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1.
(
3
, 3598) denotes (a) “a natural path, road, way,” frequent in the
Synoptic Gospels; elsewhere, e.g., Acts 8:26; 1 Thess. 3:11; Jas. 2:25; Rev. 16:12; (b) “a
traveler’s way” (see
JOURNEY
); (C) metaphorically, of “a course of conduct,” or “way of
thinking,” e.g., of righteousness, Matt. 21:32; 2 Pet. 2:21; of God, Matt. 22:16, and
parallels, i.e., the “way” instructed and approved by God; so Acts 18:26 and Heb. 3:10,
“My ways” (cf. Rev. 15:3); of the Lord, Acts 18:25; “that leadeth to destruction,” Matt.
7:13; “… unto life,” 7:14; of peace, Luke 1:79; Rom. 3:17; of Paul’s “ways” in Christ, 1
Cor. 4:17 (plural); “more excellent” (of love), 1 Cor. 12:31; of truth, 2 Pet. 2:2; of the
right “way,” 2:15; of Balaam (
!
), of Cain, Jude 11; of a “way” consisting in what is
from God, e.g., of life, Acts 2:28 (plural); of salvation, Acts 16:17; personified, of Christ
as the means of access to the Father, John 14:6; of the course followed and characterized
by the followers of Christ, Acts 9:2; 19:9, 23; 24:22. See
HIGHWAY
.
Note:
In Luke 5:19 and 19:4 the noun is not expressed in the original, but is
understood.
2.
(
&
, 938), “a passing or passage,” is used with , “in,” 1 Cor.
16:7, “by the way” (lit, “in passing”).¶
3.
(
$
, 5158), “a turning, a manner,” is translated “way” in Rom. 3:2,
“(every) way”; Phil. 1:18, “(in every) way.” See
CONVERSATION
,
MANNER
,
MEANS
.
Notes:
(1) In Jas. 1:11,
KJV
,
, “a journey, a going,” is rendered “ways” (
RV
,
“goings”). (2) In Heb. 12:17,
, “a place,” is rendered in
KJV
marg., “way (to change
his mind).” (3) For the
KJV
rendering of
“a good (or great) way off,” Matt. 8:30;
Luke 15:20, see
FAR
, B, No. 1. (4) In Luke 14:32,
is rendered “a great way off.” (5)
In Heb. 5:2,
KJV
,
, middle voice, “to wander,” is rendered “(them) that are out of
the way,”
RV
, “(the) erring.” (6) In Col. 2:14 and 2 Thess. 2:7,
$
, is translated
“out of the way”; see
MIDST
,
Note
(1) (e). (7) For “two ways” in Mark 11:4,
KJV
, see
STREET
. (8) In John 10:1, the adverb
, “from some other place” (from
,
“another”), is translated “some other way.” (9) In 2 Pet. 3:1, the
KJV
translates “by
way of” (“by,”
RV
). (10) In Gal. 2:5, the renderings “by,”
KJV
, “in the way of,”
RV
, serve
to express the dative case of
$
, subjection. (11), For
, “to bring on one’s
way,” Acts 15:3; 21:5, and the
KJV
of 2 Cor. 1:16 (
RV
, “to be set forward on my
journey”), see
BRING
, No. 25. (12)
*
, “to go away,” is rendered “to go one’s
way,” e.g., Matt. 13:25; 20:4; Mark 11:4; 12:12; Luke 19:32; John 11:46; Acts 9:17; Jas.
1:24: see
GO
, No. 14. (13) In Luke 8:14,
KJV
,
$
, “to go on one’s way” (
RV
), is
rendered “go forth”; in 13:33,
KJV
, “walk” (
RV
, “go on my way”); in Matt. 24:1,
KJV
, it is
rendered “departed” (
RV
, “was going on his way”): see
DEPART
, No. 8. (14), In Acts 24:3,
is rendered “in all ways” (
KJV
, “always”).¶ (15), In Rom. 3:12,
KJV
,
, “to
turn aside” (
RV
), is rendered “are gone out of the way.” (16), See also
ESCAPE
, B,
LASCIVIOUS
.
WE