew 17:3 ; Mark 9:4 ; Luke 4:36 ; Luke 9:30 ; "communed" in Luke 22:4 . See COMMUNE , SPEAK , TALK.

3: συμβάλλω
(Strong's #4820 — Verb — sumballo — soom-bal'-lo )

lit., "to throw together" (sun, "with," ballo, "to throw"), is used of "conversation, to discourse or consult together, confer," Acts 4:15 . See ENCOUNTER , HELP , MEET WITH , PONDER.

Note: For the AV, "conference" in Galatians 2:6 , see No. 1, above.

Confess, Confession

A — 1: ὁμολογέω
(Strong's #3670 — Verb — homologeo — hom-ol-og-eh'-o )

lit., "to speak the same thing" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), "to assent, accord, agree with," denotes, (a) "to confess, declare, admit," John 1:20 ; e.g., Acts 24:14 ; Hebrews 11:13 ; (b) "to confess by way of admitting oneself guilty of what one is accused of, the result of inward conviction," 1 John 1:9 ; (c) "to declare openly by way of speaking out freely, such confession being the effect of deep conviction of facts," Matthew 7:23 ; Matthew 10:32 (twice) and Luke 12:8 (see next par.); John 9:22 ; John 12:42 ; Acts 23:8 ; Romans 10:9, 10 ("confession is made"); 1 Timothy 6:12 (RV); Titus 1:16 ; 1 John 2:23 ; 1 John 4:2, 15 ; 2 John 1:7 (in John's Epistle it is the necessary antithesis to Gnostic doceticism); Revelation 3:5 , in the best mss. (some have No. 2 here); (d) "to confess by way of celebrating with praise," Hebrews 13:15 ; (e) "to promise," Matthew 14:7 .

In Matthew 10:32 ; Luke 12:8 the construction of this verb with en, "in," followed by the dative case of the personal pronoun, has a special significance, namely, to "confess" in a person's name, the nature of the "confession" being determined by the context, the suggestion being to make a public "confession." Thus the statement, "every one ... who shall confess Me (lit., "in Me," i.e., in My case) before men, him (lit., "in him," i.e., in his case) will I also confess before My Father ...," conveys the thought of "confessing" allegiance to Christ as one's Master and Lord, and, on the other hand, of acknowledgment, on His part, of the faithful one as being His worshipper and servant, His loyal follower; this is appropriate to the original idea in homologeo of being identified in thought or language. See PROFESS , PROMISE , THANK.

A — 2: ἐξομολογέω
(Strong's #1843 — Verb — exomologeo — ex-om-ol-og-eh'-o )

ek, "out," intensive, and No. 1, and accordingly stronger than No. 1, "to confess forth," i.e., "freely, openly," is used (a) "of a public acknowledgment or confession of sins," Matthew 3:6 ; Mark 1:5 ; Acts 19:18 ; James 5:16 ; (b) "to profess or acknowledge openly," Matthew 11:25 (translated "thank," but indicating the fuller idea); Philippians 2:11 (some mss. have it in Revelation 3:5 : see No. 1); (c) "to confess by way of celebrating, giving praise," Romans 14:11 ; Romans 15:9 . In Luke 10:21 , it is translated "I thank," the true meaning being "I gladly acknowledge." In Luke 22:6 it signifies to consent (RV), for AV, "promised." See CONSENT , PROMISE , THANK.

B — 1: ὁμολογία
(Strong's #3671 — Noun Feminine — homologia — hom-ol-og-ee'-ah )

akin to A, No. 1, denotes "confession, by acknowledgment of the truth," 2 Corinthians 9:13 ; 1 Timothy 6:12, 13 ; Hebrews 3:1 ; Hebrews 4:14 ; Hebrews 10:23 (AV, incorrectly, "profession," except in 1 Timothy 6:13 ).

Note: For the adverb homologoumenos, confessedly, see CONTROVERSY.

Confidence, Confident

A — 1: πεποίθησις
(Strong's #4006 — Noun Feminine — pepoithesis — pep-oy'-thay-sis )

akin to peitho, B, No. 1 below, denotes "persuasion, assurance, confidence," 2 Corinthians 1:15 ; 2 Corinthians 3:4 , AV, "trust;" 2 Corinthians 8:22 ; 2 Corinthians 10:2 ; Ephesians 3:12 ; Philippians 3:4 . See TRUST.

A — 2: ὑπόστασις
(Strong's #5287 — Noun Feminine — hupostasis — hoop-os'-tas-is )

lit., "a standing under" (hupo, "under," stasis, "a standing"), "that which stands, or is set, under, a foundation, beginning;" hence, the quality of confidence which leads one to stand under, endure, or undertake anything, 2 Corinthians 9:4 ; 2 Corinthians 11:17 ; Hebrews 3:14 . Twice in Heb. it signifies "substance," Hebrews 1:3 (AV, "Person") and Hebrews 11:1 . See SUBSTANCE.

A — 3: παρρησία
(Strong's #3954 — Noun Feminine — parrhesia — par-rhay-see'-ah )

often rendered "confidence" in the AV, is in all such instances rendered "boldness" in the RV, Acts 28:31 ; Hebrews 3:6 ; 1 John 2:28 ; 1 John 3:21 ; 1 John 5:14 . See BOLDNESS , OPENLY , PLAINNESS.

B — 1: πείθω
(Strong's #3982 — Verb — peitho — pi'-tho )

"to persuade," or, intransitively, "to have confidence, to be confident" (cp. A, No. 1), has this meaning in the following, Romans 2:19 ; 2 Corinthians 2:3 ; Galatians 5:10 ; Philippians 1:6, 14 (RV, "being confident," for AV, "waxing confident"), 25; 3:3,4; 2 Thessalonians 3:4 ; Philemon 1:21 . See AGREE , ASSURE , BELIEVE , OBEY , PERSUADE , TRUST , YIELD.

B — 2: θαρρέω
(Strong's #2292 — Verb — tharreo — thar-hreh'-o )

"to be of good courage," is so translated in the RV of 2 Corinthians 5:6 ; 2 Corinthians 7:16 (AV, "to have confidence, or be confident"). See COURAGE.

Note: The adverb "confidently" is combined with the verb "affirm" to represent the verbs diischurizomai, Luke 22:59 ; Acts 12:15 , RV (AV, "constantly affirmed"), and diabebaioomai, 1 Timothy 1:7 , AV, "affirm," and Titus 3:8 , AV, "affirm constantly." See AFFIRM.

Confirm, Confirmation

A — 1: βεβαιόω
(Strong's #950 — Verb — bebaioo — beb-ah-yo'-o )

"to make firm, establish, make secure" (the connected adjective bebaios signifies "stable, fast, firm"), is used of "confirming" a word, Mark 16:20 ; promises, Romans 15:8 ; the testimony of Christ, 1 Corinthians 1:6 ; the saints by the Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Corinthians 1:8 ; the saints by God, 2 Corinthians 1:21 ("stablisheth"); in faith, Colossians 2:7 ; the salvation spoken through the Lord and "confirmed" by the Apostles, Hebrews 2:3 ; the heart by grace, Hebrews 13:9 ("stablished").

A — 2: ἐπιστηρίζω
(Strong's #1991 — Verb — episterizo — ep-ee-stay-rid'-zo )

"to make to lean upon, strengthen" (epi, "upon," sterix, "a prop, support"), is used of "confirming" souls, Acts 14:22 ; brethren, Acts 15:32 ; churches, Acts 15:41 ; disciples, Acts 18:23 , in some mss. ("stablishing," RV, "strengthening," AV); the most authentic mss. have sterizo in 18:23. See STRENGTHEN.

A — 3: κυρόω
(Strong's #2964 — Verb — kuroo — koo-ro'-o )

"to make valid, ratify, impart authority or influence" (from kuros, "might," kurios, "mighty, a head, as supreme in authority"), is used of spiritual love, 2 Corinthians 2:8 ; a human covenant, Gal.3:15. In the Sept., see Genesis 23:20 , e.g.

A — 4: προκυρόω
(Strong's #4300 — Verb — prokuroo — prok-oo-ro'-o )

pro, "before," and No. 3, "to confirm or ratify before," is said of the Divine confirmation of a promise given originally to Abraham, Genesis 12 , and "confirmed" by the vision of the furnace and torch, Genesis 15 , by the birth of Isaac, Genesis 21 , and by the oath of God, Genesis 22 , all before the giving of the Law, Galatians 3:17 .

A — 5: μεσιτεύω
(Strong's #3315 — Verb — mesiteuo — mes-it-yoo'-o )

"to act as a mediator, to interpose," is rendered "confirmed," in the AV of Hebrews 6:17 (marg., and RV, "interposed"). See INTERPOSED.

B — 1: βεβαίωσις
(Strong's #951 — Noun Feminine — bebaiosis — beb-ah'-yo-sis )

akin to A, No. 1, is used in two senses (a) "of firmness, establishment," said of the "confirmation" of the Gospel, Philippians 1:7 ; (b) "of authoritative validity imparted," said of the settlement of a dispute by an oath to produce confidence, Hebrews 6:16 . The word is found frequently in the papyri of the settlement of a business transaction.

Conflict

1: ἀγών
(Strong's #73 — Noun Masculine — agon — ag-one' )

from ago, "to lead," signifies (a) "a place of assembly," especially the place where the Greeks assembled for the Olympic and Pythian games; (b) "a contest of athletes," metaphorically, 1 Timothy 6:12 ; 2 Timothy 4:7 , "fight;" Hebrews 12:1 , "race;" hence, (c) "the inward conflict of the soul;" inward "conflict" is often the result, or the accompaniment, of outward "conflict," Phil. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 , implying a contest against spiritual foes, as well as human adversaries; so Colossians 2:1 , "conflict," AV; RV, "(how greatly) I strive," lit., "how great a conflict I have." See CONTENTION , FIGHT , RACE. Cp. agonizomai (Eng., "agonize"), 1 Corinthians 9:25 etc.

2: ἄθλησις
(Strong's #119 — Noun Feminine — athlesis — ath'-lay-sis )

denotes "a combat, contest of athletes;" hence, "a struggle, fight," Hebrews 10:32 , with reference to affliction. See FIGHT. Cp. athleo, "to strive," 2 Timothy 2:5 (twice).

Conformed, Conformable

A — 1: συμμορφόω
(Strong's #4833 — Verb — summorphizo — soom-mor-fo'-o )

"to make of like form with another person or thing, to render like" (sun, "with," morphe, "a form"), is found in Philippians 3:10 (in the Passive participle of the verb), "becoming conformed" (or "growing into conformity") to the death of Christ, indicating the practical apprehension of the death of the carnal self, and fulfilling his share of the sufferings following upon the sufferings of Christ. Some texts have the alternative verb summorphoo, which has practically the same meaning.

