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Note:
6
, “bright, clear,” is rendered “white” in Rev. 15:6,
KJV
, of “white
(linen)” (
RV
, “bright,” following those mss. which have
“stone”); in 19:8 (
RV
,
“bright”). See
BRIGHT
,
CLEAR
,
GOODLY
,
:
GORGEOUS
.
B. Verbs.
1.
$
(
&
, 3021), “to whiten, make white” (akin to A), is used in Mark
9:3; figuratively in Rev. 7:14.¶
2.
(
1
, 2867), from
, “dust, lime,” denotes “to whiten, whitewash,”
of tombs, Matt. 23:27; figuratively of a hypocrite, Acts 23:3.¶ In the Sept., Deut. 27:2, 4;
Prov. 21:9.¶
For
WHITHER, WHITHERSOEVER,
see
†
, p. 1.
WHO, WHOM, WHOSE
Notes:
These are usually the translations of forms of the relative pronoun
, or of
the interrogative pronoun
;
otherwise of
, “whoever,” usually of a more general
subject than
, e.g., Mark 15:7; Luke 23:19; Gal. 2:4;
, “as many as,” Heb. 2:15;
in Acts 13:7,
KJV
,
$
, “this (man),” is translated “who,”
RV
, “the same.”
WHOLE (made), WHOLLY, WHOLESOME
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
6
, 3650), for which see
ALL
, A, No. 3, and
ALTOGETHER
, signifies
“whole,” (a) with a noun, e.g., Matt. 5:29, 30; Mark 8:36; 15:1, 16, 33; Luke 11:36 (1st
part), though
may here be used adverbially with
, “wholly light” [as in
the 2nd part,
RV
, “wholly (full of light)”]; John 11:50; 1 Cor. 12:17 (1st part); 1 John 2:2;
5:19; (b) absolutely, as a noun, e.g., Matt. 13:33; 1 Cor. 12:17 (2nd part).
2.
( , 3956), for which see
ALL
, A, No. 1, is sometimes translated “the whole”
when used with the article, e.g., Matt. 8:32, 34; Rom. 8:22.
3.
(
?
, 537), for which see
ALL
, A, No. 2, is rendered “the whole,” e.g., in
Luke 19:37; 23:1.
4.
(
3
$
, 3648), from No. 1 and
, “a lot,” is rendered “whole”
in 1 Thess. 5:23: see
ENTIRE
5.
$
(
% )
, 5199) (cf. Eng., “hygiene”) is used especially in the Gospels of
making sick folk “whole,” Matt. 12:13; 15:31; Mark 3:5; 5:34; Luke 6:10; John 5:4, 6, 9,
11, 14, 15; 7:23; also Acts 4:10; of “sound (speech),” Titus 2:8. See
SOUND
.¶
6.
(
3 )
, 3651), “wholly,” 1 Thess. 5:23, is lit., “whole-complete” (A,
No. 1, and
, “an end”), i.e., “through and through”; the apostle’s desire is that the
sanctification of the believer may extend to every part of his being. The word is similar in
meaning to No. 4;
draws attention to the person as a “whole,”
, to the
several parts which constitute him.¶
Note:
In 1 Tim. 4:15, the sentence freely rendered “give thyself wholly to them” is,
lit., “be in these (things).”