into transgression.” (4) “To use” is combined in Eng. with other words, e.g., DECEIT,
DESPITEFULLY, HOSPITALITY, REPETITIONS.
USING
(
$
, 671), a strengthened form of
, “a using,” and
signifying “a misuse” (akin to
, “to use to the full, abuse”), is translated
“using” in Col. 2:22; the clause may be rendered “by their using up.” “The unusual word
was chosen for its expressiveness; the
here was an
;
the things could
not be used without rendering them unfit for further use” (Lightfoot).¶
For
USURP
see
AUTHORITY
, B, No. 3
USURY
Note:
The
RV
, “interest,” Matt. 25:27; Luke 19:23, is the preferable rendering of
here. See
INTEREST
.¶
For
UTMOST PART
see
END
, A, No. 3
UTTER
1.
(
!
, 2980), “to speak,” is rendered “to utter” in 2 Cor. 12:4 and Rev.
10:3, 4 (twice). See
PREACH
,
SAY
,
SPEAK
,
TALK
,
TELL
.
2.
$
(
#$ "
, 2044), primarily, “to spit or spue out,” or, of oxen, “to
bellow, roar,” hence, “to speak aloud, utter,” occurs in Matt. 13:35.¶ This affords an
example of the tendency for certain words to become softened in force in late Greek.
3.
(
&
, 863), “to send forth,” is used of “uttering” a cry, Mark 15:37, of
Christ’s final “utterance” on the cross,
RV
, “uttered” (
KJV
, “cried”). See
FORGIVE
,
LAY
,
Note
(2),
LEAVE
,
LET
,
OMITTED
,
PUT
,
REMIT
,
SUFFER
,
YIELD
.
4.
(
&
, 1325), “to give,” is translated “utter” in 1 Cor. 14:9. See
GIVE
.
5.
(
!
, 5350), “to utter a sound or voice,” is translated
“uttering” in 2 Pet. 2:18,
RV
: see
SPEAK
, No. 4.
Notes:
(1) In Rom. 8:26,
, “inexpressible” ( , negative,
, “to speak”), is
rendered “which cannot be uttered.”¶ (2) In Heb. 5:11,
KJV
,
$
$
, followed by
, “to speak,” [translated “hard of interpretation” (
RV
),
$
(whence “dys-" in Eng.,
“dyspeptic,” etc.), a prefix like Eng., “un-,” or “mis-,” and
$
, “to interpret”], is
rendered “hard to be uttered.”¶
UTTERANCE
(
, 3056), “a word,” is translated “utterance” in 1 Cor. 1:5; 2 Cor. 8:7; Eph.
6:19. See
WORD
.
Notes:
(1) In Col. 4:3,
KJV
,
is rendered “(a door) of utterance.” (2) For
, rendered “utterance” in Acts 2:4, see
SPEAK
, No. 5.
For
UTTERLY,
1 Cor. 6:7
, see
ACTUALLY
;
2 Pet. 2:12
, see
CORRUPT
, A,
No. 2 (b)
UTTERMOST