B — 1: σύμμορφος
(Strong's #4832 — Adjective — summorphos — soom-mor-fos' )

akin to A, signifies "having the same form as another, conformed to;" (a) of the "conformity" of children of God "to the image of His Son," Romans 8:29 ; (b), of their future physical "conformity" to His body of glory, Philippians 3:21 . See FASHION.

B — 2: συσχηματίζω
(Strong's #4964 — Verb — suschematizo — soos-khay-mat-id'-zo )

"to fashion or shape one thing like another," is translated "conformed" in Romans 12:2 , AV; RV, "fashioned;" "fashioning" in 1 Peter 1:14 . This verb has more especial reference to that which is transitory, changeable, unstable; summorphizo, to that which is essential in character and thus complete or durable, not merely a form or outline. Suschematizo could not be used of inward transformation. See FASHION (schema) and FORM (morphe).

Confound, Confuse, Confusion

A — 1: ἀκαταστασία
(Strong's #181 — Noun Feminine — akatastasia — ak-at-as-tah-see'-ah )

"instability," (a, negative, kata, "down," stasis, "a standing"), denotes "a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion, tumult," 1 Corinthians 14:33 ; James 3:16 , "revolution or anarchy;" translated "tumults" in Luke 21:9 (AV, "commotions"); 2 Corinthians 6:5 ; 2 Corinthians 12:20 . See TUMULT.

A — 2: σύγχυσις
(Strong's #4799 — Noun Feminine — sunchusis — soong'-khoo-sis )

"a pouring or mixing together" (sun, "with," cheo, "to pour"); hence "a disturbance, confusion, a tumultuous disorder, as of riotous persons," is found in Acts 19:29 .

B — 1: συγχύνω
(Strong's #4797 — Verb — suncheo — )

or sunchunno or sunchuno (the verb form of A., No. 2), lit., "to pour together, commingle," hence (said of persons), means "to trouble or confuse, to stir up," Acts 19:32 (said of the mind); "to be in confusion," Acts 21:31 , RV (AV, "was in an uproar"); Acts 21:27 , "stirred up;" Acts 2:6 ; Acts 9:22 , "confounded." See STIR , UPROAR.

B — 2: καταισχύνω
(Strong's #2617 — Verb — kataischuno — kat-ahee-skhoo'-no )

"to put to shame," is translated "confound" in 1 Corinthians 1:27 , and 1 Peter 2:6 , AV (RV, "put to shame"). See ASHAMED , DISHONOR , SHAME.

Confute

1: διακατελέγχομαι
(Strong's #1246 — Verb — diakatelenchomai — dee-ak-at-el-eng'-khom-ahee )

"to confute powerfully," is an intensive form of elencho, "to convict" (dia, "through," kata, "down," both intensive), Acts 18:28 , implying that "he met the opposing arguments in turn (dia), and brought them down to the ground (kata)." It carries also the thought that he brought home moral blame to them.

Congregation

1: ἐκκλησία
(Strong's #1577 — Noun Feminine — ekklesia — ek-klay-see'-ah )

is translated "congregation" in Hebrews 2:12 , RV, instead of the usual rendering "church." See ASSEMBLY.

2: συναγωγή
(Strong's #4864 — Noun Feminine — sunagoge — soon-ag-o-gay' )

is translated "congregation" in Acts 13:43 , AV (RV, "synagogue"). See SYNAGOGUE.

Conquer, Conqueror

1: νικάω
(Strong's #3528 — Verb — nikao — nik-ah'-o )

"to overcome" (its usual meaning), is translated "conquering" and "to conquer" in Revelation 6:2 . See OVERCOME , PREVAIL , VICTORY.

2: ὑπερνικάω
(Strong's #5245 — Verb — hupernikao — hoop-er-nik-ah'-o )

"to be more than conqueror" (huper, "over," and No. 1), "to gain a surpassing victory," is found in Romans 8:37 , lit., "we are hyper-conquerors," i.e., we are pre-eminently victorious.

Conscience

1: συνείδησις
(Strong's #4893 — Noun Feminine — suneidesis — soon-i'-day-sis )

lit., "a knowing with" (sun, "with," oida, "to know"), i.e., "a co-knowledge (with oneself), the witness borne to one's conduct by conscience, that faculty by which we apprehend the will of God, as that which is designed to govern our lives;" hence (a) the sense of guiltness before God; Hebrews 10:2 ; (b) that process of thought which distinguishes what it considers morally good or bad, commending the good, condemning the bad, and so prompting to do the former, and avoid the latter; Romans 2:15 (bearing witness with God's law); Hebrews 9:1 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; acting in a certain way because "conscience" requires it, Romans 13:5 ; so as not to cause scruples of "conscience" in another, 1 Corinthians 10:28, 29 ; not calling a thing in question unnecessarily, as if conscience demanded it, 1 Corinthians 10:25, 27 ; "commending oneself to every man's conscience," 2 Corinthians 4:2 ; cp. 2 Corinthians 5:11 . There may be a "conscience" not strong enough to distinguish clearly between the lawful and the unlawful, 1 Corinthians 8:7, 10, 12 (some regard consciousness as the meaning here). The phrase "conscience toward God," in 1 Peter 2:19 , signifies a "conscience" (or perhaps here, a consciousness) so controlled by the apprehension of God's presence, that the person realizes that griefs are to be borne in accordance with His will. Hebrews 9:9 teaches that sacrifices under the Law could not so perfect a person that he could regard himself as free from guilt. For various descriptions of "conscience" see Acts 23:1 ; Acts 24:16 ; 1 Corinthians 8:7 ; 1 Timothy 1:5, 19 ; 1 Timothy 3:9 ; 1 Timothy 4:2 ; 2 Timothy 1:3 ; Titus 1:15 ; Hebrews 9:14 ; Hebrews 10:22 ; Hebrews 13:18 ; 1 Peter 3:16, 21 .

Consecrate

* Note: In Hebrews 7:28 the verb teleioo is translated "perfected" in the RV, for AV, "consecrated;" so in Hebrews 9:18 ; Hebrews 10:20 , enkainizo, RV, "dedicated." See DEDICATE , PERFECT.

Consent

A — 1: ἐξομολογέω
(Strong's #1843 — Verb — exomologeo — ex-om-ol-og-eh'-o )

"to agree openly, to acknowledge outwardly, or fully" (ex, for ek, "out," intensive), is translated "consented" in the RV of Luke 22:6 (AV, "promised"). See CONFESS , THANK.

A — 2: ἐπινεύω
(Strong's #1962 — Verb — epineuo — ep-een-yoo'-o )

lit. "signifies to nod to" (epi, "upon or to," neuo, "to nod"); hence, "to nod assent, to express approval, consent," Acts 18:20 .

A — 3: προσέρχομαι
(Strong's #4334 — Verb — proserchomai — pros-er'-khom-ahee )

"to come to," signifies "to consent," implying a coming to agreement with, in 1 Timothy 6:3 . See COME , No. 10.

A — 4: συγκατατίθημι
(Strong's #4784 — Verb — sunkatatithemi — soong-kat-at-ith'-em-ahee )

lit., "to put or lay down together with" (sun, "with," kata, "down," tithemi, "to put"), was used of depositing one's vote in an urn; hence, "to vote for, agree with, consent to." It is said negatively of Joseph of Arimathaea, who had not "consented" to the counsel and deed of the Jews, Luke 23:51 (Middle Voice).

A — 5: σύμφημι
(Strong's #4852 — Verb — sumphemi — soom'-fay-mee )

lit., "to speak with" (sun, "with," phemi, "to speak"), hence, "to express agreement with," is used of "consenting" to the Law, agreeing that it is good, Romans 7:16 .

A — 6: συνευδοκέω
(Strong's #4909 — Verb — suneudokeo — soon-yoo-dok-eh'-o )

lit., "to think well with" (sun, "with," eu, "well," dokeo, "to think"), to take pleasure with others in anything, to approve of, to assent, is used in Luke 11:48 , of "consenting" to the evil deeds of predecessors (AV, "allow"); in Romans 1:32 , of "consenting" in doing evil; in Acts 8:1 ; Acts 22:20 , of "consenting" to the death of another. All these are cases of "consenting" to evil things. In 1 Corinthians 7:12, 13 , it is used of an unbelieving wife's "consent" to dwell with her converted husband, and of an unbelieving husband's "consent" to dwell with a believing wife (AV, "be pleased;" RV, "be content"). See ALLOW , CONTENT , PLEASE.

B — 1: ἀπό
(Strong's #575 3391 — preposition — apo mias — apo' )

lit., "from one," is found in Luke 14:18 , some word like "consent" being implied; e.g., "with one consent."

B — 2: ἐΞ
(Strong's #1537 4859 — Preposition — ek sumphonou — ek, ex )

lit., "from (or by) agreement" (sun, "with," phone, "a sound"), i.e., "by consent," is found in 1 Corinthians 7:5 . Cp. AGREE.

Consider

1: ὁράω
(Strong's #3708 — Verb — eidon — hor-ah'-o )

used as the aorist tense of horao, "to see," is translated "to consider" in Acts 15:6 , of the gathering of the Apostles and elders regarding the question of circumcision in relation to the Gospel.

2: συνεῖδον
(Strong's #4894 — Verb — suneidon — soon-i'-do )

sun, with, and No. 1, used as the aorist tense of sunorao, to see with one view, to be aware, conscious, as the result of mental perception, is translated "considered" in Acts 12:12 , of Peter's consideration of the circumstances of his deliverance from prison. See KNOW , PRIVY.

3: καταμανθάνω
(Strong's #2648 — Verb — katamanthano — kat-am-an-than'-o )

lit., "to learn thoroughly" (kata, "down," intensive, manthano, "to learn"), hence, "to note accurately, consider well," is used in the Lord's exhortation to "consider" the lilies. Matthew 6:28 .

4: νοέω
(Strong's #3539 — Verb — noeo — noy-eh'-o )

"to perceive with the mind" (nous), "think about, ponder," is translated "consider," only in Paul's exhortation to Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:7 . See PERCEIVE , THINK , UNDERSTAND.

5: κατανοέω
(Strong's #2657 — Verb — katanoeo — kat-an-o-eh'-o )

"to perceive clearly" (kata, intensive, and No. 4), "to understand fully, consider closely," is used of not "considering" thoroughly the beam in one's own eye, Matthew 7:3 ; Luke 6:41 (AV, "perceivest"); of carefully "considering" the ravens, Luke 12:24 ; the lilies, Luke 12:27 ; of Peter's full "consideration" of his vision, Acts 11:6 ; of Abraham's careful "consideration" of his own body, and Sarah's womb, as dead, and yet accepting by faith God's promise, Romans 4:19 (RV); of "considering" fully the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Hebrews 3:1 ; of thoughtfully "considering" one another to provoke unto love and good works, Hebrews 10:24 . It is translated by the verbs "behold," Acts 7:31, 32 ; James 1:23, 24 ; "perceive," Luke 20:23 ; discover," Acts 27:39 . See BEHOLD , DISCOVER , PERCEIVE.

