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(
KJV
, “open”), continues the metaphor of the veil (vv. 13-17), referring to hindrances to
the perception of spiritual realities, hindrances removed in the unveiling.¶
UNLOOSE
$
(
"
, 3089), “to loose,” is rendered “to unloose” in Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; John
1:27; in Acts 13:25,
RV
: see
LOOSE
.
UNMARRIED
(
/
, 22), , negative,
, “to marry,” occurs in 1 Cor. 7:8, 11, 32,
34.¶
UNMERCIFUL
(
)
, 415), “without mercy” ( , negative, , euphonic,
,
“merciful”), occurs in Rom. 1:31.¶
For
UNMIXED,
Rev. 14:10
,
RV
, see
MIXTURE
,
Note
For
UNMOVABLE,
Acts 27:41
, see
MOVE
, B, No. 1; in
1 Cor. 15:58
,
MOVE
, B, No. 2
UNPREPARED
$
(
$
"
, 532), from , negative, and
$
(see
PREPARE
, B, No. 4), occurs in 2 Cor. 9:4.¶
UNPROFITABLE, UNPROFITABLENESS
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
$
, 888), “useless” (
, “use”), “unprofitable,” occurs in Matt.
25:30 and Luke 17:10.¶ In the Sept., 2 Sam. 6:22.¶
2.
(
/ $
, 890), “unprofitable, unserviceable” (
, “serviceable”),
is said of Onesimus, Philem. 11, antithetically to
$
, “profitable,” with a play on
the name of the converted slave (from
, “profit”).¶
: & *
is more distinctly negative than
, which suggests positively
hurtful.
3.
$
(
)
, 255), “not advantageous, not making good the expense
involved” (
$
, “useful”) occurs in Heb. 13:17.¶
4.
(
!
, 512), “not beneficial or serviceable” ( , negative, ,
euphonic,
, “to do good, to benefit”), is rendered “unprofitable” in Titus 3:9; in
the neuter, used as a noun, “unprofitableness,” Heb. 7:18, said of the Law as not
accomplishing that which the “better hope” could alone bring.¶ In the Sept., Prov. 28:3;
Isa. 44:10; Jer. 2:8.¶
B. Verb.
, or
(
$
, 889), akin to A, No. 1, “to make useless,” occurs in
Rom. 3:12, in the passive voice, rendered “they have … become unprofitable.”¶
For
UNQUENCHABLE
see
QUENCH
UNREASONABLE