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(
, 5469), “a bridle,” is used in Jas. 3:3 (
KJV
, “bits”), and Rev. 14:20.
“The primitive bridle was simply a loop on the haltercord passed round the lower jaw of
the horse. Hence in Ps. 32:9 the meaning is bridle and halter” (Hastings,
0 ! 4 !
).¶
B. Verb.
(
!
, 5468), from
and
, “to lead,” signifies “to
lead by a bridle, to bridle, to hold in check, restrain”; it is used metaphorically of the
tongue and of the body in Jas. 1:26 and 3:2.¶
BRIEFLY
lit. means “by few.” In 1 Pet. 5:12 it signifies by means of few words,
“briefly.” The
RV
of Rom. 13:9 omits “briefly,” the meaning being “it is summed up.”¶
For
BRIER
see
THISTLE
BRIGHT, BRIGHTNESS
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
, 5460), “bright” (from
, “light”), is said of a cloud, Matt.
17:5; metaphorically of the body, Matt. 6:22, “full of light”; Luke 11:34, 36. See
LIGHT
.¶
2.
(
$
, 2986), “shining, brilliant, bright,” is used of the clothing of an
angel, Acts 10:30 and Rev. 15:6; symbolically, of the clothing of the saints in glory, Rev.
19:8,
RV
, in the best texts (
KJV
, “white”); of Christ as the Morning Star, 22:16; of the
water of life, 22:1,
KJV
, “clear.” See
CLEAR
,
GAY
,
GOODLY
,
GORGEOUS
,
WHITE
.
Note:
Cf.
, “sumptuously,” Luke 16:19.¶
B. Nouns.
1.
(
$
, 2987), “brightness,” akin to A, No. 2, above is found in
Acts 26:13.¶
2.
$
(
"
, 541), “a shining forth” ( , “from,”
$
, “brightness”),
of a light coming from a luminous body, is said of Christ in Heb. 1:3,
KJV
, “brightness,”
RV
, “effulgence,” i.e., shining forth (a more probable meaning than refiected brightness).¶
: &
,
, lit., “shining forth or upon,” is rendered “brightness” in the
KJV
of
2 Thess. 2:8;
RV
, “manifestation.” See
APPEARING
.
BRIM
(
/
, 507), “above, on high, in a higher place,” in John 2:7 is used to denote the
“brim” of a waterpot, lit., “up to above,” i.e., “up to the higher parts,” i.e., “the brim.” See
ABOVE
,
HIGH
,
UP
.
BRIMSTONE
1.
(
, 2303) originally denoted “fire from heaven.” It is connected with
sulphur. Places touched by lightning were called
, and, as lightning leaves a
sulphurous smell, and sulphur was used in pagan purifications, it received the name of
Luke 17:29; Rev. 9:17-18; 14:10; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8.¶
2.
(
0
, 2306), akin to No. 1, signifies “brimstone-like, or consisting of
brimstone,” Rev. 9:17.¶