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For
REAR UP,
John 2:20
, see
RAISE
, No. 1 (f)
REASON (Noun)
(
, 3056), “a word,” etc., has also the significance of “the inward thought
itself, a reckoning, a regard, a reason,” translated “reason” in Acts 18:14, in the phrase
“reason would,”
, lit., “according to reason (I would bear with you)”; in 1 Pet.
3:15, “a reason (concerning the hope that is in you).” See
WORD
.
Note:
In Acts 6:2,
KJV
, the adjective
, “pleasing, agreeable,” is translated
“reason” (
RV
, “fit,” marg., “pleasing”). See
FIT
, No. 2.
For the prepositions rendered
BY REASON OF
see
†
, p. 1
REASON (Verb)
1.
(
&
, 1260), “to bring together different reasons and reckon
them up, to reason,” is used in the NT (a) chiefly of thoughts and considerations which
are more or less objectionable, e.g., of the disciples who “reasoned” together, through a
mistaken view of Christ’s teaching regarding leaven, Matt. 16:7, 8 and Mark 8:16, 17; of
their “reasoning” as to who was the greatest among them, Mark 9:33,
RV
, “were ye
reasoning,”
KJV
, “ye disputed” (for v. 34, see
DISPUTE
); of the scribes and Pharisees in
criticizing Christ’s claim to forgive sins, Mark 2:6, 8 (twice) and Luke 5:21, 22; of the
chief priests and elders in considering how to answer Christ’s question regarding John’s
baptism, Matt. 21:25; Mark 11:31 (some mss. have
, here, which is nowhere
else rendered “to reason”); of the wicked husbandmen, and their purpose to murder the
heir and seize his inheritance, Luke 20:14; of the rich man who “reasoned” within
himself,
RV
(
KJV
, “thought”), as to where to bestow his fruits, Luke 12:17 (some mss.
have it in John 11:50, the best have
; see
ACCOUNT
, No. 4); (b) of
considerations not objectionable, Luke 1:29, “cast in (her) mind”; 3:15,
RV
, and
KJV
,
marg., “reasoned” (
KJV
, “mused”). See
CAST
, No. 15,
DISPUTE
, B, No. 2.¶
2.
(
!
, 1256), “to think different things with oneself, to ponder,”
then, “to dispute with others,” is translated “to reason in Acts 17:2,
KJV
and
RV
; 17:17,
RV
; 18:4, 19,
KJV
and
RV
; 19:8, 9,
RV
; 24:25,
KJV
and
RV
; Heb. 12:5,
RV
, “reasoneth (with
you),”
KJV
, “speaketh (unto you). See
DISPUTE
, B, No. 1.
3.
$
(
&
, 4817), “to compute” (
$
, “with,” and
, cf.
Eng., “syllogism”), also denotes “to reason,” and is so rendered in Luke 20:5.¶
4. suzeteo ( 4802), “to seek or examine together” (
$
, “with,”
, “to seek”), “to
discuss,” is translated “reasoning” in Mark 12:28,
KJV
(
RV
, “questioning”); similarly in
Luke 24:15. See
DISPUTE
, B, No. 3.
REASONABLE
(
, 3050), pertaining to “the reasoning faculty, reasonable, rational,” is
used in Rom. 12:1, of the service (
) to be rendered by believers in presenting their
bodies “a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God.” The sacrifice is to be intelligent, in
†
Indicates that the word referred to (preposition, conjunction, or particle) is not dealt
with in this volume.