6: λογίζομαι
(Strong's #3049 — Verb — logizomai — log-id'-zom-ahee )

signifies "to take account of," 2 Corinthians 10:7 (RV, "consider," AV, "think"), the only place where the RV translates it "consider." See ACCOUNT.

7: θεωρέω
(Strong's #2334 — Verb — theoreo — theh-o-reh'-o )

see BEHOLD , No. 6.

8: ἀναθεωρέω
(Strong's #333 — Verb — anatheoreo — an-ath-eh-o-reh'-o )

"to consider carefully:" see BEHOLD , No. 7.

9: ἀναλογίζομαι
(Strong's #357 — Verb — analogizomai — an-al-og-id'-zom-ahee )

"to consider," occurs in Hebrews 12:3 .

Notes: (1) Skopeo, "to look," is translated "looking to" in Galatians 6:1 , RV (AV, "considering"). See HEED , LOOK , MARK. (2) Suniemi, "to understand," is translated "considered" in Mark 6:52 (AV), RV, "understood." (3) In John 11:50 (AV, dialogiomai) the best texts have No. 6.

Consist

1: εἰμί
(Strong's #1510 — verb — eimi — i-mee' )

"to be," is rendered "consist" (lit., "is") in Luke 12:15 .

2: συνίστημι
(Strong's #4921 — Verb — sunistemi — soon-is-tah'-o, soon-is-tah'-an'-o, soon-is-tah'-ay-mee )

sun, "with," histemi, "to stand," denotes, in its intransitive sense, "to stand with or fall together, to be constituted, to be compact;" it is said of the universe as upheld by the Lord, Colossians 1:17 , lit., "by Him all things stand together," i.e., "consist" (the Latin consisto, "to stand together," is the exact equivalent of sunistemi). See APPROVE , COMMEND , MAKE , STAND.

Consolation, Console

A — 1: παράκλησις
(Strong's #3874 — Noun Feminine — paraklesis — par-ak'-lay-sis )

is translated "consolation," in both AV and RV, in Luke 2:25 ; Luke 6:24 ; Acts 15:31 ; in 1 Corinthians 14:3 , AV, "exhortation," RV, "comfort;" in the following the AV has "consolation," the RV, "comfort," Romans 15:5 ; 2 Corinthians 1:6, 7 ; 2 Corinthians 7:7 ; Philippians 2:1 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:16 ; Philemon 1:7 ; in Acts 4:36 , RV, "exhortation;" in Hebrews 6:18 , RV, "encouragement." See COMFORT.

A — 2: παραμυθία
(Strong's #3889 — Noun Feminine — paramuthia — par-am-oo-thee'-ah )

"a comfort, consolation;" See COMFORT , A, No. 2.

A — 3: παραμύθιον
(Strong's #3890 — Noun Neuter — paramuthion — par-am-oo'-thee-on )

"an encouragement, consolation," Philippians 2:1 , RV, in the phrase "consolation of love." See COMFORT , A, No. 3.

B — 1: παραμυθέομαι
(Strong's #3888 — Verb — paramutheomai — par-am-oo-theh'-om-ahee )

"to speak soothingly to," is translated "console," John 11:19 , RV; in John 11:31 "were comforting;" in 1 Thessalonians 2:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:14 , AV, "comforted" and "comfort," RV, "encouraged" and "encourage."

Consort

1: προσκληρόω
(Strong's #4345 — Verb — proskleroo — pros-klay-ro'-o )

lit., "to assign by lot" (pros, "to," kleros, "a lot"), "to allot," is found in Acts 17:4 , "consorted with," imparting to the Passive Voice (the form of the verb there) a Middle Voice significance, i.e., "they joined themselves to," or "threw in their lot with." The Passive Voice significance can be retained by translating (in the stricter sense of the word), "they were allotted" (i.e., by God) to Paul and Silas, as followers or disciples.

Conspiracy

1: συνωμοσία
(Strong's #4945 — Noun Feminine — sunomosia — soon-o-mos-ee'-ah )

denotes, lit., "a swearing together" (sun, "with," omnumi, "to swear"), a "being leagued by oath, and so a conspiracy," Acts 23:13 .

Constantly

* For CONSTANTLY see AFFIRM

Constrain, Constraint

A — 1: ἀναγκάζω
(Strong's #315 — Verb — anakazo — an-ang-kad'-zo )

see COMPEL , No. 1.

A — 2: παραβιάζομαι
(Strong's #3849 — Verb — parabiazomai — par-ab-ee-ad'-zom-ahee )

primarily denotes "to employ force contray to nature and right, to compel by using force" (para, "alongside," intensive, biazo, "to force"), and is used only of "constraining" by intreaty, as the two going to Emmaus did to Christ, Luke 24:29 ; as Lydia did to Paul and his companions, Acts 16:15 .

A — 3: συνέχω
(Strong's #4912 — Verb — sunecho — soon-ekh'-o )

"to hold together, confine, secure, to hold fast" (echo, "to have or hold"), "to constrain," is said (a) of the effect of the word of the Lord upon Paul, Acts 18:5 (AV, "was pressed in spirit," RV, "was constrained by the word"); of the effect of the love of Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:14 ; (b) of being taken with a disease, Matthew 4:24 ; Luke 4:38 ; Acts 28:8 ; with fear, Luke 8:37 ; (c) of thronging or holding in a person, Luke 8:45 ; being straitened, Luke 12:50 ; being in a strait betwixt two, Philippians 1:23 ; keeping a city in on every side, Luke 19:43 ; keeping a tight hold on a person, as the men who seized the Lord Jesus did, after bringing Him into the High Priest's house, Luke 22:63 ; (d) of stopping the ears in refusal to listen, Acts 7:57 . Luke uses the word nine times out of its twelve occurrences in the NT. See HOLD , KEEP , No. (1), PRESS, SICK (lie), STOP, STRAIT (be in a), TAKEN (be), THRONG.

Note: The verb echo, "to have," with ananke, "a necessity," is translated "I was constrained," in Jude 1:3 , RV (AV, "it was needful").

B — 1: ἀναγκαστῶς
(Strong's #317 — Adverb — anankastos — an-ang-kas-toce' )

akin to A, No. 1, "by force, unwillingly, by constraint," is used in 1 Peter 5:2 .

Consult, Consultation

A — 1: βουλεύω
(Strong's #1011 — Verb — bouleuo — bool-yoo'-o )

used in the Middle Voice, means (a) "to consult," Luke 14:31 ; (b) "to resolve," John 12:10 , AV, "consulted;" RV, "took counsel." See COUNSEL.

A — 2: συμβουλεύω
(Strong's #4823 — Verb — sumbouleuo — soom-bool-yoo'-o )

"to take counsel together," is translated "consulted together," in Matthew 26:4 , AV (RV, "took counsel.") See COUNSEL.

B — 1: συμβούλιον
(Strong's #4824 — Noun Neuter — sumboulion — soom-boo'-lee-on )

a word of the Graeco-Roman period (akin to A, No. 2), "counsel, advice," is translated "consulation" in Mark 15:1 (with poieo, "to make"), "to hold a consultation;" elsewhere "counsel" in the RV, except in Acts 25:12 , where, by metonymy, it means a "council." See COUNCIL.

Consume

1: ἀναλίσκω
(Strong's #355 — Verb — analisko — an-al-is'-ko )

"to use up, spend up, especially in a bad sense, to destroy," is said of the destruction of persons, (a) literally, Luke 9:54 and the RV marg. of 2 Thessalonians 2:8 (text, "shall slay"); (b) metaphorically, Galatians 5:15 "(that) ye be not consumed (one of another)."

2: καταναλίσκω
(Strong's #2654 — Verb — katanalisko — kat-an-al-is'-ko )

"to consume utterly, wholly" (kata, intensive), is said, in Hebrews 12:29 , of God as "a consuming fire."

3: ἀφανίζω
(Strong's #853 — Verb — aphanizo — af-an-id'-zo )

lit., "to cause to disappear, put out of sight," came to mean "to do away with" (a, negative, phaino, "to cause to appear"), said of the destructive work of moth and rust, Matthew 6:19, 20 (RV, "consume," AV, "corrupt"). See CORRUPT , DISFIGURE , PERISH , VANISH.

Note: Dapanao, "to expend, be at an expense," is translated "consume" in the AV of James 4:3 (RV, "spend"). See SPEND.

Contain

1: χωρέω
(Strong's #5562 — Verb — choreo — kho-reh'-o )

signifies (a), lit., "to give space, make room" (chora, "a place"); hence, transitively, "to have space or room for a thing, to contain," said of the waterpots as "containing" a certain quantity, John 2:6 ; of a space large enough to hold a number of people, Mark 2:2 ; of the world as not possible of "containing" certain books, John 21:25 ; (b) "to go," Matthew 15:17 ; "to have place," John 8:37 ; "to come," 2 Peter 3:9 ; (c) metaphorically, "of receiving with the mind," Matthew 19:11, 12 ; or "into the heart," 2 Corinthians 7:2 . See COME (No. 24), GO, PLACE, RECEIVE, ROOM.

2: περιέχω
(Strong's #4023 — Verb — periecho — per-ee-ekh'-o )

lit., "to have round" (peri, "around," echo, "to have"), means "to encompass, enclose, contain," as a writing contains details, 1 Peter 2:6 . Some mss. have it in Acts 23:25 , lit., "having this form" (the most authentic have echo, "to have"). For the secondary meaning, "amazed" (AV, "astonished"), Luke 5:9 (lit., "amazement encompassed," i.e., seized, him).

Notes: (1) The verb allegoreo in Galatians 4:24 , RV, is translated "contain an allegory" (AV, "are an allegory"), i.e., they apply the facts of the narrative to illustrate principles. (2) In Ephesians 2:15 "the law of commandments contained in ordinances" is, lit., "the law of commandments in ordinances." (3) In Romans 2:14 , the RV, translating literally, has "the things of the Law;" the AV inserts the words "contained in." (4) In 1 Corinthians 7:9 , for the AV, "if they cannot contain," see CONTINENCY.

Contemptible

* For CONTEMPTIBLE see ACCOUNT No. 6

Contend

1: ἀθλέω
(Strong's #118 — Verb — athleo — ath-leh'-o )

"to engage in a contest" (cp. Eng., "athlete"), "to contend in public games," is used in 2 Timothy 2:5 , RV, "contend in the games," for the AV, "strive for the masteries." See STRIVE.

