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or when the change took place. It is followed by , “in,” and translated “wrapped” in
Matt. 27:59, a meaning and construction which Moulton and Milligan illustrate from the
papyri; in Luke 23:53 it is followed by the dative of the noun
, “linen cloth,” used
instrumentally. See
WRAP
.¶
B. Noun.
(
&
, 2777), lit., “a little head” (a diminutive of
, “a head”; Lat.,
$ $
, a diminutive of
$
), hence, “a capital of a column,” then, “a roll” (of a
book), occurs in Heb. 10:7,
RV
, “in the roll” (
KJV
, “in the volume”), lit., “in the heading
of the scroll” (from Ps. 40:7).¶
ROMAN
(
U
, 4514) occurs in John 11:48; Acts 2:10,
RV
, “from Rome” (
KJV
,
“of Rome”); 16:21, 37, 38; 22:25, 26, 27, 29; 23:27; 25:16; 28:17.¶ For a note on Roman
citizenship see
CITIZEN
, No. 3.
ROOF
(
!
, 4721), “a covering” (
, “to cover”), denotes “a roof,” Mark 2:4; said
of entering a house, Matt. 8:8; Luke 7:6.¶
ROOM
A. Nouns.
1.
(
, 5117), “a place,” is translated “room” in Luke 2:7 and 14:22, i.e.,
“place”; in the
KJV
in Luke 14:9, 10,
RV
, “place” (of a couch at a feast); of a position or
condition which a person occupies, 1 Cor. 14:16 (
RV
, “place). See
OPPORTUNITY
,
PLACE
.
2.
(
$
&
, 4411), “the chief reclining place at table,” is rendered
“uppermost rooms,” in Matt. 23:6,
KJV
(
RV
, “chief place”); in Mark 12:39, “uppermost
rooms,”
KJV
(
RV
, “chief places”); in Luke 14:7, “chief rooms,”
KJV
(
RV
, “chief seats”); in
v. 8,
KJV
, “highest room” (
RV
, “chief seat”); in 20:46,
KJV
, “highest seats” (
RV
, “chief
seats”). See
CHIEF
, B, No. 7,
PLACE
, No. 5.¶
3.
or
(
0
, 508), “an upper room” ( , “above,” ,
“ground”), occurs in Mark 14:15; Luke 22:12, “a chamber,” often over a porch, or
connected with the roof, where meals were taken and privacy obtained.¶
4.
$
(
% $H
, 5253), the neuter of the adjective
$
, “upper” (from
$
, “above”), used as a noun, denoted in classical Greek “an upper story” or “room”
where the women resided; in the Sept. and the NT, “an upper chamber, a roof-chamber,”
built on the flat “roof” of the house, Acts 1:13,
RV
, “upper chamber” (
KJV
“upper room”);
see
CHAMBER
, No. 2.
B. Verb.
(
$!
, 5562), “to make room,” is translated “there was … room” in Mark
2:2. See
CONTAIN
, No. 1.
C. Preposition.
(
&
, 473), “in place of, instead of,” is translated “in the room of” in Matt. 2:22.