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3.
$
(
'
!
, 831), from
$
, “self,” and a lost noun
, probably
signifying working (Eng., “authentic”), “to exercise authority on one’s own account, to
domineer over,” is used in 1 Tim. 2:12,
KJV
, “to usurp authority,”
RV
, “to have
dominion.” In the earlier usage of the word it signified one who with his own hand killed
either others or himself. Later it came to denote one who acts on his own “authority”;
hence, “to exercise authority, dominion.” See
DOMINION
,
Note
.¶
AUTUMN
(
$
, 5352), an adjective signifying autumnal (from
, “late autumn,” from
, “to waste away,” or “wane,” and
,
“autumn”), is used in Jude 12, where unfruitful and worthless men are figuratively
described as trees such as they are at the close of “autumn,” fruitless and leafless (
KJV
,
“trees whose fruit withereth”).¶
AVAIL
$
(
* "
, 2480) signifies (a) “to be strong in body, to be robust, in sound
health,” Matt. 9:12; Mark 2:17; (b) “to have power,” as of the gospel, Acts 19:20; to
prevail against, said of spiritual enemies, Rev. 12:8; of an evil spirit against exorcists,
Acts 19:16; (c) “to be of force, to be effective, capable of producing results,” Matt. 5:13
(“it is good for nothing”; lit., “it availeth nothing”); Gal. 5:6; in Heb. 9:17 it apparently
has the meaning “to be valid” (
RV
, “for doth it ever avail …?”, for
KJV
, “it is of no
strength”). It is translated “avail” with reference to prayer, in Jas. 5:16; cf. the
strengthened form
@
$
in Eph. 3:18. See
ABLE
,
CAN
,
GOOD
,
MAY
,
PREVAIL
,
STRENGTH
,
WHOLE
,
WORK
.
AVENGE, AVENGER
A. Verb.
(
#
!
, 1556), , “from,”
, “justice,” i.e., that which proceeds from
justice, means (a) “to vindicate a person’s right,” (b) “to avenge a thing.” With the
meaning (a), it is used in the parable of the unjust judge, Luke 18:3, 5, of the
“vindication” of the rights of the widow; with the meaning (b) it is used in Rev. 6:10 and
19:2, of the act of God in “avenging” the blood of the saints; in 2 Cor. 10:6, of the
apostle’s readiness to use his apostolic authority in punishing disobedience on the part of
his readers; here the
RV
substitutes “avenge” for the
KJV
, “revenge”; in Rom. 12:19 of
“avenging” oneself, against which the believer is warned.¶
Note:
In Rev. 18:20, the
KJV
mistranslates
and
“hath avenged you”;
RV
,
“hath judged your judgment.”
B. Nouns.
1.
(
+
, 1558), primarily, “without law,” then, “one who exacts a penalty
from a person, an avenger, a punisher,” is used in Rom. 13:4 of a civil authority in the
discharge of his function of executing wrath on the evildoer (
KJV
, wrongly, “revenger”);
in 1 Thess. 4:6, of God as the avenger of the one who wrongs his brother, here
particularly in the matter of adultery.¶