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riches the special character of which is their “uncertainty”; the Greek phrase is a
rhetorical way of stressing the noun “riches”; when a genitive (here “of riches”) precedes
the governing noun (here “uncertainty”) the genitive receives emphasis.¶
UNCHANGEABLE
(
$1
, 531) is used of the priesthood of Christ, in Heb. 7:24,
“unchangeable,” “unalterable, inviolable,”
RV
, marg. (a meaning found in the papyri); the
more literal meaning in
KJV
and
RV
margins, “that doth not pass from one to another,” is
not to be preferred. This active meaning is not only untenable, and contrary to the
constant usage of the word, but does not adequately fit with either the preceding or the
succeeding context.¶
For
UNCIRCUMCISED and UNCIRCUMCISION
see
CIRCUMCISION
UNCLEAN
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
1 $
, 169), “unclean, impure” ( , negative,
, “to
purify”), is used (a) of “unclean” spirits, frequently in the Synoptists, not in John’s
gospel; in Acts 5:16; 8:7; Rev. 16:13; 18:2a (in the 2nd clause the birds are apparently
figurative of destructive satanic agencies); (b) ceremonially, Acts 10:14, 28; 11:8; 1 Cor.
7:14; (c) morally, 2 Cor. 6:17, including (b),
RV
; “no unclean thing”; Eph. 5:5; Rev. 17:4,
RV
, “the unclean things” (
KJV
follows the text which have the noun
, “the
filthiness”).
2.
(
, 2839), “common,” is translated “unclean” in Rom. 14:14 (thrice);
in Rev. 21:27,
RV
(
KJV
, “that defileth,” follows the inferior texts which have the verb
: see B). See
COMMON
,
DEFILE
, C,
UNHOLY
, No. 2.
B. Verb.
(
, 2840), to make
, “to defile,” is translated “unclean” in Heb.
9:13,
KJV
, where the perfect participle, passive, is used with the article, hence the
RV
,
“them that have been defiled.” See
DEFILE
, A, No. 1.
C. Noun.
(
$ &
, 167), akin to A, No. 1, denotes “uncleanness,” (a) physical,
Matt. 23:27 (instances in the papyri speak of tenants keeping houses in good condition);
(b) moral, Rom. 1:24; 6:19; 2 Cor. 12:21; Gal. 5:19; Eph. 4:19; 5:3; Col. 3:5; 1 Thess. 2:3
(suggestive of the fact that sensuality and evil doctrine are frequently associated); 4:7.¶
Note:
In 2 Pet. 2:10,
KJV
,
, “a defilement,” is rendered “uncleanness”; see
DEFILEMENT
, B, No. 2.¶
For
UNCLOTHED
see
STRIP
UNCOMELY
(
)
, 809), “shapeless” ( , negative,
, “a form”), the opposite
of
$
, “comely,” is used in 1 Cor. 12:23.¶ In the Sept., Gen. 34:7; Deut. 24:3.¶
Note:
For the verb
, rendered “to behave oneself uncomely” in 1 Cor.
7:36,
KJV
, see
BEHAVE
, No. 4.
UNCONDEMNED