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2.
$
(
1$
, 1133), a diminutive of No. 1, a “little woman,” is used
contemptuously in 2 Tim. 3:6, “a silly woman.”¶
3.
$
(
$ " $
, 4245), “elder, older,” in the feminine plural, denotes
“elder women” in 1 Tim. 5:2. See
ELDER
, A, No. 1.
4.
$
(
$ "
, 4247), the feminine of
$
, “aged,” is used in the plural
and translated “aged women” in Titus 2:3.¶
5.
(
, 2338**), the feminine of the adjective
$
, denotes “female,”
and is used as a noun, Rom. 1:26, 27. See
FEMALE
.
WOMB
1.
(
&
, 2836) denotes “the womb,” Matt. 19:12; Luke 1:15, 41, 42, 44;
2:21; 11:27; 23:29; John 3:4; Acts 3:2; 14:8; Gal. 1:15. See
BELLY
, No. 1.
2.
(
)$
, 1064), is rendered “womb” in Luke 1:31. See
BELLY
, No. 2.
3.
(
) $
, 3388), the matrix (akin to meter “a mother”), occurs in Luke 2:23;
Rom. 4:19.¶
WONDER (Noun and Verb)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
!$
, 5059), “something strange,” causing the beholder to marvel, is always
used in the plural, always rendered “wonders,” and generally follows
, “signs”; the
opposite order occurs in Acts 2:22, 43; 6:8,
RV
; 7:36; in Acts 2:19 “wonders” occurs
alone. A sign is intended to appeal to the understanding, a “wonder” appeals to the
imagination, a power (
$
) indicates its source as supernatural. “Wonders” are
manifested as divine operations in thirteen occurrences (9 times in Acts); three times they
are ascribed to the work of Satan through human agents, Matt. 24:24; Mark 13:22 and 2
Thess. 2:9.
2.
(
1
, 2285), “amazement,” is rendered “wonder” in Acts 3:10. See
AMAZE
, A, No. 2.
Notes:
(1) For
$
, “a wonder” (rendered “admiration” in Rev. 17:6,
KJV
), see
MARVEL
. (2) In Rev. 12:1, 3 and 13:13
, “a sign,” is translated in the
KJV
,
“wonder(s),”
RV
, “sign(s).” (3) In Acts 3:11
( , intensive, and No. 2) is
translated “greatly wondering.”¶ (4) For
$
, 2 Thess. 2:9, “lying wonders,” see
FALSE
, B. Cf.
AMAZE
, B, Nos. 3 and 4.
B. Verb.
Note:
For
$
, see
MARVEL
; for
@
, Acts 8:13,
KJV
, see
AMAZE
, B, No. 1.
WONDERFUL (THING, WORK)
Notes:
(1) In Matt. 7:22,
KJV
,
$
(in the plural) is rendered “wonderful works”
(
RV
, “mighty works,” marg., “powers”). See
POWER
. (2) In Acts 2:11,
KJV
, the adjective
, “magnificent,” in the neuter plural with the article, is rendered “the wonderful