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sons together shall fall upon them …” (Jer. 6:21). Babylon, too, will know God’s
judgment: “And the most proud shall stumble and fall …” (Jer. 50:32). When the
psalmist says: “My knees totter from my fasting” (Ps. 109:24,
NAB
), he means: “My
knees are weak” (as translated by
KJV
,
NASB
,
RSV
,
JB
,
NEB
,
TEV
).
STUPID FELLOW
(
, 3684), “stupid fellow; dull person; fool.” This word occurs in the Old
Testament 70 times. All of its occurrences are in wisdom literature except 3 in the
Psalms.
The
is “insolent” in religion and “stupid or dull” in wise living (living out a
religion he professes). In Ps. 92:6 the first emphasis is especially prominent: “A brutish
man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.” The psalmist is describing an
enemy of God who knew God and His word but, seeing the wicked flourishing, reasoned
that they have the right life-style (Ps. 92:7). They have knowledge of God but do not
properly evaluate or understand what they know. The second emphasis is especially
prominent in wisdom contexts: “How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and
the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?” (Prov. 1:22). In such
contexts the person so described rejects the claims and teachings of wisdom. However, in
the Bible wisdom is the practical outworking of one’s religion. Therefore, even in these
contexts there is a clear connotation of insolence in religion.
means “stupidity; imperturbability; confidence.” This noun occurs 6 times. It
means “stupidity” in Eccl. 7:25 and “confidence” in Prov. 3:26. The meaning of
“confidence” also appears in Job 31:24: “If I have made gold my
.…”
SUBURBS
A. Noun.
(
,
, 4054), “suburbs; pasture land; open land.” This noun occurs about
100 times, mainly in Joshua and First Chronicles. It denotes the untilled ground outside a
city or the “pasture land” belonging to the cities: “For the children of Joseph were two
tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land,
save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance” (Josh.
14:4).
Ezekiel describes a strip of land for the Levites around the city. Part of the land was
to be used for houses and part to be left: “And the five thousand, that are left in the
breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city,
for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof” (Ezek. 48:15).
The Septuagint translates the word
(“suburb”).
B. Verb.
(
%
, 1644), “to drive out, cast out.” This verb occurs about 45 times. An
early occurrence in the Old Testament is in Exod. 34:11: “… Behold, I drive out before
thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite.…” The word may be used of a divorced woman as
in Lev. 21:7—a woman that is “put away from her husband.”
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