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is said of the apprehension of the will of God. So in Col. 4:12 in the best mss. In these
three places it is used subjectively, with reference to an effect upon the mind. For its
other and objective use, referring to things external, see
FULFILL
; see also
BELIEVE
,
KNOW
,
PERSUADE
,
PROOF
.¶ In the Sept., Eccl. 8:11.¶
3.
(
A )
, 3782), “to persuade,” is rendered “assure” in 1 John 3:19 (marg.,
“persuade”), where the meaning is that of confidence toward God consequent upon
loving in deed and in truth. See
BELIEVE
,
CONFIDENCE
,
FRIEND
,
OBEY
,
PERSUADE
,
TRUST
,
YIELD
.
C. Adverb.
(
, 806) means (a) “safely,” Mark 14:44; Acts 16:23; (b)
“assuredly,” Acts 2:36; the knowledge there enjoined involves freedom from fear of
contradiction, with an intimation of the impossibility of escape from the effects. See
SAFELY
.
For
ASTONISH and ASTONISHMENT
see
AMAZE AND AMAZEMENT
For
ASTRAY
see
ERR
For
ASUNDER
see
BREAK
,
BURST
,
CUT
,
PART
,
PUT
,
REND
, and
SAW
For
AT
see Note
†
, p. 1
For
ATHIRST
see
THIRST
ATONEMENT
(
)
, 2643), translated “atonement” in the
KJV
of Rom. 5:11,
signifies, not “atonement,” but “reconciliation,” as in the
RV
. See also Rom. 11:15; 2 Cor.
5:18-19.¶ So with the corresponding verb
, see under
RECONCILE
. “Atonement”
(the explanation of this English word as being “at-onement” is entirely fanciful) is
frequently found in the OT. See, for instance, Leviticus, chapters 16 and 17. The
corresponding NT words are
, “propitiation,” 1 John 2:2; 4:10, and
,
Rom. 3:25; Heb. 9:5, “mercy-seat,” the covering of the ark of the covenant. These
describe the means (in and through the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His
death on the cross by the shedding of His blood in His vicarious sacrifice for sin) by
which God shows mercy to sinners. See
PROPITIATION
.
ATTAIN
1.
(
1
, 2658), a strengthened form of
, “to come opposite to,”
signifies “to reach, to arrive at.” It is used in its local significance several times in the
Acts, e.g. 27:12,
RV
, “could reach.”
In its metaphorical sense of “attaining” to something it is used in three places: Acts
26:7, of the fulfillment of the promise of God made to the ancestors of Israel, to which
promise the twelve tribes “hope to attain” (
RV
); in Eph. 4:13, of “attaining” to the unity of
the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God; in Phil. 3:11, of the paramount aims of
the apostle’s life, “if by any means,” he says, “I might attain unto the resurrection from
the dead,” not the physical resurrection, which is assured to all believers hereafter, but to
the present life of identification with Christ in His resurrection. For the metaphorical
sense in 1 Cor. 10:11 and 14:36, see
ARRIVE
, A, No. 1. See also
COME
, No. 28.