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(
&
, 3814), “a young girl, maiden,” also denoted “a young female
slave, bondwoman, or handmaid.” For the
KJV
, “bondmaid” or “bondwoman,” in Ga.
4:22- 23, 30-31, the
RV
has “handmaid.” See
DAMSEL
,
HANDMAID
,
MAID
For
BONDSERVANT
see
SERVANT
BONE
(
A !
, 3747), probably from a word signifying strength, or firmness,
sometimes denotes “hard substances other than bones,” e.g., the stone or kernel of fruit.
In the NT it always denotes “bones,” Matt. 23:27; Luke 24:39; John 19:36; Heb. 11:22.¶
Note:
As to Eph. 5:30,
RV
, “We are members of His body” (in contrast to the
KJV
),
“the words that follow in the common text are an unintelligent gloss, in which
unsuccessful endeavor is made to give greater distinctness to the Apostle’s statement”
(Westcott).
BOOK
1.
(
&
, 976) (Eng. “Bible”) was the inner part, or rather the cellular
substance, of the stem of the papyrus (Eng. “paper”). It came to denote the paper made
from this bark in Egypt, and then a written “book,” roll, or volume. It is used in referring
to “books” of Scripture, the “book,” or scroll, of Matthew’s Gospel, Matt. 1:1; the
Pentateuch, as the “book” of Moses, Mark 12:26; Isaiah, as “the book of the words of
Isaiah,” Luke 3:4; the Psalms, Luke 20:42 and Acts 1:20; “the prophets,” Acts 7:42; to
“the Book of Life,” Phil. 4:3; Rev. 3:5; 20:15. Once only it is used of secular writings,
Acts 19:19.¶
2.
(
&
, 975), a diminutive of No. 1, had in Hellenistic Greek almost lost
its diminutive force and was ousting
in ordinary use; it denotes “a scroll or a small
book.” It is used in Luke 4:17, 20, of the “book” of Isaiah; in John 20:30, of the Gospel
of John; in Gal. 3:10 and Heb. 10:7, of the whole of the OT; in Heb. 9:19, of the “book”
of Exodus; in Rev. 1:11; 22:7, 9-10, 18 (twice), 19, of the Apocalypse; in John 21:25 and
2 Tim. 4:13, of “books” in general; in Rev. 13:8; 17:8; 20:12; 21:27, of the “Book” of
Life (see
:
below); in Rev. 20:12, of other “books” to be opened in the Day of
Judgment, containing, it would seem, the record of human deeds. In Rev. 5:1- 9 the
“Book” represents the revelation of God’s purposes and counsels concerning the world.
So with the “little book” in Rev. 10:8. In 6:14 it is used of a scroll, the rolling up of
which illustrates the removal of the heaven.
In Matt. 19:7 and Mark 10:4 the word is used of a bill of divorcement. See
BILL
.¶
Note:
In Rev. 22:19, the most authentic mss. have
@$
, “tree (of life),” instead of
“
.”
3.
(
$&
, 974), another diminutive of No. 1, is always rendered
“little book,” in Rev. 10:2, 9-10. Some texts have it also in verse 8, instead of
(but
see beginning of No 2).¶
BOON
(
0$
, 1434), translated “boon” in Jas. 1:17,
RV
, is thus distinguished, as
the thing given, from the preceding word in the verse,
, “the act of giving” (
KJV
,