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1.
(
&
, 2799) is used of “any loud expression of grief,” especially in
mourning for the dead, Matt. 2:18; Mark 5:38, 39; 16:10; Luke 7:13; 8:52 (twice); John
11:31, 33 (twice); 20:11 (twice), 13, 15; Acts 9:39; otherwise, e.g., in exhortations, Luke
23:28; Rom. 12:15; Jas. 4:9; 5:1; negatively, “weep not,” Luke 7:13; 8:52; 23:28; Rev.
5:5 (cf. Acts 21:13); in 18:9,
RV
, “shall weep” (
KJV
, “bewail”). See
BEWAIL
.
2.
$
(
$"
, 1145), “to shed tears” (
$
, “a tear”), is used only of the
Lord Jesus, John 18:35.¶
Note:
Other synonymom verbs are
, “to mourn,” of formal lamentation: see
BEWAIL
,
Note
(1);
, “to wail”;
, “to groan” (
$
, “to lament
audibly,” is not used in NT; see the noun
$
, “mourning”).
B. Noun.
$
(
, 2805), akin to A, No. 1, denotes “weeping, crying,” Matt.
2:18; 8:12; 13:42, 50,
RV
(
KJV
, “wailing”); 22:13; 24:51; 25:30; Luke 13:28; Acts 20:37.¶
WEIGH, WEIGHT, WEIGHTY, WEIGHTIER
A. Verbs.
1.
(
$!
, 916), “to weigh down,” is so rendered in 2 Cor. 1:8,
RV
; see
BURDEN
, B, No. 1.
2.
(
(
, 2476), “to cause to stand,” is used in Matt. 26:15,
RV
, “they
weighed (unto)” (of pieces of silver),
KJV
, metaphorically, “covenanted (with).”
B. Nouns.
1.
(
1$
, 922), akin to A, is rendered “weight” in 2 Cor. 4:17. See
BURDEN
, A,
No. 1.
2.
(
7
, 3591) denotes “a bulk or mass”; hence, metaphorically, “an
encumbrance, weight,” Heb. 12:1.¶
C. Adjective.
$
(
$"
, 926), “heavy” (akin to A and B, No. 1), is rendered “weighty” in 2 Cor.
10:10, of Paul’s letters. The comparative degree is used in the neuter plural in Matt.
23:23, “(the) weightier matters (of the Law).” See
GRIEVOUS
,
HEAVY
.
WELCOME
1.
(
!
, 588), “to receive gladly,” is rendered “to welcome” in
the
RV
of Luke 8:40; 9:11. See
RECEIVE
.
2.
$
(
%
1
, 5274), “to take up, to entertain,” is rendered “to
welcome” in 3 John 8,
RV
, of a hearty “welcome” to servants of God. See
RECEIVE
.
WELL (Noun)
(
$! $
, 5421), “a pit,” is translated a “well” in John 4:11, 12. See
PIT
.
Note:
For
, translated “well” in John 4:6 (twice), 14; 2 Pet. 2:17, see
FOUNTAIN
.
WELL (Adverb)
1.
(
, 2573), “finely” (akin to
, “good, fair”), is usually translated
“well,” indicating what is done rightly, in the Epistles it is most frequent in 1 Tim. (3:4,