Note: In 1 Corinthians 9:25 , the verb agonizomai, "to strive," is used in the same connection, RV, "striveth in the games." Cp. No. 3.

2: διακρίνω
(Strong's #1252 — Verb — diakrino — dee-ak-ree'-no )

lit., "to separate throughout or wholly" (dia, "asunder," krino, "to judge," from a root kri---, meaning "separation"), then, to distinguish, decide, signifies, in the Middle Voice, "to separate oneself from, or to contend with," as did the circumcisionists with Peter, Acts 11:2 ; as did Michael with Satan, Jude 1:9 . See RV marg. of Jude 1:22 , where the thought may be that of differing in opinion. See DIFFER , DISCERN , DOUBT , JUDGE , PARTIAL , STAGGER , WAVER.

3: ἐπαγωνίζομαι
(Strong's #1864 — Verb — epagonizomai — ep-ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee )

signifies "to contend about a thing, as a combatant" (epi, "upon or about," intensive, agon, "a contest"), "to contend earnestly," Jude 1:3 . The word "earnestly" is added to convey the intensive force of the preposition.

Content, Contentment

A — 1: ἀκάνθινος
(Strong's #174 — Adjective — arkeo — ak-an'-thee-nos )

primarily signifies "to be sufficient, to be possessed of sufficient strength, to be strong, to be enough for a thing;" hence, "to defend, ward off;" in the Middle Voice, "to be satisfied, contented with," Luke 3:14 , with wages; 1 Timothy 6:8 , with food and raiment; Hebrews 13:5 , with "such things as ye have;" negatively of Diotrephes, in 3 John 1:10 , "not content therewith." See ENOUGH , SUFFICE , SUFFICIENT.

A — 2: συνευδοκέω
(Strong's #4909 — Verb — suneudokeo — soon-yoo-dok-eh'-o )

in 1 Corinthians 7:12, 13 , RV, signifies "to be content:" see CONSENT , No. 6.

B — 1: αὐτάρκης
(Strong's #842 — Adjective — autarkes — ow-tar'-kace )

as found in the papyri writings, means "sufficient in oneself" (autos, "self," arkeo, "see" A), "self-sufficient, adequate, needing no assistance;" hence, "content," Philippians 4:11 .

B — 2: ἱκανός
(Strong's #2425 — Adjective — hikanos — hik-an-os' )

"sufficient," used with poieo, "to do," in Mark 15:15 , is translated "to content (the multitude)," i.e., to do sufficient to satisfy them. See ABLE.

C — 1: αὐτάρκεια
(Strong's #841 — Noun Feminine — autarkeia — ow-tar'-ki-ah )

"contentment, satisfaction with what one has," is found in 1 Timothy 6:6 . For its other meaning "sufficiency," in 2 Corinthians 9:8 , see SUFFICIENCY.

Contention, Contentious

1: ἔρις
(Strong's #2054 — Noun Feminine — eris — er'-is )

"strife, quarrel," especially "rivalry, contention, wrangling," as in the church in Corinth, 1 Corinthians 1:11 , is translated "contentions" in Titus 3:9 , AV. See DEBATE , STRIFE , VARIANCE.

2: παροξυσμός
(Strong's #3948 — Noun Masculine — paroxusmos — par-ox-oos-mos' )

(Eng., "paroxysm"), lit., "a sharpening," hence "a sharpening of the feeling, or action" (para, "beside," intensive, oxus, "sharp"), denotes an incitement, a sharp contention, Acts 15:39 , the effect of irritation; elsewhere in Hebrews 10:24 , "provoke," unto love. See PROVOKE.

3: φιλονεικία
(Strong's #5379 — Noun Feminine — philoneikia — fil-on-i-kee'-ah )

lit., "love of strife" (phileo, "to love," neikos, "strife"), signifies "eagerness to contend;" hence, a "contention," said of the disciples, Luke 22:24 . Cp. B, 2.

4: ἄμαχος
(Strong's #269 — Adjective — amachos — am'-akh-os )

lit., "not fighting" (a, negative, mache, "a fight, combat, quarrel"), primarily signifying "invincible," came to mean "not contentious," 1 Timothy 3:3 , RV; Titus 3:2 (AV, "not a brawler," "no brawlers").

5: φιλόνεικος
(Strong's #5380 — Adjective — philoneikos — fil-on'-i-kos )

akin to A, No. 3, is used in 1 Corinthians 11:16 . In the Sept., Ezekiel 3:7 , "stubborn."

Notes: (1) Eritheia, "contention," AV, in Philippians 1:17 , is translated "faction," in the RV. The phrase hoi ex eritheias, Romans 2:8 , lit., "those of strife," is rendered "contentious," in the AV; RV, "factious." See FACTIOUS , STRIFE.

(2) For agon, "a contest," "contention," 1 Thessalonians 2:2 , AV; "conflict," RV, see CONFLICT.

Continency

1: ἐγκρατεύομαι
(Strong's #1467 — Verb — enkrateuomai — eng-krat-yoo'-om-ahee )

en, "in," kratos, "power, strength," lit., "to have power over oneself," is rendered "(if) they have (not) continency" (i.e., are lacking in self-control), in 1 Corinthians 7:9 , RV; AV, "can (not) contain;" in 1 Corinthians 9:25 , "is temperate." See TEMPERATE.

Continual, Continually

A — 1: εἰς
(Strong's #1519 5056 — Preposition — eis telos — ice )

lit., "unto (the) end," signifies "continual," in Luke 18:5 , of the importunate widow's applications to the unrighteous judge; see also Matthew 10:22 ; Matthew 24:13 ; Mark 13:13 ; John 13:1 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:16 . Cp. heos telous, lit., "until the end," 1 Corinthians 1:8 ; 2 Corinthians 1:13 ; mechri telous, ditto, Hebrews 3:6, 14 ; achri telous, Hebrews 6:11 ; Revelation 2:26 .

A — 2: διαπαντός
(Strong's #1275 — Adverb — dia pantos — dee-ap-an-tos' )

is used of a "period throughout or during which anything is done;" it is said of the disciples' "continuance" in the Temple after the ascension of Christ, Luke 24:53 ; of the regular entrance of the priests into the first tabernacle, Hebrews 9:6 , RV (AV "always"); of the constant sacrifice of praise enjoined upon believers, Hebrews 13:15 . See also Matthew 18:10 ; Mark 5:5 ; Acts 10:2 ; Acts 24:16 ; Romans 11:10 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:16 , "at all times." See ALWAYS , No. 3, and Note under No. 3 below).

A — 3: εἰς
(Strong's #1519 1336 — Preposition — eis to dienekes — ice )

lit., "unto the carried-through" (dia, "through," enenka, "to carry"), i.e., unto (the) unbroken "continuance," is used of the continuous Priesthood of Christ, Hebrews 7:3 , and of the "continual" offering of sacrifices under the Law, Hebrews 10:1 . It is translated "for ever," in Hebrews 10:12 , of the everlasting session of Christ at the right hand of God; and in Hebrews 10:14 , of the everlasting effects of His sacrifice upon "them that are sanctified." See EVER.

Note: No. 2 indicates that a certain thing is done frequently throughout a period; No. 3 stresses the unbroken continuity of what is mentioned.

B — 1: ἀδιάλειπτος
(Strong's #88 — Adjective — adialeiptos — ad-ee-al'-ipe-tos )

"continual, unceasing:" see CEASE , B.

Continue, Continuance

1: γίνομαι
(Strong's #1096 — Verb — ginomai — ghin'-om-ahee )

signifies (a) "to begin to be" (suggesting origin); (b) "to become" (suggesting entrance on a new state); (c) "to come to pass" (suggesting effect); hence with the meaning (c) it is translated "continued" in Acts 19:10 . See ARISE.

2: διατελέω
(Strong's #1300 — Verb — diateleo — dee-at-el-eh'-o )

"to bring through to an end" (dia, "through," telos, "an end"), "to finish fully" or, when used of time, "continue right through," is said of "continuing" fasting up to the time mentioned, Acts 27:33 .

3: μένω
(Strong's #3306 — Verb — meno — men'-o )

see ABIDE.

* Compounds of meno with this meaning, are as follows:

4: διαμένω
(Strong's #1265 — Verb — diameno — dee-am-en'-o )

"to continue throughout," i.e., without interruption (No. 3 with dia, "through"), is said of the dumbness of Zacharias, Luke 1:22 , AV, "remained;" of the "continuance" of the disciples with Christ, Luke 22:28 ; of the permanency of the truth of the Gospel with churches, Galatians 2:5 ; of the unchanged course of things, 2 Peter 3:4 ; of the eternal permanency of Christ, Hebrews 1:11 . See REMAIN.

5: ἐμμένω
(Strong's #1696 — Verb — emmeno — em-men'-o )

"to remain in" (en, "in"), is used of "abiding in a house," Acts 28:30 (in the best mss.); of "continuing" in the faith, Acts 14:22 ; in the Law, Galatians 3:10 ; in God's covenant, Hebrews 8:9 .

6: ἐπιμένω
(Strong's #1961 — Verb — epimeno — ep-ee-men'-o )

lit., "to remain on," i.e., in addiion to (epi, "upon," and No. 3), "to continue along still to adibe," is used of "continuing" to ask, John 8:7 ; to knock, Acts 12:16 ; in the grace of God, Acts 13:43 ; in sin, Romans 6:1 ; in God's goodness, Romans 11:22 ; in unbelief, Romans 11:23 (AV, "abide"); in the flesh, Philippians 1:24 ; in the faith, Colossians 1:23 ; in doctrine, 1 Timothy 4:16 ; elsewhere of abiding in a place. See ABIDE , TARRY.

7: παραμένω
(Strong's #3887 — Verb — parameno — par-am-en'-o )

"to remain by or near" (para, "beside," and No. 3), hence, "to continue or persevere in anything," is used of the inability of Levitical priests to "continue," Hebrews 7:23 ; of persevering in the law of liberty, James 1:25 ; it is translated "abide" in Philippians 1:25 (2nd clause, in the best mss.), RV (see Note (1)), and in 1 Corinthians 16:6 . See ABIDE.

8: προσμένω
(Strong's #4357 — Verb — prosmeno — pros-men'-o )

"to remain with" (pros, "with," and No. 3), "to continue with a person," is said of the people with Christ, Matthew 15:32 ; Mark 8:2 (AV, "been with"); of "continuing" in supplications and prayers, 1 Timothy 5:5 . See ABIDE , CLEAVE (unto), TARRY.

