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ORACLE
(
, 3051), a diminutive of
, “a word, narrative, statement,” denotes
“a divine response or utterance, an oracle”; it is used of (a) the contents of the Mosaic
Law, Acts 7:38; (b) all the written utterances of God through OT writers, Rom. 3:2; (c)
the substance of Christian doctrine, Heb. 5:12; (d) the utterances of God through
Christian teachers, 1 Pet. 4:11.¶
Note:
Divine “oracles” were given by means of the breastplate of the high priest, in
connection with the service of the tabernacle, and the Sept. uses the associated word
in Exod. 28:15, to describe the breastplate.
ORATION
(
$!
, 1215), from
, “the people” and
$
, “to speak in
the public assembly, to deliver an oration,” occurs in Acts 12:21.¶
ORATOR
(
:) $
, 4489), from an obsolete present tense,
, “to say” (cf. Eng.,
“rhetoric”), denotes “a public speaker, an orator,” Acts 24:1, of Tertullus. Such a person,
distinct from the professional lawyer, was hired, as a professional speaker, to make a
skillful presentation of a case in court. His training was not legal but rhetorical.¶
ORDAIN
1.
(
&
, 5087), to put: see
APPOINT
, No. 3.
2.
(
&
, 2525), from
, “down,” or “over against,” and
,
“to cause to stand, to set,” is translated “to ordain” in the
KJV
of Titus 1:5; Heb. 5:1; 8:3.
See
APPOINT
, No. 2.
3.
(
1
, 5021) is translated “to ordain,” in Acts 13:48 and Rom. 13:1. See
APPOINT
, No. 5.
4.
(
1
, 1299) is translated “to ordain” in 1 Cor. 7:17; 9:14; Gal. 3:19,
the last in the sense of “administered.” Cf.
, under
DISPOSITION
. See
APPOINT
, No.
6.
5.
(
3$&
, 3724) is twice used of Christ as divinely “ordained” to be the Judge
of men, Acts 10:42; 17:31. See
DETERMINE
, No. 2.
6.
(
$&
, 2919), “to divide, separate, decide, judge,” is translated “ordained”
in Acts 16:4, of the decrees by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. See
JUDGE
.
Notes:
(1) In 1 Cor. 2:7,
KJV
,
, “to foreordain” (see
RV
) is translated
“ordained.” See
DETERMINE
, No. 3. (2) In Mark 3:14,
KJV
,
, “to make,” is translated
“ordained” (
RV
, “appointed”). (3) In Heb. 9:6,
KJV
,
$
, “to prepare” (so
RV
), is
translated “were … ordained. See
PREPARE
. (4) In Acts 14:23,
KJV
,
, “to
appoint” (
RV
), is translated “they had ordained.” See
APPOINT
, No. 11. (5) In Eph. 2:10,
KJV
,
, “to prepare before,” is translated “hath before ordained” (
RV
, “afore
prepared”); see
PREPARE
. (6) In Jude 4,
KJV
,
, lit., “to write before,” is
translated “were before … ordained” (
RV
, “were … set forth”). See
SET
(forth). (7) In