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Notes:
(1) For
, rendered “to wail” in Mark 5:38, see
CLANGING
. (2) For
, rendered “to wail” in Rev. 1:7,
KJV
(
RV
, “shall mourn”) and 18:9,
RV
, “wail” (
KJV
,
“lament”), see
BEWAIL
. (3) For
, rendered “to wail” in Rev. 18:15, 19,
KJV
, see
MOURN
. (4) For
$
, rendered “wailing” in Matt. 13:42, 50,
KJV
, see
WEEP
. (5) In
Matt. 11:17 and Luke 7:32,
KJV
,
, “to wail” (
RV
), is rendered to mourn. See
BEWAIL
,
Note
(1),
MOURN
.
WAIT
1.
(
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, 1551), for which see
EXPECT
, No. 1, is rendered “to wait”
in John 5:3,
KJV
; Acts 17:16; 1 Cor. 11:33,
RV
.
2.
(
!
, 553), “to await or expect eagerly,” is rendered “to
wait for” in Rom. 8:19, 23, 25; 1 Cor. 1:7; Gal. 5:5; Phil. 3:20,
RV
(
KJV
, “look for”); Heb.
9:28,
RV
(
KJV
, “look for”), here “them that wait” represents believers in general, not a
section of them; 1 Pet. 3:20 (in the best texts; some have No. 1). See
LOOK
(for),
Note
(1).¶
3.
(
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, 4327), “to look for” with a view to favorable
reception, is rendered “to wait for” in Mark 15:43; Luke 2:25; 12:36; 23:51. See
LOOK
(for), No. 2.
4.
(
$
1
, 4328), “to await,” is rendered “to wait for” in Luke 1:21;
8:40; Acts 10:24; in 27:33,
RV
“ye wait” (
KJV
, “have tarried”). See
LOOK
(for), No. 1.
5.
(
!
, 362), “to wait for” ( , “up,” used intensively, and
,
“to abide”), is used in 1 Thess. 1:10, of “waiting” for the Son of God from heaven; the
word carries with it the suggestion of “waiting” with patience and confident expectancy.¶
6.
(
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, 4037), “to await an event,” is used in Acts 1:4, of “waiting”
for the Holy Spirit, “the promise of the Father.”¶ In the Sept., Gen. 49:18.¶
7.
(
$
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, 4342), to continue steadfastly, is rendered “to wait
on,” in Mark 3:9 and Acts 10:7. See
CONTINUE
, No. 9 (in the Sept., Num. 13:21¶).
8.
$
(
1$
, 3917a), “to sit constantly beside” (
, “beside,”
, “a
seat”), is used in the best texts in 1 Cor. 9:13,
RV
, “wait upon (
KJV
, “at”) (the altar).”¶ In
the Sept., Prov. 1:21; 8:3.¶
Notes:
(1) In 2 Thess. 3:5,
KJV
,
$
, “patience” (so
RV
), is rendered “patient
waiting” (marg., “patience”). See
PATIENCE
. (2) For “lie in wait” in Eph. 4:14,
KJV
, see
WILES
. (3) For “lying in wait,” Acts 20:19,
KJV
, and “laid wait,” 20:3; 23:30, see
PLOT
.
WAKE
(
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, 1127), translated “wake” in 1 Thess. 5:10, is rendered “watch”
in the
RV
marg., as in the text in v. 6, and the
RV
in the twenty-one other places in which
it occurs in the NT (save 1 Pet. 5:8, “be watchful”). It is not used in the metaphorical
sense of “to be alive”; here it is set in contrast with
$
, “to sleep,” which is never
used by the apostle with the meaning “to be dead” (it has this meaning only in the case of
Jairus’ daughter). Accordingly the meaning here is that of vigilance and expectancy as