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2.
(
, 3829), lit., “a place where all are received” (
, “all,”
, “to receive”), denotes “a house for the reception of strangers,” a
2
,
translated “inn,” in Luke 10:34, in the parable of the good samaritan. Cattle and beasts of
burden could be sheltered there, and this word must thereby be distinguished from No.
1.¶ Cf.
$
in the next verse, “(the) host.”¶
INNER
1.
(
+
, 2080), an adverb connected with
, “into,” is translated “inner” in the
KJV
of Eph. 3:16 (
RV
, “inward”); after verbs of motion, it denotes “into,” Mark 15:16;
after verbs of rest, “within.” See
WITHIN
.
2.
(
# 0 $
, 2082), the comparative degree of No. 1, denotes “inner,” Acts
16:24 (of a prison); Heb. 6:19, with the article, and practically as a noun, “that which is
within (the veil),” lit., “the inner (of the veil).”¶ Cf. Eng., esoteric.
Note:
For “inner chamber(s)” see
CHAMBER
, No. 1.
INNOCENT
1.
(
/
, 121) primarily denotes “unpunished” ( , negative,
, “a
penalty”); then, “innocent,” Matt. 27:4, “innocent blood,” i.e., the blood of an “innocent”
person, the word “blood” being used both by synecdoche (a part standing for the whole),
and by metonymy (one thing standing for another), i.e., for death by execution (some
mss. have
, “righteous”); v. 24, where Pilate speaks of himself as “innocent.”¶
2.
(
/
, 172), lit., “not bad” ( , negative,
, “bad”), denotes
“guileless, innocent,” Rom. 16:18,
RV
, “innocent” (
KJV
, “simple”); “harmless” in Heb.
7:26. See
HARMLESS
.¶
INNUMERABLE
1.
(
$&
, 382), , negative, , euphonic,
, “to
number,” is used in Heb. 11:12.¶
2.
$
(
$&
, 3461) denotes either “ten thousand,” or, “indefinitely, a myriad, a
numberless host,” in the plural, Acts 19:19; lit. “five ten-thousands,” Rev. 5:11; 9:16; in
the following, used of vast numbers, Luke 12:1,
KJV
, “an innumerable multitude,”
RV
,
“the many thousands” (
RV
marg., “the myriads”); Acts 21:20, “thousands”; Heb. 12:22,
“innumerable hosts”; Jude 14, “ten thousands” (
RV
, marg., in each place, “myriads”). See
COMPANY
,
THOUSANDS
.¶ Cf. the adjective
$
, “ten thousand,” Matt. 18:24; 1 Cor.
4:15; 14:19.¶
For
INORDINATE
see
AFFECTION
, No. 1
INQUIRE, INQUIRY (make)
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
1
, 4441), “to inquire,” is translated “inquired” in Matt.
2:4, and Acts 21:33,
RV
(
KJV
, “demanded”); in Luke 15:26; 18:36 and Acts 4:7 (
KJV
,
“asked”); “inquired” (
KJV
, “inquired”) in John 4:52; “inquire” (
KJV
, “inquire”) in Acts
23:20; in Acts 23:34 it denotes “to learn by inquiry,”
KJV
, and
RV
, “when (he)
understood”; elsewhere it is rendered by the verb “to ask,” Acts 10:18, 29; 23:19. See
ASK
,
UNDERSTAND
.¶