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5.
$
(
1
, 2680), “to prepare, establish, furnish,” is rendered
“builded” and “built” in Heb. 3:3-4. See
MAKE
,
ORDAIN
,
PREPARE
.
B. Nouns.
1.
(
*
)
, 3619), “a building, or edification” (see A, No. 1), is used (a)
literally, e.g., Matt. 24:1; Mark 13:1-2; (b) figuratively, e.g., Rom. 14:19 (lit., “the things
of building up”); 15:2 of a local church as a spiritual building, 1 Cor. 3:9, or the whole
church, the body of Christ, Eph. 2:21. It expresses the strengthening effect of teaching, 1
Cor. 14:3, 5, 12, 26; 2 Cor. 10:8; 12:19; 13:10, or other ministry, Eph. 4:12, 16, 29 (the
idea conveyed is progress resulting from patient effort). It is also used of the believer’s
resurrection body, 2 Cor. 5:1. See
EDIFICATION
,
EDIFY
.¶
2.
(
#
, 1739), “a thing built, structure” ( , “in,”
, “to
build”), is used of the wall of the heavenly city, Rev. 21:18 (some suggest that the word
means “a fabric”; others, “a roofing or coping”; these interpretations are questionable; the
probable significance is “a building”).¶
3.
(
&
, 2937), “a creation,” is so translated in the
RV
of Heb. 9:11 (
KJV
“building,). See
CREATION
, B, No. 1,
CREATURE
,
ORDINANCE
.
4.
(
&
, 5079), “an artificer, one who does a thing by rules of art,” is
rendered “builder” in Heb. 11:10, marg., “architect,” which gives the necessary contrast
between this and the next noun in the verse. See
CRAFTSMAN
, No. 2.
For
BULL
see
OX
BUNDLE
1.
(
)
, 1197), from
, “to bind” (similarly, Eng. “bundle” is akin to
“bind”), is used in Matt. 13:30.¶
2.
(
, 4128), “a great number” (akin to
, “to fill”), is the word for
the “bundle of sticks” which Paul put on the fire, Acts 28:3. See
COMPANY
,
MULTITUDE
.
BURDEN, BURDENED, BURDENSOME
A. Nouns.
1.
(
1$
, 922) denotes “a weight, anything pressing on one physically,” Matt.
20:12, or “that makes a demand on one’s resources,” whether material, 1 Thess. 2:6 (to
be burdensome), or spiritual, Gal. 6:2; Rev. 2:24, or religious, Acts 15:28. In one place it
metaphorically describes the future state of believers as “an eternal weight of glory,” 2
Cor. 4:17. See
WEIGHT
.¶
2.
(
$ &
, 5413), lit., “something carried” (from
, “to bear”), is
always used metaphorically (except in Acts 27:10, of the lading of a ship); of that which,
though “light,” is involved in discipleship of Christ, Matt. 11:30; of tasks imposed by the
scribes, Pharisees and lawyers, Matt. 23:4; Luke 11:46; of that which will be the result, at
the judgment-seat of Christ, of each believer’s work, Gal. 6:5.¶
Note:
The difference between
and
is, that
is simply
“something to be borne,” without reference to its weight, but
always suggests what
is “heavy or burdensome.” Thus Christ speaks of His “burden” (
) as “light”; here