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(2) In James 4:5 the
RV
translates correctly in giving two questions, each of a
rhetorical character, asked by way of remonstrance. The first draws attention to the fact
that it is impossible for the Scripture to speak in vain; the second to the impossibility that
the Holy Spirit, whom God has caused to dwell in the believer, should “long (unto
envying),”
(
KJV
, “lust”). Here again, not the human spirit is in view, but the
Spirit of God; cf. 1 Cor. 6:19. See
LONG
.
For
LYING (falsehood)
See
LIE
, and for LYING (in wait) See
LIE IN WAIT
M
MAD, MADNESS
A. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 3105), “to rage, be mad,” is translated by the verb “to be
mad” in John 10:20; Acts 12:15; 26:24, 25; 1 Cor. 14:23; see
BESIDE
ONESELF, No. 2.
2.
(
# &
, 1693), an intensive form of No. 1, prefixed by , “in,”
implying “fierce rage, to be furious against”; it is rendered “being exceedingly mad” in
Acts 26:11 (cf. 9:1).¶
B. Nouns.
1.
(
&
, 3130), akin to A, and transliterated into English, denotes “frenzy,
madness,” Acts 26:24 “(thy much learning doth turn thee to) madness,”
RV
;
KJV
, “(doth
make thee) mad.Ӧ
2.
(
/
, 454), lit., “without understanding” ( , negative,
$
, “mind,
understanding”), denotes “folly,” 2 Tim. 3:9, and this finding its expression in violent
rage, Luke 6:11. See
FOLLY
.¶
3.
(
$ $
&
, 3913), “madness” (from
, “contrary to,” and
, “the mind”), is used in 2 Pet. 2:16.¶ Cf.
, 2 Cor. 11:23, “I speak like
one distraught.Ӧ
MADE (be) A. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 1096), “to become,” is sometimes translated by the passive
voice of the verb to make, e.g., Matt. 9:16; John 1:3 (three times), 10; 8:33; Rom. 11:9; 1
Cor. 1:30; 3:13; 4:9, 13; Eph. 2:13; 3:7; Phil. 2:7 (but
RV
marg., “becoming”); Col. 1:23,
25; Heb. 5:5; 6:4; 7:12, 16, 21, 26; 11:3; Jas. 3:9; 1 Pet. 2:7. In many places the
RV
translates otherwise, and chiefly by the verb to become, e.g., Matt. 25:6, “there is”; 27:24,
“was arising”; John 1:14, “became”; John 2:9, “become”; Rom. 1:3, “born”; 2:25, “is
become”; 10:20, “became”; Gal. 3:13, “having become”; 4:4, “born” (twice); Heb. 3:14,
“are become”, 7:22, “hath … become.”
¶ Indicates that all the NT occurrences of the Greek word under consideration are
mentioned under the heading or sub-heading.