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4.
(
1
, 906), “to throw or cast,” is once rendered “beat,” Acts 27:14
RV
, of
the tempestuous wind that “beat” down upon the ship. So the
KJV
margin. See
CAST
.
5.
(
# 1
, 1911), No. 4, with “upon,” “to cast upon, or lay hands
upon,” signifies to “beat” into, in Mark 4:37, of the action of the waves. See
CAST
, No. 7,
FALL
, No. 11,
LAY
,
PUT
, No. 8,
STRETCH
,
THINK
, No. 15.
6.
(
$
, 4350), “to stumble, to strike against” (
, “to or against,”
, “to strike”), is once used of a storm “beating” upon a house, Matt. 7:27. See
DASH
,
STUMBLE
, and cf.
and
, “a stumbling-block, offense.”
7.
(
$ &
, 4363), “to fall upon” (
, “to,”
, “to fall”), is
translated “beat” in Matt. 7:25; elsewhere, “to fall down at or before.” See
FALL
.
$
(
$ $)
, 4366), “to break upon,” is translated “beat vehemently
upon, or against” (
, “upon,”
$
, “to break”), in Luke 6:48-49, of the violent
action of a flood (
RV
, “brake”).¶
Note:
In Luke 10:30, the phrase lit. rendered “inflicting blows,” is translated
“wounded” (
KJV
),
RV
, correctly, “beat.”
BEAUTIFUL
1.
(
.$
, 5611) describes “that which is seasonable, produced at the right
time,” as of the prime of life, or the time when anything is at its loveliest and best (from
, “a season,” a period fixed by natural laws and revolutions, and so the best season of
the year). It is used of the outward appearance of whited sepulchres in contrast to the
corruption within Matt. 23:27; of the Jerusalem gate called “Beautiful,” Acts 3:2, 10; of
the feet of those that bring glad tidings, Rom. 10:15.¶
In the Sept. it is very frequent, and especially in Genesis and the Song of Solomon. In
Genesis it is said of all the trees in the garden of Eden, 2:9, especially of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, 3:6; of the countenances of Rebekah, 26:7, Rachel, 29:17
and Joseph, 39:6. It is used five times in the Song of Solomon, 1:16; 2:14; 4:3 and 6:3, 5.
2.
(
, 791), connected with
$
, “a city,” was used primarily “of that
which befitted the town, town-bred” (corresponding Eng. words are “polite,” “polished,”
connected with
, “a town”; cf. “urbane,” from Lat.,
$
, “a city”). Among Greek
writers it is set in contrast to
, “rustic,” and
, “base,” and was used, e.g.,
of clothing. It is found in the NT only of Moses, Acts 7:20, “(exceeding) fair,” lit., “fair
(to God),” and Heb. 11:23, “goodly” (
KJV
, “proper”). See
FAIR
,
GOODLY
,
Note
,
PROPER
.¶
Notes:
(1) In the Sept. it is far less frequent than
. It is said of Moses in Ex.
2:2; negatively, of Balaam’s procedure in the sight of God, Num. 22:32; of Eglon in Jud.
3:17.
(2)
*
belongs to the realm of art,
, to that of nature.
*
is used of
that which is “beautiful” because it is elegant;
describes that which is “beautiful”
because it is, in its season, of natural excellence.