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especially, though not only, upon apostate Christendom and apostate Jews. The emptying
of the “bowls” betokens the final series of judgments in which this exercise of the wrath
of God is “finished” (Rev. 15:1,
RV
). These are introduced by the 7th trumpet. See Rev.
11:15 and the successive order in v. 18, “the nations were wroth, and Thy wrath came
…”; see also 6:17; 14:19, 20; 19:11-12.¶
BOX
(
1 $
, 211), “an alabaster vessel,” is translated in the
KJV
of Matt.
26:7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7:37, “box,”
RV
, “cruse.” The breaking refers to the seal, not to
the box or cruse. See
CRUSE
.
BOY
(
, 3816) denotes “a boy” (in contrast to
, a diminutive of
, and to
, “a child”). With reference to Christ, instead of the
KJV
“child,” the
RV
suitably
translates otherwise as follows: Luke 2:43, “the boy Jesus”; Acts 4:27, 30, “Thy Holy
Servant, Jesus.” So in the case of others, Matt. 17:18 and Luke 9:42 (“boy”). See
CHILD
,
MAID
,
MANSERVANT
,
SERVANT
,
SON
,
YOUNG MAN
.
BRAIDED (
KJV
, BROIDED)
(
!
, 4117) signifies “what is woven” (from
, “to weave, plait”),
whether a net or basket (Josephus uses it of the ark of bulrushes in which the infant
Moses was laid), or of a web, plait, braid. It is used in 1 Tim. 2:9, of “braided hair,”
which the Vulgate signifies as “ringlets, curls.”¶
Notes:
(1) Cf.
, 1 Pet. 3:3, “plaiting,” i.e., intertwining the hair in ornament.¶
(2) “Broided” is to be distinguished from broidered, which means to adorn with
needlework (not to plait).
For
BRAKE
see
BREAK
For
BRAMBLE BUSH
see
BUSH
BRANCH
1.
(
1
, 2798), from
, “to break” (cf.
, “a broken piece”),
properly a young tender shoot, “broken off” for grafting, is used for any kind of branch,
Matt. 13:32; 21:8; 24:32; Mark 4:32; 13:28; Luke 13:19; the descendants of Israel, Rom.
11:16-19, 21.¶
2.
(
, 2814), akin to
, “to break,” denotes “a tender, flexible branch,
especially the shoot of a vine, a vine sprout,” John 15:2, 4-6.¶
3.
or
(
1
, 4746), from
, “to tread on,” primarily denoted “a
layer of leaves, reeds, twigs or straw, serving for a bed”; then “a branch full of leaves,
soft foliage,” which might be used in making a bed, or for treading upon, Mark 11:8.¶
4.
(
B
, 902), of Egyptian origin, frequent in the papyri writings, denotes “a
branch of the palm tree,” John 12:13.¶
¶ Indicates that all the NT occurrences of the Greek word under consideration are
mentioned under the heading or sub-heading.