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1.
(
/
, 249), “without reason, irrational,” is rendered “unreasonable” in
Acts 25:27. See
BRUTE
.
2.
(
/
, 824), lit., “out of place” (
, “a place”), is translated
“unreasonable” in 2 Thess. 3:2, where the meaning intended seems to be “perverse,
truculent.” See
AMISS
.
For
UNREBUKEABLE
see
BLAME
, B, No. 5
UNRIGHTEOUS
(
/
, 94), not conforming to
, “right,” is translated “unrighteous” in
Luke 16:10 (twice),
RV
, 11; Rom. 3:5; 1 Cor. 6:1,
RV
; 6:9; Heb. 6:10; 1 Pet. 3:18,
RV
; 2
Pet. 2:9,
RV
: see
UNJUST
.
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
A. Noun.
(
&
, 93) denotes (a) “injustice,” Luke 18:6, lit., “the judge of injustice”;
Rom. 9:14; (b) “unrighteousness, iniquity,” e.g., Luke 16:8, lit., “the steward of
unrighteousness,”
RV
marg., i.e., characterized by “unrighteousness”; Rom. 1:18, 29; 2:8;
3:5; 6:13; 1 Cor. 13:6,
RV
, “unrighteousness”; 2 Thess. 2:10, “[with all (lit., ‘in every)
deceit’] of unrighteousness,” i.e., deceit such as “unrighteousness” uses, and that in every
variety; Antichrist and his ministers will not be restrained by any scruple from words or
deeds calculated to deceive; 2 Thess. 2:12, of those who have pleasure in it, not an
intellectual but a moral evil; distaste for truth is the precursor of the rejection of it; 2 Tim.
2:19,
RV
; 1 John 1:9, which includes (c); (c) “a deed or deeds violating law and justice”
(virtually the same as
, “an unrighteous act”), e.g., Luke 13:27, “iniquity”; 2 Cor.
12:13, “wrong,” the wrong of depriving another of what is his own, here ironically of a
favor; Heb. 8:12, 1st clause, “iniquities,” lit., “unrighteousnesses” (plural, not as
KJV
); 2
Pet. 2:13, 15,
RV
, “wrongdoing,”
KJV
, “unrighteousness”; 1 John 5:17. See
INIQUITY
.
Notes:
(1) In 2 Cor. 6:14,
KJV
,
, “lawlessness,” is translated “unrighteousness”
(
RV
, “iniquity”). (2)
*
is the comprehensive term for wrong, or wrongdoing, as
between persons;
, “lawlessness,” is the rejection of divine law, or wrong
committed against it.
B. Verb.
(
!
, 91), “to do wrong,” is rendered in Rev. 22:11,
RV
, firstly, “he that is
unrighteous,” lit., “the doer of unrighteousness” (present participle of the verb, with the
article), secondly, “let him do unrighteousness (still),” the retributive and permanent
effect of a persistent course of unrighteous-doing (
KJV
, “he that is unjust, let him be
unjust”). See
HURT
,
OFFENDER
, Note,
WRONG
.
For
UNRIPE, UNTIMELY,
see
FIG
, No. 2
UNRULY
1.
$
(
, 506), “not subject to rule” ( , negative, , euphonic,
$
, “to put in subjection”), is used (a) of things, Heb. 2:8,
RV
, “not subject” (
KJV
,
“not put under”); (b) of persons, “unruly,” 1 Tim. 1:9,
RV
(
KJV
, “disobedient”); Titus 1:6,
10. See
DISOBEDIENT
, B,
Note
.¶