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1.
(
O
, 5620), a consecutive particle, is used with the meaning “insomuch
that,” or “so that,” or “that,” to express the effect or result of anything, e.g., Matt. 8:24;
13:54; 15:31; 27:14; Acts 1:19 (
KJV
, “insomuch as”); 5:15; 19:12 (
KJV
, “so that”); 2 Cor.
1:8; Gal. 2:13. See
WHEREFORE
.
2.
(
, 2526), lit., “unto the,” followed by the infinitive mood, is sometimes
used of result, and is rendered “insomuch that” in 2 Cor. 8:6.
3.
is translated “insomuch as” in 1 Pet. 4:13,
RV
(
KJV
, “inasmuch as”). See
INASMUCH
.
INSPIRATION OF GOD, INSPIRED OF GOD
$
(
, 2315), “inspired by God” (
, “God,”
, “to
breathe”), is used in 2 Tim. 3:16, of the Scriptures as distinct from non-inspired writings.
Wycliffe, Tyndale, Coverdale and the Great Bible have the rendering “inspired of God.”¶
INSTANT, BE INSTANT, INSTANTLY
A. Verbs.
1.
(
# &
, 1945), “to lie” or “press upon,” is rendered “they were
instant” in Luke 23:23 (Amer.
RV
, “they were urgent”). See
IMPOSE
.
2.
(
# &
, 2186), “to set upon or by,” is used in the NT intransitively,
either in the middle voice, or in certain tenses of the active, signifying “to stand by, be
present, be at hand, come on or upon,” and is translated “be instant” in 2 Tim. 4:2. See
ASSAULT
,
COME
, etc.
Note:
For
, in Rom. 12:12,
KJV
, rendered “continuing instant,”
RV
,
“steadfastly,” see
CONTINUE
, No. 9.
B. Noun.
Note:
The word
, “an hour,” is translated “instant” in Luke 2:38,
KJV
; the
RV
renders it “hour.” See
HOUR
.
C. Adverb.
$
(
&
, 4709), “earnestly, diligently,” is rendered “instantly” in Luke
7:4,
KJV
(
RV
, “earnestly”). See
EARNEST
.
Note:
For the phrase
, rendered “instantly” in Acts 26:7,
KJV
, see
EARNEST
, D.
INSTRUCT, INSTRUCTION, INSTRUCTOR
A. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 2727), “to teach orally, inform, instruct,” is translated by the
verb “to instruct” in Luke 1:4; Acts 18:25 (
RV
marg., “taught by word of mouth”); Rom.
2:18; 1 Cor. 14:19,
RV
(
KJV
, “teach”). See
INFORM
,
TEACH
.
2.
$
(
"
, 3811), “to train children, teach,” is rendered “was instructed,”
in Acts 7:22,
RV
(
KJV
, “learned”); “instructing” in 2 Tim. 2:25,
KJV
(
RV
, “correcting”);
Titus 2:12,
RV
, “instructing” (
KJV
, “teaching”). The verb is used of the family discipline,
as in Heb. 12:6, 7, 10; cf. 1 Cor. 11:32; 2 Cor. 6:9; Rev. 3:19. In 1 Tim. 1:20 (passive
voice) it is translated “might be taught,”
RV
(
KJV
, “may learn”), but, “however the
passage is to be understood, it is clear that not the impartation of knowledge but severe