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7.
$
(
%$&
, 2147) denotes “to find”; in the middle voice, “to find for
oneself, to procure, get, obtain,” with the suggestion of accomplishing the end which had
been in view; so in Heb. 9:12, “having obtained (eternal redemption).”
Notes:
(1) In 1 Cor. 9:24,
KJV
,
, a strengthened form of No. 6 (
,
used intensively), is translated “obtain” (
RV
, “attain”). (2) In Heb. 11:2, 4, 39,
KJV
,
$
, “to bear witness,” and in the passive voice, “to have witness borne to one,” is
translated “to obtain” a good report, or “to obtain” witness (
RV
, “had witness borne”). See
WITNESS
. (3) For the
KJV
of Heb. 1:4, “He hath by inheritance obtained” (
RV
, “He hath
inherited”), and of Eph. 1:11, see
INHERIT
. (4) For the phrase “to obtain mercy,” the
passive voice of
in Matt. 5:7; Rom. 11:30-31; 1 Cor. 7:25; 2 Cor. 4:1 (
RV
); 1 Tim.
1:13, 16; 1 Pet. 2:10 (twice), see
MERCY
.
B. Noun.
(
$ &
, 4047), lit., “a making around” ( , “around,”
, “to do
or make”), denotes (a) “the act of obtaining” anything, as of salvation in its completeness
1 Thess. 5:9; 2 Thess. 2:14; (b) “a thing acquired, an acquisition, possession,” Eph. 1:14,
RV
, “(
5
own) possession” [some would put this under (a)]; so 1 Pet. 2:9,
RV
,
KJV
, “a
peculiar (people);” cf. Isa. 43:21; (c) preservation, this may be the meaning in Heb.
10:39, “saving” (
RV
marg., “gaining”); cf. the corresponding verb in Luke 17:33 (in the
best texts), “preserve.”¶ In the Sept. the noun has the meaning (b) in Hag. 2:10 and Mal.
3:17, (c) in 2 Chron. 14:13.¶
OCCASION
(
$ )
, 874), properly “a starting point,” was used to denote “a base of
operations in war.” In the NT it occurs as follows: “(a) the Law provided sin with a base
of operations for its attack upon the soul, Rom. 7:8, 11; (b) the irreproachable conduct of
the Apostle provided his friends with a base of operations against his detractors, 2 Cor.
5:12; (c) by refusing temporal support at Corinth he deprived these detractors of their
base of operations against him, 2 Cor. 11:12; (d) Christian freedom is not to provide a
base of operations for the flesh, Gal. 5:13; (e) unguarded behavior on the part of young
widows (and the same is true or all believers) would provide Satan with a base of
operations against the faith, 1 Tim. 5:14.”*¶
The word is found frequently in the papyri with meanings which illustrate those in the
NT. In the Sept., Prov. 9:9; Ezek. 5:7.¶
Notes:
(1) For the
RV
renderings “occasion (or ‘occasions’) of stumbling,” “occasion
of falling,” see
FALLING
, B,
Note
(3),
OFFENSE
. (2) In 2 Cor. 8:8,
KJV
, the phrase “by
occasion of” translates the preposition
, “through, by means of” (
RV
, “through”).
For
OCCUPATION,
Acts 18:3
,
KJV
, see
TRADE
Notes:
The phrase “of like occupation” in Acts 19:25 translates the phrase
(“about”) (“the”)
$
(“such things”), i.e., lit., “(occupied) about such things.”
OCCUPY
* From
Notes on Galatians,
by Hogg and Vine, on p. 269.