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$
(
A $"
, 3790), “an eyebrow,” stands for “the brow of a hill,” Luke 4:29, from
the resemblance to an eyebrow, i.e., a ridge with an overhanging bank.¶
BRUISE
1.
$
(
$&
, 4937): see
BREAK
, A, No. 5.
2.
$
(
$ "
, 2352), “to smite through, shatter,” is used in Luke 4:18, “them that
are bruised,” i.e., broken by calamity.¶
BRUTE
(
/
, 249), translated “brute” in the
KJV
of 2 Pet. 2:12 and Jude 10,
signifies “without reason,”
RV
, though, as J. Hastings points out, “brute beasts” is not at
all unsuitable, as “brute” is from Latin
$ $
, which means “dull, irrational”; in Acts
25:27 it is rendered “unreasonable”.¶
BUD
(
1
, 985), “to bud,” is said of Aaron’s rod, Heb. 9:14; “spring up,”
Matt. 13:26, and Mark 4:27; elsewhere, in Jas. 5:18. See
BRING
, No. 26,
SPRING
, No. 6.¶
BUFFET
1.
(
&
, 2852) signifies “to strike with clenched hands, to buffet with
the fist” (
, “a fist”), Matt. 26:67; Mark 14:65; 1 Cor. 4:11; 2 Cor. 12:7; 1 Pet.
2:20.¶
2.
$
(
% 1
, 5299), lit., “to strike under the eye” (from
$
, “the
part of the face below the eye”;
$
, “under,”
, “an eye”), hence, to beat the face
black and blue (to give a black eye), is used metaphorically, and translated “buffet” in 1
Cor. 9:27 (
KJV
, “keep under”), of Paul’s suppressive treatment of his body, in order to
keep himself spiritually fit (
RV
marg., “bruise”); so
RV
marg. in Luke 18:5, of the
persistent widow, text, “wear out” (
KJV
, “weary”). See
KEEP
,
WEAR
,
WEARY
.¶
BUILD, BUILDER, BUILDING
A. Verbs.
1.
(
*
!
, 3618), lit., “to build a house” (
, “a house,”
,
“to build”), hence, to build anything, e.g., Matt. 7:24; Luke 4:29; 6:48,
RV
, “well builded”
(last clause of verse); John 2:20; is frequently used figuratively, e.g., Acts 20:32 (some
mss. have No. 3 here); Gal. 2:18; especially of edifying, Acts 9:31; Rom. 15:20; 1 Cor.
10:23; 14:4; 1 Thess. 5:11 (
RV
). In 1 Cor. 8:10 it is translated “emboldened” (marg.,
“builded up”). The participle with the article (equivalent to a noun) is rendered “builder,”
Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet. 2:7. See
EDIFY
,
EMBOLDEN
.
2.
(
!
, 456) signifies “to build again” ( , “again”), Acts
15:16.¶
3.
(
#
!
, 2026) signifies “to build upon” ( , “upon”), 1 Cor.
3:10, 12, 14; Eph. 2:20; Jude 20; or up, Acts 20:32; Col. 2:7.¶
4.
$
(
!
, 4925), “to build together” (
$
, “with”), is used in
Eph. 2:22, metaphorically, of the church, as a spiritual dwelling-place for God.¶