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3.
(
, 4649), primarily “a watcher, watchman” (as in the Sept., e.g.,
Ezek. 3:17), then, “a mark on which to fix the eye” (akin to
, “to look at”), is used
metaphorically in Phil. 3:14, of “an aim or object,”
RV
, “goal.” See
GOAL
.¶
MARK (Verb)
1.
(
# !
, 1907), lit., “to hold upon” ( , “upon,”
, “to hold”), signifies
(like
) “to hold out,” Phil. 2:16, of the word of life; then, “to hold one’s mind
towards, to observe,” translated “marked” in Luke 14:7, of the Lord’s observance of
those who chose the chief seats. See
HEED
,
HOLD
,
STAY
.
2.
(
!
, 4648), “to look at, behold, watch, contemplate,” (akin to
,
“a mark,” see Noun above), is used metaphorically of “looking to,” and translated “mark”
in Rom. 16:17, of a warning against those who cause divisions, and in Phil. 3:17, of
observing those who walked after the example of the apostle and his fellow workers, so
as to follow their ways. See
HEED
,
Note
(1),
LOOK
.
MARKET, MARKETPLACE
(
$1
, 58), primarily “an assembly,” or, in general, “an open space in a town”
(akin to
, “to bring together”), became applied, according to papyri evidences, to a
variety of things, e.g., “a judicial assembly,” “a market,” or even “supplies, provisions”
(Moulton and Milligan,
F !
). In the NT it denotes “a place of assembly, a public place
or forum, a marketplace.” A variety of circumstances, connected with it as a public
gathering place, is mentioned, e.g., business dealings such as the hiring of laborers, Matt.
20:3; the buying and selling of goods, Mark 7:4 (involving risk of pollution); the games
of children, Matt. 11:16; Luke 7:32; exchange of greetings, Matt. 23:7; Mark 12:38; Luke
11:43; 20:46; the holding of trials, Acts 16:19; public discussions, Acts 17:17. Mark 6:56
records the bringing of the sick there. The word always carries with it the idea of
publicity, in contrast to private circumstances.
The
RV
always translates it “marketplace” or in the plural. The
KJV
sometimes
changes the rendering to “markets” and translates it “streets” in Mark 6:56. See
STREET
.
MARRED
Note:
In Mark 2:22,
$
, “to destroy, perish,” is found in the most authentic
mss. as applying both to the wine and the wine skins,
RV
, “perisheth”; the
KJV
follows the
mss. which tell of the wine being “spilled” (
, “to pour out”), and the skins (
KJV
,
“bottles”) being “marred.” See
DESTROY
, No. 1.
MARRIAGE (give in), MARRY
A. Noun.
(
1
, 1062), “a marriage, wedding,” or “wedding feast,” is used to denote
(a) the ceremony and its proceedings, including the “marriage feast,” John 2:1, 2; of the
“marriage ceremony” only, figuratively, Rev. 19:7, as distinct from the “marriage feast”
(v. 9); (b) “the marriage feast,”
RV
in Matt. 22:2-4, 9; in v. 8, 10, “wedding;” in 25:10,
RV
“marriage feast;” so Luke 12:36; 14:8; in Matt. 22:11, 12, the “wedding garment” is, lit.,
“a garment of a wedding.” In Rev. 19, where, under the figure of a “marriage,” the union
of Christ, as the Lamb of God, with His heavenly bride is so described, the marriage itself