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18.
(
$ &
, 5136), “to seize and twist the neck” (from
, “the
throat”), was used of wrestlers, in the sense of taking by the throat. The word is found in
Heb. 4:13, “laid open,”
RV
(
KJV
, “opened”). The literal sense of the word seems to be
“with the head thrown back and the throat exposed.” Various suggestions have been
made as to the precise significance of the word in this passage. Some have considered
that the metaphor is from the manner of treating victims about to be sacrificed. Little
help, however, can be derived from these considerations. The context serves to explain
the meaning and the
RV
rendering is satisfactory.¶
Notes:
(1) In Acts 25:7,
KJV
,
, “to bear, bring,” is rendered “laid …
(complaints),”
RV
, “bringing … (charges).” (2) In Mark 7:8,
KJV
,
, “to leave,” is
translated “laying aside” (
RV
, “ye leave”). (3) For
, “to lay hold,” see
HOLD
,
No. 7.
For
LAY WAIT
see
LIE IN WAIT
For
LAYING
(
Acts 9:24
) see
PLOT
LAY WASTE
$
(
&
, 3075), “to maltreat, to outrage” (from
$
, “a brutal
outrage”), is translated “laid waste” (the church), in Acts 8:3,
RV
(
KJV
, “made havoc
of”).¶
LAYING ON
(
# &
, 1936), “a laying on” ( , “on,”
, “to put”), is used in the
NT (a) of the “laying” on of hands by the apostles accompanied by the impartation of the
Holy Spirit in outward demonstration, in the cases of those in Samaria who had believed,
Acts 8:18; such supernatural manifestations were signs especially intended to give
witness to Jews as to the facts of Christ and the faith, they were thus temporary; there is
no record of their continuance after the time and circumstances narrated in Acts 19 (in v.
6 of which the corresponding verb
is used; see below), nor was the gift
delegated by the apostles to others (see
LAY
, Nos. 1 and 10); (b) of the similar act by the
elders of a church on occasions when a member of a church was set apart for a particular
work, having given evidence of qualifications necessary for it, as in the case of Timothy,
1 Tim. 4:14; of the impartation of a spiritual gift through the laying on of the hands of the
apostle Paul, 2 Tim. 1:6,
RV
, “laying” (
KJV
, “putting”); cf. the verb
in Acts 6:6,
on the appointment of the seven, and in the case of Barnabas and Saul, 13:3, also in 19:6,
(c) in Heb. 6:2, the doctrine of the “laying” on of hands refers to the act enjoined upon an
Israelite in connection, e.g., with the peace offerings, Lev. 3:2, 8, 13; 4:29, 33; upon the
priests in connection with the sin offering, 4:4; 16:21; upon the elders, 4:15; upon a ruler,
4:24.¶
The principle underlying the act was that of identification on the part of him who did
it with the animal or person upon whom the hands were laid. In the Sept., 2 Chron. 25:27;
Ezek. 23:11.¶
Note:
For the “laying” of Christ’s hands on the sick, see
LAY
, No. 10.
LEAD, LED