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Note:
In Rom. 7:3 (twice) and v. 4,
KJV
,
, “to become” (here, “to become
another man’s”), is translated “be married” (
RV
, “be joined”).
MARROW
$
(
, 3452), “marrow,” occurs in Heb. 4:12, where, by a natural metaphor,
the phraseology changes from the material to the spiritual.¶
For
MARTYR
see
WITNESS
MARVEL (Noun and Verb), MARVELLOUS
A. Noun.
$
(
, 2295), “a wonder” (akin to
, “to gaze in wonder”), is found
in the most authentic mss. in 2 Cor. 11:14 (some mss. have the adjective
$ &
see
C, below), “(no) marvel”; in Rev. 17:6,
RV
, “wonder” (
KJV
, “admiration”), said of John’s
astonishment at the vision of the woman described as Babylon the Great.¶ In the Sept.,
Job 17:8; 18:20; in some mss., 20:8 and 21:5.¶ Cf.
, “a wonder”;
, “a sign”;
, “wonder”;
, “amazement.”
B. Verbs.
1.
$
(
1
, 2296) signifies “to wonder at, marvel” (akin to A); the
following are
RV
differences from the
KJV
: Luke 2:33, “were marveling” for “marveled”;
Luke 8:25 and 11:14, “marveled” for “wondered”; 9:43, “were marveling” for
“wondered”; 2 Thess. 1:10, “marveled at” for “admired” (of the person of Christ at the
time of the shining forth of His Parousia, at the Second Advent). See
WONDER
.
Note:
In Matt. 9:8,
KJV
translates this verb;
RV
,
, “were afraid.”
2.
$
(
#
, 1537) and (
#
, 2296), a strengthened form of No. 1 ( ,
intensive), is found in the best mss. in Mark 12:17,
RV
, “wondered greatly” (some mss.
have No. 1).¶
C. Adjective.
$
(
, 2298), “marvellous” (akin to A and B), is said (a) of the
Lord’s doing in making the rejected Stone the Head of the corner, Matt. 21:42; Mark
12:11; (b) of the erstwhile blind man’s astonishment that the Pharisees knew not from
whence Christ had come, and yet He had given him sight, John 9:30,
RV
, “the marvel,”
KJV
, “a marvellous thing”; (c) of the spiritual light into which believers are brought, 1
Pet. 2:9; (d) of the vision of the seven angels having the seven last plagues, Rev. 15:1; (e)
of the works of God, 15:3.¶
MASTER (Noun and Verb)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
1
, 1320), “a teacher” (from
, “to teach”), is
frequently rendered “Master” in the four Gospels, as a title of address to Christ, e.g.,
Matt. 8:19; Mark 4:38 (there are more instances in Luke than in the other Gospels); John
1:38, where it interprets “Rabbi”; 20:16, where it interprets “Rabboni.” It is used by
Christ of Himself in Matt. 23:8 (see No. 6) and John 13:13-14; by others concerning Him,
Matt. 17:24; 26:18; Mark 5:35; 14:14; Luke 8:49; 22:11; John 11:28. In John 3:10, the
Lord uses it in addressing Nicodemus,
RV
, “the teacher” (
KJV
, “a master”), where the