9: προσκαρτερέω
(Strong's #4342 — Verb — proskartereo — pros-kar-ter-eh'-o )

lit., "to be strong towards" (pros, "towards," used intensively, and kartereo, "to be strong"), "to endure in, or persevere in, to be continually steadfast with a person or thing," is used of "continuing" in prayer with others, Acts 1:14 ; Romans 12:12 ; Colossians 4:2 ; in the Apostles' teaching, Acts 2:42 ; in the Temple, Acts 2:46 ("continuing steadfastly," RV), the adverb representing the intensive preposition; in prayer and the ministry, Acts 6:4 (RV, "will continue steadfastly"); of Simon Magus with Philip, Acts 8:13 . In Mark 3:9 ; Acts 10:7 , it signifies "to wait on;" in Romans 13:6 , to attend "continually" upon. See ATTEND INSTANT, WAIT.

10: διανυκτερεύω
(Strong's #1273 — Verb — dianuktereuo — dee-an-ook-ter-yoo'-o )

"to pass the night through" (dia, "through," nux, "a night"), "to continue all night," is found in Luke 6:12 , of the Lord in spending all night in prayer.

Notes: (1) The following are translated by the verb "to continue," in the AV, in the places mentioned: diatribo, "to tarry," (according to inferior mss.) John 11:54 ; Acts 15:35 (RV, "tarried"); histemi, "to stand," Acts 26:22 (RV, "stand"): kathizo, "to sit down," Acts 18:11 (RV, "dwelt"): parateino, "to extend, stretch," Acts 20:7 (RV, "prolonged"); parameno, "to abide together with," Philippians 1:25 , RV, "abide with;" the AV, "continue," translating sumparameno (in some mss.), marks the difference from the preceding meno. See ABIDE , No. 4.

(2) In Romans 2:7 , for AV, "patient continuance," the RV has "patience" (lit., "according to patience").

(3) In Revelation 13:5 poieo, "to do," is rendered "to continue."

Contradict, Contradiction

A — 1: ἀντιλέγω
(Strong's #483 — Verb — antilego — an-til'-eg-o )

lit., "to speak against" (anti, "against," lego, "to speak"), is translated "contradict" in Acts 13:45 . See ANSWER , GAINSAY , SPEAK (against).

B — 1: ἀντιλογία
(Strong's #485 — Noun Feminine — antilogia — an-tee-log-ee'-ah )

akin to A, is translated "contradiction" in the AV of Hebrews 7:7 ; Hebrews 12:3 , "dispute," and "gainsaying." See DISPUTE , GAINSAY , STRIFE.

Contrariwise

1: τοὐναντίον
(Strong's #5121 — Adverb — t'ounantion — too-nan-tee'-on )

for to enantion, "the contrary, on the contrary or contrariwise," is used in 2 Corinthians 2:7 ; Galatians 2:7 ; 1 Peter 3:9 .

Contrary

A — 1: ἀντίκειμαι
(Strong's #480 — Verb — antikeimai — an-tik'-i-mahee )

"to be contrary" (anti, "against," keimai, "to lie"), Galatians 5:17 ; 1 Timothy 1:10 . See ADVERSARY.

B — 1: παρά
(Strong's #3844 — Preposition — para — par-ah' )

"beside," has the meaning "contrary to" in Acts 18:13 ; Romans 11:24 ; Romans 16:17 ; "other than" in Galatians 1:8 .

B — 2: ἀπέναντι
(Strong's #561 — Preposition — apenanti — ap-en'-an-tee )

lit., "from over against, opposite to" (apo, "from," enantios, "against,"), is translated "contrary to" in Acts 17:7 ; "before" in Matthew 27:24 ; Romans 3:18 ; "over against;" in Matthew 27:61 ; "in the presence of," in Acts 3:16 .

Note: The most authentic mss. have katenanti, "over against," in Matthew 21:2 .

C — 1: ἐναντίος
(Strong's #1727 — Adjective — enantios — en-an-tee'-os )

"over against" (en, "in," antios, "against"), is used primarily of place, Mark 15:39 ; of an opposing wind, Matthew 14:24 ; Mark 6:48 ; Acts 27:4 ; metaphorically, opposed as an adversary, antagonistic, Acts 26:9 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:15 ; Titus 2:8 ; Acts 28:17 , "against."

C — 2: ὑπεναντίος
(Strong's #5227 — Adjective — hupenantios — hoop-en-an-tee'-os )

hupo, "under," and No. 1, opposite to, is used of "that which is contrary to persons," Colossians 2:14 , and as a noun, "adversaries," Hebrews 10:27 . See ADVERSARY.

Contribution

1: κοινωνία
(Strong's #2842 — Noun Feminine — koinonia — koy-nohn-ee'-ah )

is twice rendered "contribution," Romans 15:26 ; 2 Corinthians 9:13 , RV, (AV, "distribution"). See COMMUNION.

Controversy

1: ὁμολογουμένως
(Strong's #3672 — Adverb — homologoumenos — hom-ol-og-ow-men'-oce )

"confessedly, by common consent," akin to homologeo, "to confess" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), is rendered in 1 Timothy 3:16 "without controversy;" some translate it "confessedly." See CONFESS , A, No. 1, and B.

Convenient, Conveniently

A — 1: εὔκαιρος
(Strong's #2121 — Adjective — eukairos — yoo'-kahee-ros )

lit., "well-timed" (eu, "well," kairos, "a time, season"), hence signifies "timely, opportune, convenient;" it is said of a certain day, Mark 6:21 ; elsewhere, Hebrews 4:16 , "in time of need." See NEED. Cp. eukairia, "opportunity," Matthew 26:16 ; Luke 22:6 ; eukaireo, "to have opportunity," Mark 6:31 ; Acts 17:21 ("they spent their time," marg. "had leisure for nothing else"); 1 Corinthians 16:12 . See OPPORTUNITY , NEED , C, Note.

B — 1: εὐκαίρως
(Strong's #2122 — Adverb — eukairos — yoo-kah'ee-roce )

"conveniently," Mark 14:11 , is used elsewhere in 2 Timothy 4:2 , "in season." See SEASON , C.

C — 1: ἀνήκω
(Strong's #433 — Verb — aneko — an-ay'-ko )

is rendered "befitting" in Ephesians 5:4 , for AV, "convenient;" so in Philemon 1:8 . See BEFIT.

C — 2: καθήκω
(Strong's #2520 — Verb — katheko — kath-ay'-ko )

"to be fitting," is so translated in Romans 1:28 , RV; AV, "(not) convenient;" in Acts 22:22 , "it is (not) fit." See FIT.

Conversation

A — 1: ἀναστροφή
(Strong's #391 — Noun Feminine — anastrophe — an-as-trof-ay' )

see BEHAVIOR , B, No. 1.

A — 2: τρόπος
(Strong's #5158 — Noun Masculine — tropos — trop'-os )

"a turning, a manner," is translated simply "be ye," RV in Hebrews 13:5 , instead of "let your conversation be." See MANNER , MEANS , WAY.

A — 3: πολίτευμα
(Strong's #4175 — Noun Neuter — politeuma — pol-it'-yoo-mah )

see CITIZENSHIP , No. 4.

B — 1: ἀναστρέφω
(Strong's #390 — Verb — anastrepho — an-as-tref'-o )

see BEHAVE , A, No. 1.

B — 2: πολιτεύομαι
(Strong's #4176 — Verb — politeuo — pol-it-yoo'-om-ahee )

see CITIZENSHIP , No. 4, Note.

Convert, Conversion

A — 1: στρέφω
(Strong's #4762 — Verb — strepho — stref'-o )

"to turn," is translated "be converted" in Matthew 18:3 , AV. See TURN.

A — 2: ἐπιστρέφω
(Strong's #1994 — Verb — epistrepho — ep-ee-stref'-o )

"to turn about, turn towards" (epi, "towards" and No. 1), is used transitively, and so rendered "convert" (of causing a person to turn) in James 5:19, 20 . Elsewhere, where the AV translates this verb, either in the Middle Voice and intransitive use, or the Passive, the RV adheres to the Middle Voice significance, and translates by "turn again," Matthew 13:15 ; Mark 4:12 ; Luke 22:32 ; Acts 3:19 ; Acts 28:27 . See COME (again), Note (4), GO (again), RETURN , TURN.

B — 1: ἐπιστροφή
(Strong's #1995 — Noun Feminine — epistrophe — ep-is-trof-ay' )

akin to A, No. 2, "a turning about, or round, conversion," is found in Acts 15:3 . The word implies "a turning from and a turning to;" corresponding to these are repentance and faith; cp. "turned to God from idols" (1 Thessalonians 1:9 ). Divine grace is the efficient cause, human agency the responding effect.

Convey

1: ἐκνεύω
(Strong's #1593 — Verb — ekneuo — ek-nyoo'-o )

primarily, "to bend to one side, to turn aside;" then "to take onself away, withdraw," is found in John 5:13 , of Christ's "conveying" Himself away from one place to another. Some have regarded the verb as having the same meaning as ekneo, "to escape," as from peril, "slip away secretly;" but the Lord did not leave the place where He had healed the paralytic in order to escape danger, but to avoid the applause of the throng.

Convict

1: ἐλέγχω
(Strong's #1651 — Verb — elencho — el-eng'-kho )

signifies (a) "to convict, confute, refute," usually with the suggestion of putting the convicted person to shame; see Matthew 18:15 , where more than telling the offender his fault is in view; it is used of "convicting" of sin, John 8:46 ; John 16:8 ; gainsayers in regard to the faith, Titus 1:9 ; transgressors of the Law, James 2:9 ; some texts have the verb in John 8:9 ; (b) "to reprove," 1 Corinthians 14:24 , RV (for AV, "convince"), for the unbeliever is there viewed as being reproved for, or "convicted" of, his sinful state; so in Luke 3:19 ; it is used of reproving works, John 3:20 ; Ephesians 5:11, 13 ; 1 Timothy 5:20 ; 2 Timothy 4:2 ; Titus 1:13 ; Titus 2:15 ; all these speak of reproof by word of mouth. In Hebrews 12:5 ; Revelation 3:19 , the word is used of reproving by action. See FAULT , REBUKE , REPROVE.

2: ἐξελέγχω
(Strong's #1827 — Verb — exelencho — ex-el-eng'-kho )

an intensive form of No. 1, "to convict thoroughly," is used of the Lord's future "conviction" of the ungodly, Jude 1:15 .

Note: For diakatelencho, "to confute powerfully in disputation," Acts 18:28 (AV, "convinced"), see CONFUTE.

Cool

:
( — — — )

Luke 16:24 , denotes "to cool off, make cool" (kata, "down," psucho, "to cool"). In the Sept., Genesis 18:4 .

