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3.
(
+
, 2192), “to have,” is translated “could” in Mark 14:8, lit., “she hath done
what she had”, in Luke 14:14, for the
KJV
, “cannot,” the
RV
has “they have not
wherewith”; in Acts 4:14, “could say nothing against” is, lit., “had nothing to say
against”; in Heb. 6:13, “he could swear” is, lit., “He had (by none greater) to swear.” See
ABLE
,
HAVE
.
4.
(
0
, 1097), “to know,” is so rendered in the
RV
of Matt. 16:3, “ye
know how to,” for
KJV
, “ye can” (
$
is used in the next sentence). This verb
represents knowledge as the effect of experience. In Acts 21:37, for “canst thou speak
Greek?” the
RV
has dost … See
ALLOW
,
KNOW
.
5.
(Perf. of
5
, 1492), “to know by perception,” is the word in Pilate’s remark
“make it as sure as ye can” (marg. “sure, as ye know”), Matt. 27:65. The phrases “cannot
tell,” “canst not tell,” etc., are in the
RV
rendered “know not,” etc., Matt. 21:27; Mark
11:33; Luke 20:7; John 3:8; 8:14; 16:18; 2 Cor. 12:2-3. See
KNOW
.
6.
(
* &
, 1510), meaning “it is,” is translated “we cannot,” in Heb. 9:5, lit., “it is
not possible (now to speak)”; so in 1 Cor. 11:20; see margin.
7.
(
#
!
, 1735), “to accept, admit, allow of,” is used impersonally
in Luke 13:33, “it can (not) be,” i.e., it is not admissible.¶
For
CANDLE and CANDLESTICK
see
LAMP
and
LAMPSTAND
For
CANKER
see
GANGRENE
and
RUST
CAPTAIN
1.
(
& $
, 5506), denoting “a commander of 1000 soldiers” (from
, “a thousand,” and
, “to rule”), was the Greek word for the Persian vizier,
and for the Roman military tribune, the commander of a Roman cohort, e.g., John 18:12;
Acts 21:31- 33, 37. One such commander was constantly in charge of the Roman garrison
in Jerusalem. The word became used also for any military commander, e.g., a “captain”
or “chief captain,” Mark 6:21; Rev. 6:15; 19:18.
2.
(
$
, 4755), originally the commander of an army (from
,
“an army,” and
, “to lead”), came to denote “a civil commander, a governor” (Latin,
$$ 2
), the highest magistrate, or any civil officer in chief command, Acts 16:20, 22,
35-36, 38; also the “chief captain” of the Temple, himself Levite, having command of the
Levites who kept guard in and around the Temple, Luke 22:4, 52; Acts 4:1; 5:24, 26. Cf.
Jer. 20:1.¶
3.
(
$
, 747): see
AUTHOR
(No. 2).
Note:
In Acts 28:16 some mss. have the word
(lit., “camp-
commander”), which some take to denote a praetorian prefect, or commander of the
praetorian cohorts, the Emperor’s bodyguard, “the captain of the praetorian guard.” There
were two praetorian prefects, to whose custody prisoners sent bound to the Emperor were
consigned. But the word probably means the commander of a detached corps connected
with the commissariat and the general custody of prisoners.
CAPTIVE, CAPTIVITY