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16.
(
&
, 1096), “to become,” is rendered “shall be turned” in John
16:20 (of sorrow into joy).
17.
(
#
&
, 1578), “to turn aside” ( , “from,”
, “to lean”), is
rendered “have … turned aside” in Rom. 3:12 (
KJV
, “are … gone out of the way”); 16:17,
RV
, “turn away” (
KJV
, “avoid”); 1 Pet. 3:11,
RV
, ditto (
KJV
, “eschew”).¶
18.
(
!
, 1237), “to receive through another, to receive in turn”
( , “through,”
, “to receive”), occurs in Acts 7:45,
RV
, “in their turn … when
they entered” (
KJV
, “that came after”); the meaning here is “having received (it) after,”
i.e., as from Moses under Joshua’s leadership. In the papyri the word is used similarly of
visiting as deputy (see also Field,
:
!
7
:
, 1:16).¶
Notes:
(1) In Matt. 2:22,
KJV
,
, “to retire, withdraw,” is rendered “turned
aside” (
RV
, “withdrew”). (2) For “turned to flight,”
, Heb. 11:34, see
FLIGHT
, B. (3)
For the phrase “by turn” in 1 Cor. 14:27 see
COURSE
, B,
Note
(3).
TURNING
(
$ )
, 5157), used especially of the revolution of the heavenly orbs (akin to
, “to turn”), occurs in Jas. 1:17, “(neither shadow) that is cast by turning,”
RV
(
KJV
,
“of turning”). For a more detailed treatment of the passage, see
SHADOW
, No. 2.¶
For
TURTLEDOVE
see
DOVE
For
TUTOR
see
GUARDIAN
and
INSTRUCTOR
, No. 1.
TWAIN, TWO
$
(
"
, 1417) is rendered “twain” in Matt. 5:41; 19:5, 6; 21:31; 27:21, 51; Mark
10:8 (twice); 15:38; in 1 Cor. 6:16 and Eph. 5:31,
RV
(
KJV
, “two”); Eph. 2:15; in Rev.
19:20,
RV
(
KJV
, “both”).
Notes:
(1) In the following phrases the numeral is used distributively: (a)
$
,
“two apiece,” John 2:6 (in some mss., Luke 9:3); in Luke 10:1, “two and two” (“by
twos”); (b)
$
, “by two,” 1 Cor. 14:27; (c)
$
$
, “by two and two,” lit., “two
(and) two,” Mark 6:7 (not a Hebraism; the form of expression is used in the papyri); (d)
$
, “into two,” “in twain,” Matt. 27:51 and Mark 15:38 (see above). (2) In Luke
17:34
$
stands for “two men”; in v. 35 for “two women.”
TWELFTH
(
!
, 1428) occurs in Rev. 21:20.¶
TWELVE
(
0
, 1427) is used frequently in the Gospels for the twelve apostles, and
in Acts 6:2; 1 Cor. 15:5; Rev. 21:14b; of the tribes of Israel, Matt. 19:28; Luke 22:30; Jas.
1:1; Rev. 21:12c (cf. 7:5-8; 12:1); in various details relating to the heavenly Jerusalem,
Rev. 21:12-21; 22:2. The number in general is regarded as suggestive of divine
administration.
TWENTY