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7.
(
1
, 2598), “to cast down,” is translated “smitten down” in 2
Cor. 4:9,
RV
. See
CAST
, No. 8.
8.
(
$
, 4350), “to beat upon,” is translated “smote upon” in Matt.
7:27. See
BEAT
, No. 6.
9.
(
1
, 4969), “to slay,” is translated “smitten unto death” in Rev. 13:3;
see
KILL
,
SLAY
.
Notes:
(1) In Matt. 26:51,
KJV
,
, “to take away, take off,” is translated
“smote off” (
RV
, “struck off”). (2) The noun
, “a blow,” in the plural, as the
object of
, “to give,” in John 19:3 is translated “smote (Him) with their hands”
(
RV
, “struck, etc.”), lit., “gave … blows” (
RV
marg., “with rods”); in 18:22 (where the
phrase is used with the singular of the noun) the
RV
renders it “struck … with his hand”
(
KJV
, “struck … with the palm of his hand”), marg. of both, “with a rod.”
The same word is used in Mark 14:65, “(received Him) with blows (of their hands)”,
RV
[
KJV
, “did strike Him with the palms (of their hands),”
RV
margin, “strokes of rods”].
See
BLOW
(Noun).¶ Cf. No. 6, above, Matt. 26:67.
SMOKE (Noun and Verb)
A. Noun.
(
, 2586), “smoke,” occurs in Acts 2:19 and 12 times in the
Apocalypse.¶
B. Verb.
$
(
"
, 5188), “to raise a smoke” [akin to
$
, “smoke” (not in the NT), and
$
, “to puff up with pride, see
HIGH
-
MINDED
], is used in the passive voice in Matt.
12:20, “smoking (flax),” lit., “caused to smoke,” of the wick of a lamp which has ceased
to burn clearly, figurative of mere nominal religiousness without the Spirit’s power.¶ The
Sept. uses the verb
(akin to A).
SMOOTH
(
, 3006), “smooth,” occurs in Luke 3:5, figurative of the change in Israel
from self-righteousness, pride and other forms of evil, to repentance, humility and
submission.¶ In the Sept., Gen. 27:11; 1 Sam. 17:40; Prov. 2:20; 12:13; 26:23; Isa. 40:4.¶
: & )
(
, “good,”
, “to speak”) is rendered “smooth …
(speech),” in Rom. 16:18,
RV
(
KJV
, “good words”).¶
SNARE
1.
(
&
, 3803), “a trap, a snare” (akin to
$
, “to fix,” and
$
, “to
ensnare,” which see), is used metaphorically of (a) the allurements to evil by which the
Devil “ensnares” one, 1 Tim. 3:7; 2 Tim. 2:26; (b) seductions to evil, which “ensnare”
those who “desire to be rich,” 1 Tim. 6:9; (c) the evil brought by Israel upon themselves
by which the special privileges divinely granted them and centering in Christ, became a
“snare” to them, their rejection of Christ and the Gospel being the retributive effect of
their apostasy, Rom. 11:9; (d) of the sudden judgments of God to come upon those whose