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PRONOUNCE
(
!
, 3004), “to say, declare,” is rendered “pronounceth (blessing)” in Rom.
4:6,
RV
, which necessarily repeats the verb in v. 9 (it is absent from the original), for
KJV
,
“
” (italicized). See
ASK
, A, No. 6,
DESCRIBE
, No. 2,
SAY
.
PROOF
1.
(
)
, 1382): see
EXPERIENCE
, No. 2.
2.
(
&
, 1383), “a test, a proof,” is rendered “proof” in Jas. 1:3,
RV
(
KJV
, “trying”); it is regarded by some as equivalent to
, “a crucible, a test”; it
is the neuter form of the adjective
, used as a noun, which has been taken to
denote the means by which a man is tested and “proved” (Mayor), in the same sense as
(No. 1) in 2 Cor. 8:2; the same phrase is used in 1 Pet. 1:7,
RV
, “the proof (of
your faith),”
KJV
, “the trial”; where the meaning probably is “that which is approved [i.e.,
as genuine] in your faith”; this interpretation, which was suggested by Hort, and may
hold good for Jas. 1:3, has been confirmed from the papyri by Deissmann (
0
- $
,
p. 259ff.). Moulton and Milligan (
F
.) give additional instances.¶
3.
@
(
+
, 1732): see
DECLARE
, B. Cf. the synonymous word
, “a
token,” 2 Thess. 1:5, which refers rather to the thing “proved,” while
@
points to
the act of “proving.”
4.
(
)$
, 5039), “a sure sign, a positive proof” (from
, “a
mark, sign”), occurs in Acts 1:3,
RV
, “proofs” (
KJV
, “infallible proofs”; a “proof” does
not require to be described as infallible, the adjective is superfluous).¶
Note:
For the
KJV
in 2 Tim. 4:5, “make full proof,”
RV
, “fulfill” (
), see
FULFILL
.
PROPER
1.
(
, 791) is translated “proper” in Heb. 11:23,
RV
, “goodly”: see
BEAUTIFUL
, No. 2.
2.
(
5
, 2398), “one’s own,” is found in some mss. in Acts 1:19,
KJV
, “proper”;
in 1 Cor. 7:7,
RV
, “own” (
KJV
, “proper”); in Jude 6,
RV
, “their proper (habitation),”
KJV
,
“their own.”
PROPHECY, PROPHESY, PROPHESYING
A. Noun.
(
$
&
, 4394) signifies “the speaking forth of the mind and counsel
of God” ( , “forth,”
, “to speak”: see
PROPHET
); in the NT it is used (a) of the
gift, e.g., Rom. 12:6; 1 Cor. 12:10; 13:2; (b) either of the exercise of the gift or of that
which is “prophesied,” e.g., Matt. 13:14; 1 Cor. 13:8; 14:6, 22 and 1 Thess. 5:20,
“prophesying (s)”; 1 Tim. 1:18; 4:14; 2 Pet. 1:20, 21; Rev. 1:3; 11:6; 19:10; 22:7, 10, 18,
19.¶
“Though much of OT prophecy was purely predictive, see Micah 5:2, e.g., and cf.
John 11:51, prophecy is not necessarily, nor even primarily, fore-telling. It is the