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The oblique cases of
, “we,” are the genitive
, “of us,” the dative
,
“to us,” the accusative
, “us.” When the nominative
is used, it is always
emphatic, e.g., John 11:16, “(let) us (go)”; lit., “we, let us go”; 1 Thess. 5:8, “let us … be
sober,” lit., “we … let us be sober.” Sometimes the oblique cases are governed by
prepositions.
USE (Noun), USEFUL
1.
@
(
M
, 1838), akin to
, “to have,” denotes “habit, experience,” “use,” Heb.
5:14.¶
2.
(
$ &
, 5532), “need,” is translated “uses” in Titus 3:14; in Eph. 4:29,
KJV
,
“(for the) use (of edifying),”
RV
, “(as the) need (may be).” See
NECESSITY
,
NEED
.
3.
(
$
, 5540), “use” (akin to
, “to use”), occurs in Rom. 1:26,
27.¶
Notes:
(1) In 2 Tim. 2:21, the adjective
$
, “useful, serviceable” (
$
, “well,”
, “to use”), is translated “meet for … use”; in 4:11, “useful,”
RV
(
KJV
,
“profitable”); in Philem. 11, “profitable”. See
PROFITABLE
, B, No. 2.¶ (2) In 1 Cor. 8:7
the best texts have the noun
$
,
RV
, “being used,” lit., “by the custom (of the
idol),” i.e., by being associated. See
CUSTOM
. In the Sept., Prov. 31:13.¶ Contrast
, “unprofitable,” Philem. 1:1.¶
USE (Verb)
1.
(
$1
, 5531), from
, “it is necessary,” denotes (a) “to use,” Acts
27:17; 1 Cor. 7:21, where “use it rather” means “use your bondservice rather”; 7:31,
where “they that use (this world)” is followed by the strengthened form
,
rendered “abusing,” or “using to the full” (
RV
, marg.); 9:12, 15; 2 Cor. 1:17; 3:12; 13:10;
1 Tim. 1:8, of “using” the Law lawfully, i.e., agreeably to its designs; 1 Tim. 5:23; (b)
“deal with,” Acts 27:3. See
ENTREAT
(
TO TREAT
). Cf. the active
(or
), “to
lend,” Luke 11:5. See
LEND
.¶
2.
(
+
, 2192), “to have,” is rendered “using” in 1 Pet. 2:16 (marg., “having”);
see
HAVE
.
3.
(
$!
, 390) chiefly denotes “to behave, to live in a certain
manner,” rendered “(were so) used” in Heb. 10:33 (passive voice); the verb, however,
does not mean “to treat or use”; here it has the significance of “living amidst sufferings,
reproaches,” etc. See
ABIDE
,
BEHAVE
,
LIVE
,
OVERTHROW
,
PASS
,
RETURN
.
Notes:
(1) In Acts 19:19,
KJV
,
, “to practice” (
RV
), is rendered “used.” (2) For
Heb. 5:13,
KJV
, “useth (milk),” see
PARTAKE
, B, No. 3. (3) In 1 Thess. 2:5, “were we
found using” is the rendering of the verb
, “to become,” with the preposition ,
“in,” governing the noun, “words (or speech) [of flattery]”; this idiomatic phrase signifies
“to be engaged in, to resort to.” A rendering close to the meaning of the Greek is “for
neither at any time did we fall into the use of flattering speech”; cf. 1 Tim. 2:14, “fallen