Coppersmith

* For COPPERSMITH see under BRASS

Copy

1: ὑπόδειγμα
(Strong's #5262 — Noun Neuter — hupodeigma — hoop-od'-igue-mah )

from hupo, "under," deiknumi, "to show," properly denotes "what is shown below or privately;" it is translated "example," Hebrews 8:5 , AV (RV, "copy"). It signifies (a) a sign suggestive of anything, the delineation or representation of a thing, and so, a figure, "copy;" in Hebrews 9:23 the RV has "copies," for the AV, "patterns;" (b) an example for imitation, John 13:15 ; James 5:10 ; for warning, Hebrews 4:11 ; 2 Peter 2:6 (AV "ensample"). See EXAMPLE , PATTERN.

Note: Cp. hupogrammos (hupo, "under," grapho, "to write"), "an underwriting, a writing copy, an example," is used in 1 Peter 2:21 .

Corban

1: κορβανᾶς
(Strong's #2878 — Noun Masculine — korban — kor-ban', kor-ban-as' )

signifies (a) "an offering," and was a Hebrew term for any sacrifice, whether by the shedding of blood or otherwise; (b) "a gift offered to God," Mark 7:11 . Jews were much addicted to rash vows; a saying of the rabbis was, "It is hard for the parents, but the law is clear, vows must be kept." The Sept. translates the word by doron, "a gift." See korbanas, under TREASURY , Matthew 27:6 .

Cord

1: σχοινίον
(Strong's #4979 — Noun Neuter — schoinion — skhoy-nee'-on )

"a cord or rope," a diminutive of schoinos, "a rush, bulrush," meant a "cord" made of rushes; it denotes (a) "a small cord," John 2:15 (plural), (b) "a rope," Acts 27:32 . See ROPE.

Corn, Cornfield

1: σῖτος
(Strong's #4621 — Noun Masculine — sitos — see'-tos )

"wheat, corn;" in the plural, "grain," is translated "corn" in Mark 4:28 ; "wheat," Matthew 3:12 ; Matthew 13:25, 29, 30 ; Luke 3:17 ; Luke 12:18 (some mss. have genemata, "fruits," here); Luke 16:7 ; Luke 22:31 ; John 12:24 ; Acts 27:38 ; 1 Corinthians 15:37 ; Revelation 6:6 ; Revelation 18:13 . See WHEAT.

2: σῖτος
(Strong's #4621 — Noun Masculine — sition — see'-tos )

"corn, grain," a diminutive of No. 1, is found in Acts 7:12 .

3: σπόριμος
(Strong's #4702 — Adjective — sporimos — spor'-ee-mos )

lit., "sown, or fit for sowing" (speiro "to sow, scatter seed"), denotes, in the plural, "sown fields, fields of grain, cornfields," Matthew 12:1 , RV; Mark 2:23 ; Luke 6:1 (cp. spora, 1 Peter 1:23 , and sporos, "seed").

4: στάχυς
(Strong's #4719 — Noun Masculine — stachus — stakh'-oos )

means "an ear of grain," Matthew 12:1 ; Mark 2:23 ; Mark 4:28 ; Luke 6:1 . Cp. the name Stachys in Romans 16:9 .

Notes: (1) Aloao, "to thresh," from alon, "a threshing-floor," is translated "treadeth out (the) corn," in 1 Corinthians 9:9, 10 ; 1 Timothy 5:18 . Cp. THRESH, TREAD.

(2) Kokkos, "a grain" (its regular meaning), is translated "corn" in the AV of John 12:24 (RV, "grain"). See GRAIN.

Corner, Cornerstone

1: γωνία
(Strong's #1137 — Noun Feminine — gonia — go-nee'-ah )

"an angle" (Eng., "coign"), signifies (a) "an external angle," as of the "corner" of a street, Matthew 6:5 ; or of a building, 21:42; Mark 12:10 ; Luke 20:17 ; Acts 4:11 ; 1 Peter 2:7 , "the corner stone or head-stone of the corner" (see below); or the four extreme limits of the earth, Revelation 7:1 ; Revelation 20:8 ; (b) "an internal corner," a secret place, Acts 26:26 . See QUARTER.

2: ἀρχή
(Strong's #746 — Noun Feminine — arche — ar-khay' )

"a beginning" (its usual meaning), "first in time, order, or place," is used to denote the extremities or "corners" of a sheet, Acts 10:11 ; Acts 11:5 . See BEGINNING.

Note: For the adjective akrogoniaios (from akros, "extreme, highest," and No. 1), "a chief corner stone," see CHIEF. They were laid so as to give strength to the two walls with which they were connected. So Christ unites Jew and Gentile, Ephesians 2:20 ; again, as one may carelessly stumble over the "corner stone," when turning the "corner," so Christ proved a stumbling stone to Jews, 1 Peter 2:6 .

Corpse

1: πτῶμα
(Strong's #4430 — Noun Neuter — ptoma — pto'-mah )

see BODY , No. 3.

Correct, Correction, Corrector, Correcting

A — 1: διόρθωσις
(Strong's #1357 — Noun Feminine — diorthoma — dee-or'-tho-sis )

signifies "a reform, amendment, correction," lit., "a making straight" (dia, "through," orthoo, "to make straight"). In Acts 24:2 , lit., "reformations come about (or take place, lit., 'become')," the RV has "evils are corrected," AV, "worthy deeds are done;" there is no word for "worthy" or for "deeds" in the original. Some texts have katorthoma, which has the same meaning. See diorthosis, "reformation," Hebrews 9:10 .

A — 2: ἐπανόρθωσις
(Strong's #1882 — Noun Feminine — epanorthosis — ep-an-or'-tho-sis )

lit., "a restoration to an upright or right state" (epi, "to," ana, "up, or again," and orthoo, see No. 1), hence, "correction," is used of the Scripture in 2 Timothy 3:16 , referring to improvement of life and character.

A — 3: παιδευτής
(Strong's #3810 — Noun Masculine — paideutes — pahee-dyoo-tace' )

has two meanings, corresponding to the two meanings of the verb paideuo (see below) from which it is derived, (a) "a teacher, preceptor, corrector," Romans 2:20 (AV, "instructor"), (b) "a chastiser," Hebrews 12:9 , rendered "to chasten" (AV, "which corrected;" lit., "chastisers"). See INSTRUCTOR.

B — 1: ἀνάπτω
(Strong's #381 — Verb — paideuo — an-ap'-to )

"to train up a child" (pais), is rendered "correcting" in 2 Timothy 2:25 , RV, AV, "instructing." See CHASTEN.

Corrupt, Verb and Adjective. Corruption, Corruptible, Incorruption, Incorruptible

A — 1: καπηλεύω
(Strong's #2585 — Verb — kapeleuo — kap-ale-yoo'-o )

primarily signifies "to be a retailer, to peddle, to hucksterize" (from kapelos, "an inn-keeper, a petty retailer, especially of wine, a huckster, peddler," in contrast to emporos, "a merchant"); hence, "to get base gain by dealing in anything," and so, more generally, "to do anything for sordid personal advantage." It is found in 2 Corinthians 2:17 , with reference to the ministry of the Gospel. The significance can be best ascertained by comparison and contrast with the verb doloo in 2 Corinthians 4:2 (likewise there only in the NT), "to handle deceitfully." The meanings are not identical. While both involve the deceitful dealing of adulterating the word of truth, kapeleuo has the broader significance of doing so in order to make dishonest gain. Those to whom the Apostle refers in 2 Corinthians 2:17 are such as make merchandise of souls through covetousness (cp. Titus 1:11 ; 2 Peter 2:3, 14, 15 ; Jude 1:11, 16 ; Ezekiel 13:19 ); accordingly "hucksterizing" would be the most appropriate rendering in this passage, while "handling deceitfully" is the right meaning in 2 Corinthians 4:2 . See Trench, Syn. lxii. In Isaiah 1:22 , the Sept. has "thy wine-merchants" (kapeloi, "hucksterizers").

A — 2: φθείρω
(Strong's #5351 — Verb — phtheiro — fthi'-ro )

signifies "to destroy by means of corrupting," and so "bringing into a worse state;" (a) with this significance it is used of the effect of evil company upon the manners of believers, and so of the effect of association with those who deny the truth and hold false doctrine, 1 Corinthians 15:33 (this was a saying of the pagan poet Menander, which became a well known proverb); in 2 Corinthians 7:2 , of the effects of dishonorable dealing by bringing people to want (a charge made against the Apostle); in 2 Corinthians 11:3 , of the effects upon the minds (or thoughts) of believers by "corrupting" them "from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ;" in Ephesians 4:22 , intransitively, of the old nature in waxing "corrupt," "morally decaying, on the way to final ruin" (Moule), "after the lusts of deceit;" in Revelation 19:2 , metaphorically, of the Babylonish harlot, in "corrupting" the inhabitants of the earth by her false religion.

(b) With the significance of destroying, it is used of marring a local church by leading it away from that condition of holiness of life and purity of doctrine in which it should abide, 1 Corinthians 3:17 (AV, "defile"), and of God's retributive destruction of the offender who is guilty of this sin (id.); of the effects of the work of false and abominable teachers upon themselves, 2 Peter 2:12 (some texts have kataphtheiro; AV, "shall utterly perish"), and Jude 1:10 (AV, "corrupt themselves." RV, marg., "are corrupted"). See DEFILE and DESTROY.

A — 3: διαφθείρω
(Strong's #1311 — Verb — diaphtheiro — dee-af-thi'-ro )

dia, "through," intensive, and No. 2, "to corrupt utterly, through and through," is said of men "corrupted in mind," whose wranglings result from the doctrines of false teachers, 1 Timothy 6:5 (the AV wrongly renders it as an adjective, "corrupt"). It is translated "destroyeth" instead of "corrupteth," in the RV of Luke 12:33 , of the work of a moth; in Revelation 8:9 , of the effect of Divine judgments hereafter upon navigation; in Revelation 11:18 , of the Divine retribution of destruction upon those who have destroyed the earth; in 2 Corinthians 4:16 it is translated "is decaying," said of the human body. See DESTROY , PERISH.

A — 4: καταφθείρω
(Strong's #2704 — Verb — kataphtheiro — kat-af-thi'-ro )

kata, "down," intensive, and No. 2, is said of men who are reprobate concerning the faith, "corrupted in mind" (AV, "corrupt"), 2 Timothy 3:8 . For 2 Peter 2:12 , RV, "shall be destroyed," see No. 2.

A — 5: σήπω
(Strong's #4595 — Verb — sepo — say'-po )

signifies "to make corrupt, to destroy;" in the Passive Voice with Middle sense, "to become corrupt or rotten, to perish," said of riches, James 5:2 , of the gold and silver of the luxurious rich who have ground down their laborers. The verb is derived from a root signifying "to rot off, drop to pieces."

A — 6: ἀφανίζω
(Strong's #853 — Verb — aphanizo — af-an-id'-zo )

see CONSUME , No. 3.

