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(
#
, 1642) denotes “to make less” (
, “less”), and is used in the
active voice in Heb. 2:7, “Thou madest (Him) … lower,” and in the passive in v. 9, “was
made … lower,” and John 3:30, “(I must) decrease,” (lit., “be made less”).¶
LOWER (Verb, to let down) See
LET
DOWN, NO. 2 (d)
LOWLINESS, LOWLY
A. Noun.
$
(
$ "
, 5012), “lowliness of mind, humbleness,” is
translated “lowliness” or “lowliness of mind” in Acts 20:19,
RV
; Eph. 4:2; Phil. 2:3. See
HUMBLENESS OF MIND
.
B. Adjective.
(
, 5011), “low, lowly”: see
HUMBLE
and
LOW
, B.
LOWRING (to be)
$
(
1
, 4768), “to have a gloomy, somber appearance” (akin to
$
,
“somber, gloomy,” from a root
$
, “to hate”; cf.
$
, “hateful,” Titus 3:3), is said
of the human countenance, Mark 10:22,
RV
, “his countenance fell” (
KJV
, “he was sad”);
of the sky, Matt. 16:3, “lowring.” See
COUNTENANCE
,
Note
(3).¶ In the Sept., Ezek.
27:35; 28:19; 32:10.¶
LUCRE (filthy)
A. Noun.
(
!$
, 2771), “gain” (cf.
, “to gain, get gain”), is translated “gain”
in Phil. 1:21 and 3:7; “lucre” in Titus 1:11 (preceded by
, “filthy”). See
GAIN
.¶
B. Adjective.
(
* $
$ )
, 146) denotes “greedy of base gains” (
, and A,
as above), 1 Tim. 3:8, “greedy of filthy lucre”; so the
RV
in Titus 1:7,
KJV
, “given to)
filthy lucre.” In some mss. 1 Tim. 3:3.¶
(
* $
$
, 147) denotes “from eagerness for base gain,” 1 Pet.
5:2, “for filthy lucre.”¶
LUKEWARM
(
$
, 5513), “tepid, warm” (akin to
, “to become warm,” not found
in the NT or Sept.), is used metaphorically in Rev. 3:16, of the state of the Laodicean
church, which afforded no refreshment to the Lord, such as is ministered naturally by
either cold or hot water.¶
LUMP
$
(
"$
, 5445) denotes “that which is mixed or kneaded” (
$
, “to
mix”) hence, “a lump,” either of dough, Rom. 11:16 (cf. Num. 15:21); 1 Cor. 5:6, 7; Gal.
5:9 (see under
LEAVEN
); of potter’s clay, Rom. 9:21.¶
For
LUNATIC
see
EPILEPTIC
LUST (Noun and Verb)
A. Nouns.