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by
$
, the genitive case of the relative pronoun
, lit., “until which,” is rendered
“while”; cf.
, in Mark 2:19; Luke 5:34; John 5:7;
, in Luke 1:21,
RV
, “while”;
in Heb. 3:15, “while it is said,” is, lit., “in the being said” ( , with the article and the
pres. infin., passive of
); so, e.g., in Matt. 13:25 (9) In Heb. 10:33, AV., “whilst ye
were made,” partly translating the present participle of
, “to become a
gazing-stock,”
RV
, “being made”; in the 2nd part,
, “to become,” is translated
“whilst ye became,”
KJV
(
RV
, “becoming”).¶ (10) The conjunction
, “until,” etc., has
the meaning “while” in Matt. 14:22; Mark 6:45; 14:32; in some texts, John 9:4; 12:35,
36; with
$
, “whatever” (an oblique case, neuter, of
, “whoever”), “whiles,”
Matt. 5:25. (11) In Acts 20:11
, “sufficient,” is rendered “a long while.” (12)
B
,
as, “while” in Luke 24:32 (twice); John 12:35, 36; Acts 1:10; 10:17. (13)
B
, “when,”
is rendered “while” in 1 Cor. 3:4,
KJV
(
RV
, “when”). (14)
B
, “when,” is rendered
“while” in John 17:12; Heb. 9:17. (15) In John 4:31
@$
, “between,” used with
,
“in the,” is rendered “meanwhile”; in Rom. 2:15
@$
is itself rendered “the mean
while” (
RV
, “between”). (16) In Acts 18:18,
RV
,
is rendered “many” (
KJV
,
“good”). (17) In 1 Pet. 1:6,
RV
,
, “a little,” is rendered “for a little while” (
KJV
, “for
a season”).
WHISPERER, WHISPERING
1.
$
(
$ )
, 5588), “a whisperer,” occurs in an evil sense in Rom.
1:29.¶
2.
$
(
$
, 5587), “a whispering,” is used of “secret slander” in 2
Cor. 12:20.¶ In the Sept., Eccl. 10:11, of “a murmured enchantment.”¶
Note:
Synonymous with No. 1 is
, “a backbiter” (Rom. 1:30¶), the
distinction being that this denotes one guilty of open calumny,
$
, one who does
it clandestinely.
For
WHIT
see
EVERY WHIT
and
NOTHING
, No. 2
WHITE (Adjective and Verb)
A. Adjective.
$
(
, 3022) is used of (a) clothing (sometimes in the sense of “bright”),
Matt. 17:2; 28:3; Mark 9:3; 16:5; Luke 9:29; John 20:12; Acts 1:10; symbolically, Rev.
3:4, 5, 18; 4:4; 6:11; 7:9, 13; 19:14 (2nd part); (b) hair, Matt. 5:36; Christ’s head and hair
(in a vision; cf. Dan. 7:9), Rev. 1:14 (twice); ripened grain, John 4:35; a stone, Rev. 2:17,
an expression of the Lord’s special delight in the overcomer, the new name on it being
indicative of a secret communication of love and joy; a horse (in a vision), 6:2; 19:11-14
(1st part); a cloud, 14:14; the throne of God, 20:11.¶