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C. Noun.
$
(
% !
, 5278) is never used of death. In five places in the NT it is used of
physical “sleep”; in Rom. 13:11, metaphorically, of a slumbering state of soul, i.e., of
spiritual conformity to the world, out of which believers are warned to awake.
ASP
(
&
, 785), “a small and very venomous serpent,” the bite of which is fatal,
unless the part affected is at once cut away, in Rom. 3:13 is said, metaphorically, of the
conversation of the ungodly.¶
ASS
1.
(
7
, 3688) is the usual word.
>
, the diminutive of
, “a young
ass, or ass’s colt,” is used in John 12:14, together with
.¶
2.
$ $
(
% "
, 5268), lit., “under a yoke” (
$
, “under,”
$
, “a
yoke”), is used as an alternative description of the same animal, in Matt. 21:5, where both
words are found together, “Behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek and riding upon an
ass (
), and upon a colt the foal of an ass (
$ $
).” It was upon the colt that the
Lord sat, John 12:14. In 2 Pet. 2:16, it is used of Balaam’s “ass.”¶
ASSASSIN
(
1$
, 4607) is a Latin word (
$
, “from”
, “a dagger”) denoting
“one who carries a dagger or short sword under his clothing, an assassin,” Acts 21:38,
RV
. Here it is used as a proper name (see the
RV
) of the Sicarii, “assassins,” the fanatical
Jewish faction which arose in Judea after Felix had rid the country of the robbers referred
to by Josephus (Ant., XX). They mingled with the crowds at festivals and stabbed their
political opponents unobserved (
KJV
, “murderers”).¶
ASSAULT
A. Verb.
(
# &
, 2186), lit., “to stand over” ( , “over,”
, “to stand”),
signifies “to assault”; said in Acts 17:5, of those who attacked the house of Jason. For its
usual meanings see
COME
(
IN
,
TO
,
UPON
),
HAND
(
AT
),
INSTANT
,
PRESENT
,
STAND
.
B. Noun.
(
3$ )
, 3730), rendered “assault” in Acts 14:5, KV;
RV
, “onset,” corresponds
to
, to rush. See
IMPULSE
,
ONSET
.¶
For
ASSAY
see
TRY
, No. 2
ASSEMBLE
1.
$
(
1
, 4863), “to assemble” (
$
, “together,”
, “to bring”), is used of
the “gathering together” of people or things; in Luke 12:17-18, “bestow,” with reference
to the act of “gathering” one’s goods; so in Luke 15:13, suggesting that the Prodigal,
having “gathered” all his goods together, sold them off; in John 6:12, of “gathering” up
fragments; in John 18:2, “resorted,” with reference to the “assembling” of Christ with His
disciples in the garden of Gethsemane, there in the passive voice (unsuitable, however, in
an English translation). In Acts 11:26, the
RV
has “were gathered together (with the