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(
, 2556), “evil,” is translated “noisome” in Rev. 16:2. See
BAD
.
For
NONE
see
NO MAN
NOON
(
$&
, 3314), lit., “middleday” (
, “middle,” and
, “a
day”), signifies (a) “noon,” Acts 22:6; (b) “the south,” Acts 8:26.¶
For
NOR
see
†
, p. 1.
NORTH
(
9:
, 1005), primarily Boreas, the North Wind, came to denote the “north”
(cf. “Borealis”), Luke 13:29; Rev. 21:13.¶
NORTH EAST, NORTH WEST
(
$
, 5566), Lat.,
$
, the Latin name for “the north-west wind,” hence,
“the north-west,” occurs in Acts 27:12,
KJV
,
RV
, “(north-east and) south-east,” as the
N.W. wind blows towards the S.E.¶
Note:
In the same v.,
, “the south-west (lit., ‘Libyan’) wind,” hence, “the south-
west” (so
KJV
), is rendered “north-east” in
RV
, as the S.W. wind blows towards the N.E.
The difficulty is that Lutro (commonly identified with Phoenix) faces E., not W. But
there is a harbor opposite Lutro which does look S.W. and N.W., bearing the name
Phineka (
RV
marg. renders the whole phrase literally). This seems the best solution.
For
NOT
see
†
, p. 1
NOTABLE, OF NOTE
1.
(
, 1110), an adjective, signifying “known” (from
, “to
know”), is used (a) as an adjective, most usually translated “known,” whether of facts,
e.g., Acts 1:19; 2:14; 4:10; or persons, John 18:15-16; it denotes “notable” in Acts 4:16,
of a miracle; (b) as a noun, “acquaintance,” Luke 2:44 and 23:49. See
ACQUAINTANCE
,
KNOWN
.
2.
(
# &
, 1978), primarily meant “bearing a mark,” e.g., of money
“stamped, coined,” (from , “upon,” and
, “a mark, a sign”; cf.
, “to give a
sign, signify, indicate,” and
, “to note”; see below); it is used in the NT,
metaphorically, (a) in a good sense, Rom. 16:7, “of note, illustrious,” said of Andronicus
and Junias; (b) in a bad sense, Matt. 27:16, “notable,” of the prisoner Barabbas.¶ In the
Sept., Gen. 30:42; Esth. 5:4; 8:13, toward the end of the verse, “a distinct (day).”¶
3.
(
#
)
, 2016), “illustrious, renowned, notable” (akin to
,
“to show forth, appear”; Eng., “epiphany”), is translated “notable” in Acts 2:20, of the
great Day of the Lord. The appropriateness of this word (compared with Nos. 1 and 2) to
that future occasion is obvious.¶
NOTE (Verb)
(
, 4593), from
, “a sign, token,” signifies “to mark, to note,”
in the middle voice, “to note for oneself,” and is so used in 2 Thess. 3:14, in an injunction
to take cautionary note of one who refuses obedience to the apostle’s word by the
Epistle.¶ In the Sept. Ps. 5:6.¶