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Phil. 3:14, and
$
, “to act as an umpire, arbitrate,” Col. 3:15), occurs in Col. 2:18,
RV
, “let (no man) rob (you) of your prize” (
KJV
, “… beguile … of your reward”), said of
false teachers who would frustrate the faithful adherence of the believers to the truth,
causing them to lose their reward. Another rendering closer to the proper meaning of the
word, as given above, is “let no man decide for or against you” (i.e., without any notion
of a prize); this suitably follows the word “judge” in v. 16, i.e., “do not give yourselves
up to the judgment and decision of any man” (
KJV
, marg., “judge against”).¶
ROBBER
1.
(
[
, 3027), “a robber, brigand” (akin to
, “booty”), “one who
plunders openly and by violence” (in contrast to
, “a thief,” see below), is always
translated “robber” or “robbers” in the
RV
, as the
KJV
in John 10:1, 8, 18:40; 2 Cor.
11:26; the
KJV
has “thief” or “thieves” in Matt. 21:13, and parallel passages; 26:55, and
parallel passages; 27:38, 44 and Mark 15:27; Luke 10:30, 36; but “thief” is the meaning
of
. See
THIEF
.
2.
$
(
, $
, 2417), an adjective signifying “robbing temples” (
, “a
temple,” and
$
, “to rob”), is found in Acts 19:37.¶ Cf.
$
, “to rob a temple,”
Rom. 2:22,
KJV
, “commit sacrilege.”¶
For
ROBBERY
see
PRIZE
ROBE
1.
(
)
, 4749), for which see
CLOTHING
, No. 8, is translated “robe” in Mark
16:5,
RV
(
KJV
, “garment”); “long robes” in Luke 20:46.
2.
$
(
"
, 5511), “a cloak,” is translated “robe” in Matt. 27:28, 31. See
CLOTHING
,
Note
(4).¶
3.
(
, 1
, 2440) is translated “robe” in the
KJV
of John 19:2, 5 (
RV
,
“garment). See
APPAREL
, No. 2,
CLOTHING
, No. 2,
GARMENT
.
4.
(
# )
, 2066), “apparel,” is translated “robe” in Luke 23:11 (
RV
, “apparel”).
See
APPAREL
, No. 1.
ROCK
1.
(
! $
, 4073) denotes “a mass of rock,” as distinct from
, “a detached
stone or boulder,” or a stone that might be thrown or easily moved. For the nature of
, see Matt. 7:24, 25; 27:51, 60; Mark 15:46; Luke 6:48 (twice), a type of a sure
foundation (here the true reading is as in the
RV
, “because it had been well builded”);
Rev. 6:15, 16 (cf. Isa. 2:19,ff.; Hos. 10:8); Luke 8:6, 13, used illustratively; 1 Cor. 10:4
(twice), figuratively, of Christ; in Rom. 9:33 and 1 Pet. 2:8, metaphorically, of Christ; in
Matt. 16:18, metaphorically, of Christ and the testimony concerning Him; here the
distinction between
, concerning the Lord Himself, and
8
, the apostle, is clear
(see above).¶
2.
(
1
, 4694), “a rock or reef,” over which the sea dashes, is used in Jude
12, “hidden rocks,”
RV
, metaphorical of men whose conduct is a danger to others.¶ A late