B — 1: φθορά
(Strong's #5356 — Noun Feminine — phthora — fthor-ah' )

connected with phtheiro, No. 2, above, signifies "a bringing or being brought into an inferior or worse condition, a destruction or corruption." It is used (a) physically, (1), of the condition of creation, as under bondage, Romans 8:21 ; (2) of the effect of the withdrawal of life, and so of the condition of the human body in burial, 1 Corinthians 15:42 ; (3) by metonymy, of anything which is liable to "corruption," 1 Corinthians 15:50 ; (4) of the physical effects of merely gratifying the natural desires and ministering to one's own needs or lusts, Galatians 6:8 , to the flesh in contrast to the Spirit, "corruption" being antithetic to "eternal life;" (5) of that which is naturally short-lived and transient, Colossians 2:22 , "perish;" (b) of the death and decay of beasts, 2 Peter 2:12 , RV, "destroyed" (first part of verse; lit., "unto ... destruction"); (c) ethically, with a moral significance, (1) of the effect of lusts, 2 Peter 1:4 ; (2) of the effect upon themselves of the work of false and immoral teachers, 2 Peter 2:12 , RV, "destroying;" AV, "corruption," and 2 Peter 2:19 . See DESTROY , PERISH.

Note: There is nothing in any of these words suggesting or involving annihilation.

B — 2: διαφθορά
(Strong's #1312 — Noun Feminine — diaphthora — dee-af-thor-ah' )

an intensified form of No. 1, "utter or thorough corruption," referring in the NT to physical decomposition and decay, is used six times, five of which refer, negatively, to the body of God's "Holy One," after His death, which body, by reason of His absolute holiness, could not see "corruption," Acts 2:27, 31 ; Acts 13:34, 35, 37 ; once it is used of a human body, that of David, which, by contrast, saw "corruption," Acts 13:36 .

B — 3: ἀφθαρσία
(Strong's #861 — Noun Feminine — aphtharsia — af-thar-see'-ah )

"incorruption," a, negative, with A, No. 2, is used (a) of the resurrection body, 1 Corinthians 15:42, 50, 53, 54 ; (b) of a condition associated with glory and honor and life, including perhaps a moral significance, Romans 2:7 ; 2 Timothy 1:10 ; this is wrongly translated "immortality" in the AV; (c) of love to Christ, that which is sincere and undiminishing, Ephesians 6:24 (translated "uncorruptness"). See IMMORTALITY , SINCERITY.

Note: For Titus 2:7 (where some texts have aphtharsia), see No. 4.

B — 4: φθορά
(Strong's #5356 — Noun Feminine — aphthoria — fthor-ah' )

similar to No. 3, "uncorruptness, free from (moral) taint," is said of doctrine, Titus 2:7 (some texts have adiaphthoria, the negative form of No. 2, above).

C — 1: φθαρτός
(Strong's #5349 — Adjective — phthartos — fthar-tos' )

"corruptible," akin to A, No. 2, is used (a) of man as being mortal, liable to decay (in contrast to God), Romans 1:23 ; (b) of man's body as death-doomed, 1 Corinthians 15:53, 54 ; (c) of a crown of reward at the Greek games, 1 Corinthians 9:25 ; (d) of silver and gold, as specimens or "corruptible" things, 1 Peter 1:18 ; (e) of natural seed, 1 Peter 1:23 .

C — 2: ἄφθαρτος
(Strong's #862 — Adjective — apthartos — af'-thar-tos )

"not liable to corruption or decay, incorruptible" (a, negative, and A, No. 2), is used of (a) God, Romans 1:23 ; 1 Timothy 1:17 (AV, "immortal"); (b) the raised dead, 1 Corinthians 15:52 ; (c) rewards given to the saints hereafter, metaphorically described as a "crown," 1 Corinthians 9:25 ; (d) the eternal inheritance of the saints, 1 Peter 1:4 ; (e) the Word of God, as incorruptible" seed, 1 Peter 1:23 ; (f) a meek and quiet spirit, metaphorically spoken of as "incorruptible" apparel, 1 Peter 3:4 . See IMMORAL.

C — 3: σαπρός
(Strong's #4550 — Adjective — sapros — sap-ros' )

"corrupt," akin to sepo, A, No. 5; see BAD No. 3.

Note: (1) Trench, Syn. lxviii, contrasts this with amarantos, and amarantinos, "unwithering, not fading away," 1 Peter 1:4 ; 1 Peter 5:4 . These are, however, distinct terms (see FADE) and are not strictly synonymous, though used in the same description of the heavenly inheritance.

Cost, Costliness, Costly

A — 1: δαπάνη
(Strong's #1160 — Noun Feminine — dapane — dap-an'-ay )

"expense, cost" (from dapto, "to tear;" from a root dap, meaning "to divide"), is found in Luke 14:28 , in the Lord's illustration of counting the "cost" of becoming His disciple. Cp. dapanao, "to spend," and its compounds, under CHARGE, SPEND.

A — 2: τιμιότης
(Strong's #5094 — Noun Feminine — timiotes — tim-ee-ot'-ace )

"costliness" (from timios, "valued at great price, precious;" see No. 3, below), is connected with time, "honor, price," and used in Revelation 18:19 , in reference to Babylon.

B — 1: τίμιος
(Strong's #5093 — Adjective — timios — tim'-ee-os )

akin to A, No. 2, is translated "costly" in 1 Corinthians 3:12 , of "costly" stones, in a metaphorical sense (AV, "precious"). Cp. Revelation 17:4 ; Revelation 18:12, 16 ; Revelation 21:19 . See DEAR , HONORABLE , PRECIOUS , REPUTATION.

B — 2: πολυτελής
(Strong's #4185 — Adjective — poluteles — pol-oo-tel-ace' )

primarily, "the very end or limit" (from polus, "much," telos, "revenue"), with reference to price, of highest "cost," very expensive, is said of spikenard, Mark 14:3 ; raiment, 1 Timothy 2:9 ; metaphorically, of a meek and quiet spirit, 1 Peter 3:4 , "of great price;" cp. No. 1 and A, No. 2, above. See PRECIOUS , PRICE.

B — 3: πολύτιμος
(Strong's #4186 — Adjective — polutimos — pol-oot'-ee-mos )

lit., "of great value" (see A, No. 2 and B, No. 1), is used of a pearl, Matthew 13:46 ; of spikenard, John 12:3 (RV, "very precious," AV "very costly"). See PRICE. The comparative polutimo(v.l.io)teros, "much more precious," is used in 1 Peter 1:7 .

Couch

1: κλινίδιον
(Strong's #2826 — Noun Neuter — klinidion — klin-id'-ee-on )

"a small bed," a diminutive form of kline, "a bed" (from klino, "to incline, recline"), is used in Luke 5:19, 24 of the "bed" (kline, in ver. 18) on which the palsied man was brought. See BED.

2: κράββατος
(Strong's #2895 — Noun Masculine — krabbatos — krab'-bat-os )

see BED , No. 4.

Could

1: ἔχω
(Strong's #2192 — Verb — echo — ekh'-o )

"to have," is rendered "could" in Mark 14:8 , "she hath done what she could," lit., "she hath done what she had." See HAVE.

2: ἰσχύω
(Strong's #2480 — Verb — ischuo — is-khoo'-o )

"to have strength," is translated in Mark 14:37 "couldest thou not." See ABLE.

Notes: (1) Emblepo in Acts 22:11 , lit., "I was not seeing," is translated "I could not see." See BEHOLD.

(2) See CAN , when not used as part of another verb.

Council, Councillor

1: συμβούλιον
(Strong's #4824 — Noun Neuter — sumboulion — soom-boo'-lee-on )

"a uniting in counsel" (sun, "together," boule, "counsel, advice"), denotes (a) "counsel" which is given, taken and acted upon, e.g., Matthew 12:14 , RV, "took counsel," for AV, "held a council;" Matthew 22:15 ; hence (b) "a council," an assembly of counsellors or persons in consultation, Acts 25:12 , of the "council" with which Festus conferred concerning Paul. The governors and procurators of provinces had a board of advisers or assessors, with whom they took "counsel," before pronouncing judgment. See CONSULTATION.

2: συνέδριον
(Strong's #4892 — Noun Neuter — sunedrion — soon-ed'-ree-on )

properly, "a settling together" (sun, "together," hedra, "a seat"), hence, (a) "any assembly or session of persons deliberating or adjusting," as in the Sept. of Psalms 26:4 (lit., "with a council of vanity"); Proverbs 22:10 ; Jeremiah 15:17 , etc.; in the NT, e.g., Matthew 10:17 ; Mark 13:9 ; John 11:47 , in particular, it denoted (b) "the Sanhedrin," the Great Council at Jerusalem, consisting of 71 members, namely, prominent members of the families of the high priest, elders and scribes. The Jews trace the origin of this to Numbers 11:16 . The more important causes came up before this tribunal. The Roman rulers of Judea permitted the Sanhedrin to try such cases, and even to pronounce sentence of death, with the condition that such a sentence should be valid only if confirmed by the Roman procurator. In John 11:47 , it is used of a meeting of the Sanhedrin; in Acts 4:15 , of the place of meeting.

3: βουλευτής
(Strong's #1010 — Noun Masculine — bouleutes — bool-yoo-tace' )

Joseph of Arimathaea is described as "a councillor of honorable estate," Mark 15:43 , RV; cp. Luke 23:50 (not as AV, "counsellor").

Counsel

A — 1: βουλή
(Strong's #1012 — Noun Feminine — boule — boo-lay' )

see under ADVICE.

A — 2: σύμβουλος
(Strong's #4825 — Noun Masculine — sumboulos — soom'-boo-los )

"a councillor with," occurs in Romans 11:34 .

B — 1: βουλεύω
(Strong's #1011 — Verb — bouleuo — bool-yoo'-o )

"to take counsel, to resolve," is used in the Middle Voice in the NT, "took counsel" in Acts 5:33 , AV (RV translates boulomai); both in 27:39; in Luke 14:31 , RV "take counsel" (AV, "consulteth"); in John 11:53 , AV and RV (so the best mss.); John 12:10 , RV, "took counsel," for AV, "consulted;" in 2 Corinthians 1:17 (twice), "purpose." See CONSULT , MINDED , PURPOSE.

B — 2: συμβουλεύω
(Strong's #4823 — Verb — sumbouleuo — soom-bool-yoo'-o )

in the Active Voice, "to advise, to counsel," John 18:14 , "gave counsel;" in Revelation 3:18 , "I counsel;" in the Middle Voice, "to take cousel, consult," Matthew 26:4 , RV, "took counsel together," for AV, "consulted;" Acts 9:23 , "took counsel" (RV adds "together"); in some mss. John 11:53 . See CONSULT.

