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5.
(
$
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, 4306), “to take thought for, provide,” is translated “provide …
for” in 1 Tim. 5:8; in Rom. 12:17 and 2 Cor. 8:21,
RV
, to take thought for (
KJV
, “to
provide”).¶
Note:
In Luke 12:33,
KJV
,
, “to make” (
RV
), is translated “provide.”
B. Noun.
(
$
, 4307), “forethought” ( , “before,”
, “to think”), is translated
“providence” in Acts 24:2; “provision” in Rom. 13:14.¶
PROVINCE
1.
, or
/
(
# $ &
, 1885) was a technical term for the administrative
divisions of the Roman Empire. The original meaning was the district within which a
magistrate, whether consul or pretor, exercised supreme authority. The word
2
acquired its later meaning when Sardinia and Sicily were added to the Roman territories,
227 B.C. On the establishment of the empire the proconsular power over all “provinces”
was vested in the emperor. Two “provinces,” Asia and Africa, were consular, i.e., held by
ex-consuls; the rest were praetorian. Certain small “provinces,” e.g. Judea and
Cappadocia, were governed by procurators. They were usually districts recently added to
the empire and not thoroughly Romanized. Judea was so governed in the intervals
between the rule of native kings; ultimately it was incorporated in the “province” of
Syria. The “province” mentioned in Acts 23:34 and 25:1 was assigned to the jurisdiction
of an
, “a prefect or governor” (cf.
GOVERNOR
,
PROCONSUL
).¶ In the Sept., Esth.
4:11.¶
2.
(
0
, 2583) originally denoted “a straight rod,” used as a ruler or
measuring instrument, or, in rare instances, “the beam of a balance,” the secondary notion
being either (a) of keeping anything straight, as of a rod used in weaving, or (b) of testing
straightness, as a carpenter’s rule; hence its metaphorical use to express what serves “to
measure or determine” anything. By a common transition in the meaning of words, “that
which measures,” was used for “what was measured”; thus a certain space at Olympia
was called a
. So in music, a canon is a composition in which a given melody is the
model for the formation of all the parts. In general the word thus came to serve for
anything regulating the actions of men, as a standard or principle. In Gal. 6:16, those who
“walk by this rule (
)” are those who make what is stated in vv. 14 and 15 their
guiding line in the matter of salvation through faith in Christ alone, apart from works,
whether following the principle themselves or teaching it to others. In 2 Cor. 10:13, 15,
16, it is translated “province,”
RV
(
KJV
, “rule” and “line of things”; marg., “line”;
RV
marg., “limit” or “measuring rod.”) Here it signifies the limits of the responsibility in
gospel service as measured and appointed by God.¶
For
PROVING
(
) see
REPROOF
, A
PROVOCATION, PROVOKE
A. Nouns.