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of the epistle but the former alternative seems the more likely; in 2 Thess. 3:17 he says
that the closing salutation is written by his own hand and speaks of it as “the token in
every epistle” which some understand as a purpose for the future rather than a custom;
see, however, 1 Cor. 16:21 and Col. 4:18. The absence of the token from the other
epistles of Paul can be explained differently, their authenticity not being dependent upon
this; (b) “to commit to writing, to record,” e.g., Luke 1:63; John 19:21, 22; it is used of
Scripture as a standing authority, “it is written,” e.g., Mark 1:2; Rom. 1:17 (cf. 2 Cor.
4:13); (c) of “writing directions or giving information,” e.g., Rom. 10:5, “(Moses)
writeth,”
RV
(
KJV
, “describeth”); 15:15; 2 Cor. 7:12; (d) of “that which contained a record
or message,” e.g., Mark 10:4, 5; John 19:19; 21:25; Acts 23:25.
2.
(
# !
, 1989) denotes “to send a message by letter, to write word”
(
, “to send”; Eng., “epistle”), Acts 15:20; 21:25 (some mss. have
, “to
send”); Heb. 13:22.¶
3.
(
$ $1
, 4270) denotes “to write before,” Rom. 15:4 (in the best
texts; some have
); Eph. 3:3. See
SET
(forth).
4.
(
# $1
, 1449) denotes “to write in,” Luke 10:20; 2 Cor. 3:2, 3.¶
5.
(
# $1
, 1924) is rendered “to write over or upon” ( ) in Mark
15:26; figuratively, on the heart, Heb. 8:10; 10:16; on the gates of the heavenly
Jerusalem, Rev. 21:12. See
INSCRIPTION
.
Notes:
(1) For
, Heb. 12:23,
KJV
, “written,” see
ENROLL
. (2) In 2 Cor. 3:7
“written” is a translation of , “in,” with the dative plural of
, a letter, lit., “in
letters.”
B. Adjective.
(
$
, 1123), from A, No. 1, “written,” occurs in Rom. 2:15.¶
WRITING
(
$1
, 1121), from
, “to write,” is rendered “writings” in John
5:47. See
LETTER
, No. 1.
Notes:
(1) For
, “writing,”
KJV
in Matt. 19:7, see
BILL
, No. 1. (2) In John
19:19,
KJV
, “the writing (was)” is a translation of the perfect participle, passive voice, of
,
RV
, “(there was) written.”
WRITING TABLET (
KJV
, WRITING TABLE)
(
&
, 4093) occurs in Luke 1:63, a diminutive of
, “a
tablet,” which is a variant reading here.¶
WRONG (Noun and Verb), WRONGDOER, WRONGDOING
A. Nouns.
1.
(
&
, 93), , negative,
, “right,” is translated “wrong” in 2 Pet. 2:13
(2nd part), 15,
RV
, “wrongdoing” (
KJV
, unrighteousness); in 2 Cor. 12:13, it is used
ironically. See
INIQUITY
,
UNJUST
,
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
.