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(
, 5568) primarily denoted “a striking or twitching with the fingers
(on musical strings)”; then, “a sacred song, sung to musical accompaniment, a psalm.” It
is used (a) of the OT book of “Psalms,” Luke 20:42; 24:44; Acts 1:20; (b) of a particular
“psalm,” Acts 13:33 (cf. v. 35); (c) of “psalms” in general, 1 Cor. 14:26; Eph. 5:19; Col.
3:16.¶
Note:
For
, rendered “let him sing psalms” in Jas. 5:13, see
MELODY
,
SING
.
PUBLIC, PUBLICLY
A. Adjective.
(
, 1219), “belonging to the people” (
, “the people”), is
translated “public” in Acts 5:18,
RV
, “public (ward)”,
KJV
, “common (prison).”
B. Adverbs.
(
$
, 5320): see
OPENLY
, No. 2.
Note:
For a form of
used as an adverb, “publicly,” see
OPENLY
,
Note
(4).
PUBLICAN
(
0
, 5057) primarily denoted “a farmer of the tax” (from
, “toll,
custom, tax”), then, as in the NT, a subsequent subordinate of such, who collected taxes
in some district, “a tax gatherer”; such were naturally hated intensely by the people; they
are classed with “sinners,” Matt. 9:10, 11; 11:9; Mark 2:15, 16; Luke 5:30; 7:34; 15:1;
with harlots, Matt. 21:31, 32; with “the Gentile,” Matt. 18:17; some mss. have it in Matt.
5:47, the best have
, “Gentiles.” See also Matt. 5:46; 10:3; Luke 3:12; 5:27, 29;
7:29; 18:10, 11, 13.¶
Note:
For
, “a chief publican,” see
CHIEF
, B, No. 4.
PUBLISH
1.
$
(
$"
, 2784), “to be a herald, to proclaim, preach,” is translated “to
publish” in Mark 1:45; 5:20; 7:36; 13:10,
KJV
(
RV
, “preached”); Luke 8:39. See
PREACH
,
PROCLAIM
.
2.
(
!$
, 1308), “to bear through,” is translated “was published” in Acts
13:49,
KJV
(
RV
, “was spread abroad”). See
BETTER
(be), No. 1.
3.
(
&
, 1096), “to become, come to be,” is translated “was published” in
Acts 10:37, lit., “came to be.”
4.
(
!
, 1229), “to publish abroad,” is so translated in Luke 9:60,
RV
(
KJV
, “preach”), and Rom. 9:17. See
DECLARE
, A, No. 3.
PUFF (up)
1.
$
(
, 5448), “to puff up, blow up, inflate” (from
$
, “bellows”), is
used metaphorically in the NT, in the sense of being “puffed” up with pride, 1 Cor. 4:6,
18, 19; 5:2; 8:1; 13:4; Col. 2:18.¶
2.
$
(
, 5187) is always rendered “to puff up” in the
RV
. See
HIGH
-
MINDED
,
PROUD
.
PULL (down)