Count

1: ἔχω
(Strong's #2192 — Verb — echo — ekh'-o )

"to have, to hold;" then, "to hold in the mind, to regard, to count," has this significance in Matthew 14:5 , "they counted Him as a prophet;" Philemon 1:17 , "If then thou countest me a partner;" Mark 11:32 , AV, (RV, "hold"); Acts 20:24 , AV. See ABLE.

2: ἡγέομαι
(Strong's #2233 — Verb — hegeomai — hayg-eh'-om-ahee )

primarily, "to lead the way;" hence, "to lead before the mind, account," is found with this meaning in Philippians 2:3 , RV (AV, "esteem"); Philippians 2:6 , RV (AV, "thought"); Philippians 2:25 (AV, "supposed"); Philippians 3:7, 8 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:15 ; 1 Timothy 1:12 ; 1 Timothy 6:1 ; Hebrews 10:29 ; James 1:2 ; Hebrews 11:11 (AV, "judged"); 2 Peter 2:13 ; 2 Peter 3:9 . See ACCOUNT.

3: λογίζομαι
(Strong's #3049 — Verb — logizomai — log-id'-zom-ahee )

"to reckon," is rendered "count" in 2 Corinthians 10:2 , RV (AV, "think"); "counted" in the AV of Romans 2:26 ; Romans 4:3, 5 ; Romans 9:8 (RV, "reckoned").

4: ψηφίζω
(Strong's #5585 — Verb — psephizo — psay-fid'-zo )

akin to psephos, "a stone," used in voting, occurs in Luke 14:28 ; Revelation 13:18 .

5: συμψηφίζω
(Strong's #4860 — Verb — sumpsephizo — soom-psay-fid'-zo )

"to count up," occurs in Acts 19:19 .

Note: In James 5:11 , makarizo, "to pronounce blessed," is rendered "count ... happy," AV (RV, "call ..."). For kataxioo see ACCOUNT , No. 5. For "descent is counted" see GENEALOGY.

Countenance

1: ὄψις
(Strong's #3799 — Noun Feminine — opsis — op'-sis )

only Revelation 1:16 has "countenance." See APPEARANCE.

2: πρόσωπον
(Strong's #4383 — Noun Neuter — prosopon — pros'-o-pon )

is translated "countenance" in Luke 9:29 ; Acts 2:28 , and in the AV of 2 Corinthians 3:7 (RV, "face"). See APPEARANCE.

3: ἰδέα
(Strong's #2397 — Noun Feminine — eidea — id-eh'-ah )

akin to eidon, "to see:" see APPEARANCE.

Notes: (1) In Acts 13:24 prosopon is translated "before" (lit., "before the presence of His coming").

(2) Skuthropos, "of a sad countenance" (skuthros, "gloomy, sad," ops, "an eye"), is used in Matthew 6:16 ; Luke 24:17 , "sad."

(3) Stugnazo, "to be or become hateful, gloomy, in aspect," is translated "his countenance fell," Mark 10:22 , RV (AV, "he was sad"). It is used of the heaven or sky in Matthew 16:3 , "lowring." See LOWRING.

Country

A — 1: ἀγρός
(Strong's #68 — Noun Masculine — agros — ag-ros' )

denotes "a field, especially a cultivated field;" hence, "the country" in contrast to the town (Eng., "agrarian, agriculture"), e.g., Mark 5:14 ; Mark 6:36 ; Mark 15:21 ; Mark 16:12 ; Luke 8:34 ; Luke 9:12 (plural, lit., "fields"); 23:26; a piece of ground, e.g., Mark 10:29 ; Acts 4:37 . See FARM.

A — 2: πατρίς
(Strong's #3968 — Noun Feminine — patris — pat-rece' )

primarily signifies "one's fatherland, native country, of one's own town," Matthew 13:54, 57 ; Mark 6:1, 4 ; Luke 4:23, 24 ; John 4:44 ; Hebrews 11:14 .

A — 3: χώρα
(Strong's #5561 — Noun Feminine — chora — kho'-rah )

properly denotes "the space lying between two limits or places;" accordingly it has a variety of meanings: "country," Matthew 2:12 ; Matthew 8:28 ; Mark 1:5 , RV (AV, "land"); Mark 5:1, 10 ; Luke 2:8 ; Luke 8:26 ; Luke 15:13, 14 , RV (AV, "land"), Luke 15:15 ; Luke 19:12 ; Luke 21:21 ; Acts 10:39 , RV (AV, "land"); Acts 12:20 ; Acts 26:20 , RV (AV, "coasts"); Acts 27:27 ; in Mark 6:55 (in the best mss.) and Acts 18:23 , RV, "region." See COAST , FIELD , GROUND , LAND , REGION.

A — 4: περίχωρος
(Strong's #4066 — Adjective — perichoros — per-ikh'-o-ros )

peri, "around," and No. 3, signifies "country round about," Luke 8:37 ; "country about," Luke 3:3 , AV (RV, "region round about"); in Matthew 14:35 ; Luke 4:37 , AV, "country round about" (RV, "region round about"); Matthew 3:5 ; Mark 1:28 ; Luke 4:14 ; Luke 7:17 ; Acts 14:6 . See REGION.

A — 5: μέρος
(Strong's #3313 — Noun Neuter — meros — mer'-os )

"a part," is rendered "country" in Acts 19:1 , RV.

Note: Some inferior mss. have No. 4 in Mark 6:55 , for No. 3.

B — 1: ἀνωτερικός
(Strong's #510 — Adjective — anoterikos — an-o-ter-ee-kos' )

"upper," is used in the plural in Acts 19:1 , to denote "upper regions," with AV, "coast," RV, "country," i.e., the high central plateau, in contrast to the roundabout way by the river through the valley. See COAST.

B — 2: ὀρεινός
(Strong's #3714 — Adjective — oreinos — or-i-nos' )

"hilly" (from oros, "a hill, mountain"), is translated "hill country" in Luke 1:39, 65 .

C — 1: ἀποδημέω
(Strong's #589 — Verb — apodemeo — ap-od-ay-meh'-o )

signifies "to go or travel into a far country," lit., "to be away from one's people" (apo, "from," demos, "a people"), Matthew 21:33 ; Matthew 25:14 ; in Matthew 25:15 the verb is translated in the RV, "went on his journey" (AV, "took his journey"); Mark 12:1 ; Luke 20:9 , "went into another country," RV. In Luke 15:13 both versions translate by "took his journey" ("into a far country" being separately expressed); see JOURNEY. Cp. apodemos, lit., "away from one's own people, gone abroad," Mark 13:34 .

Notes: (1) Ge, "earth, land," is translated "country" in the AV of Matthew 9:31 ; Acts 7:3 ; RV, "land." See LAND.

(2) Genos, "a race," is mistranslated "country" in the AV of Acts 4:36 (RV, "by race"). See below.

Countrymen

1: γένος
(Strong's #1085 — Noun Neuter — genos — ghen'-os )

properly denotes "an offspring;" then, "a family;" then, "a race, nation;" otherwise, "a kind or species;" it is translated "countrymen," in 2 Corinthians 11:26 , in Paul's reference to his fellow-nationals; so in Galatians 1:14 , RV, for AV, "nation." See BEGET.

2: συμφυλέτης
(Strong's #4853 — Noun Masculine — sumphuletes — soom-foo-let'-ace )

lit., "a fellow-tribesman" (sun, "with," phule, "a tribe, race, nation, people"), hence, one who is of the same people, a fellow-countryman, is found in 1 Thessalonians 2:14 .

Coupled

* Note: The word "coupled" is inserted in italics in 1 Peter 3:2 , the more adequately to express the original, which is, lit., "your chaste behavior in fear."

Courage

A — 1: θάρσος
(Strong's #2294 — Noun Neuter — tharsos — thar'-sos )

akin to tharseo, "to be of good cheer," is found in Acts 28:15 .

B — 1: θαρρέω
(Strong's #2292 — Verb — tharreo — thar-hreh'-o )

is translated by some form of the verb "to be of good courage," in the RV in five of the six places where it is used: 2 Corinthians 5:6 , "being of good courage" (AV, "we are ... confident"); 2 Corinthians 5:8 , "we are of good courage" (AV, "we are confident"); 2 Corinthians 7:16 , "I am of good courage" (AV, "I have confidence"); 2 Corinthians 10:1 , "I am of good courage" (AV, "I am bold"); 2 Corinthians 10:2 , "show courage" (AV, "be bold"); Hebrews 13:6 , "with good courage," lit., "being of good courage" (AV, "boldly"). See BOLD , CONFIDENCE.

Note: Tharreo is a later form of tharseo. Cp. tolmao, "to be bold."

Course

A — 1: αἰών
(Strong's #165 — Noun Masculine — aion — ahee-ohn' )

"an age" (see AGE), is sometimes wrongly spoken of as a "dispensation," which does not mean a period of time, but a mode of dealing. It is translated "course" in Ephesians 2:2 , "the course of this world," i.e., the cycle or present round of things. See AGE , ETERNAL , EVER , WORLD.

A — 2: δρόμος
(Strong's #1408 — Noun Masculine — dromos — drom'-os )

properly, "a running, a race" (from edramon, "to run"), hence, metaphorically, denotes "a career, course of occupation, or of life," viewed in a special aspect, Acts 13:25 ; Acts 20:24 ; 2 Timothy 4:7 .

A — 3: ἐφημερία
(Strong's #2183 — Noun Feminine — ephemeria — ef-ay-mer-ee'-ah )

primarily, "daily service," as, e.g., in the Sept. of 2 Chronicles 13:11 (from epi, "upon, or by," hemera, "a day," Eng., "ephemeral"), hence denoted a "class," or "course," into which the priests were divided for the daily service in the Temple, each "class" serving for seven days (see 1 Chronicles 9:25 ). In the NT it is used in Luke 1:5, 8 .

Note: Cp. ephemeros, "daily (food)," James 2:15 .

A — 4: τροχός
(Strong's #5164 — Noun Neuter — trochos — trokh-os' )

"a wheel," is translated "wheel" in James 3:6 , RV, with metaphorical reference to the round of human activity (AV, "course"), as a glowing axle would set on fire the whole wooden wheel.

B — 1: χωρέω
(Strong's #5562 — Verb — choreo — kho-reh'-o )

"to make room for, to go forward," is rendered "hath not free course," in John 8:37 , RV (AV, "hath no place"). See COME , No. 24.

Notes: (1) Connected with dromos, A, No. 2, is euthudromeo, "to make (or run) a straight course" (euthus, "straight"), Acts 16:11 ; Acts 21:1 . (2) In 2 Thessalonians 3:1 , trecho, "to run" (RV), is translated "have free course" (AV). (3) In 1 Corinthians 14:27 , ana meros, "by turn," "in turn" (RV), is rendered "by course" (AV). (4) For ploos, "a sailing or voyage, course," Acts 21:7 , AV (RV, "voyage"), see VOYAGE.