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perfect tense “hath spoken” indicating the continued effects of the message embodied in
the risen Christ; so in 1 Pet. 1:20,
RV
, “at the end of the times” (
KJV
, “in these last
times”).
B. Adverb.
$
(
> $
, 5305), the neuter of the adjective
$
, is used as an adverb
signifying “afterwards, later,” see
AFTER
, No. 5. Cf. the adjective, under
LATER
.
Note:
In Phil. 4:10 the particle
, “sometime,” used after
, “now, already,” to
signify “now at length,” is so rendered in the
RV
,
KJV
, “(now) at the last.”
LATCHET
(
, 1
, 2438) denotes “a thong, strap,” whether for binding prisoners, Acts
22:25, “(the) thongs” (for scourging; see
BIND
, No. 7), or for fastening sandals, Mark 1:7;
Luke 3:16; John 1:27. “Among the Orientals everything connected with the feet and
shoes is defiled and debasing, and the stooping to unfasten the dusty latchet is the most
insignificant in such service” (Mackie, in
B
0 ! 4 !
).¶
LATE
(
A !
, 3796), an adverb of time, besides its meaning “at evening” or “at
eventide,” denotes “late in, or on,” Matt. 28:1,
RV
, “late on (the Sabbath day)” (
KJV
, “in
the end of”); it came also to denote “late after,” which seems to be the meaning here. See
EVENING
.
Note:
In John 11:8,
KJV
, “
$
, now,” is translated “of late” (
RV
, “but now”).
LATELY
(
$ 1
, 4373) denotes “recently, lately,” from the adjective
, “new, fresh, recent”; primarily, “newly slain,” Heb. 10:20 (
, “slain”),
is also found in Acts 18:2.¶ In the Sept., Deut. 24:5; Ezek. 11:3.¶
LATER
$
(
> $
, 5306) denotes “later” or “latter” and is used in 1 Tim. 4:1,
RV
, “in
later (times),”
KJV
, “in (the) latter (times).” Several mss. have it in Matt. 21:31, “the
former,” for
. “the first.”¶
LATIN
(
U ;<
&
, 4515), an adverb, “in Latin,” occurs in John 19:20, lit., “in
Roman.Ӧ
Note:
In Luke 23:38, some mss. have the adjective
, “of Latin,” agreeing
with “letters.”
LATTER
(
7
, 3797), akin to
and
(see
LATE
), denotes “late,” or
“latter,” and is used of “the latter rain” in Jas. 5:7 (the most authentic mss. omit
$
,
“rain”; some have
, “fruit”); this rain falls in March and April, just before the
harvest, in contrast to the early rain, in October.¶ In the Sept., Deut. 11:14; Prov. 16:15;
Jer. 5:24; Hos. 6:3; Joel 2:23; Zech. 10:1.¶