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(
)
, 4710), primarily “haste, zeal, diligence,” hence means “earnest
care, carefulness,” 2 Cor. 7:11-12; 8:16 (
RV
, “earnest care,” in each place).
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conveys the thought of anxiety,
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, of watchful interest and earnestness. See
BUSINESS
,
DILIGENCE
(A, No. 2),
EARNESTNESS
,
FORWARDNESS
,
HASTE
.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
$
1
, 3309), akin to A, No. 1, signifies “to be anxious about, to
have a distracting care,” e.g., Matt. 6:25, 28,
RV
, “be anxious,” for
KJV
, “take thought”;
10:19; Luke 10:41 (
RV
, “anxious,” for
KJV
, “careful”); 12:11 (
RV
, “anxious”); to be
careful for, 1 Cor. 7:32- 34; to have a care for, 1 Cor. 12:25; to care for, Phil. 2:20; “be
anxious,” Phil. 4:6,
RV
. See
THOUGHT
(
TO TAKE
).
2.
(
!
, 3199), the third person sing. of
, used impersonally, signifies that
“something is an object of care,” especially the care of forethought and interest, rather
than anxiety, Matt. 22:16; Mark 4:38; 12:14; Luke 10:40; John 10:13; 12:6; Acts 18:17; 1
Cor. 9:9 (
RV
, “Is it for the oxen that God careth?” The
KJV
seriously misses the point.
God does “care” for oxen, but there was a divinely designed significance in the OT
passage, relating to the service of preachers of the gospel); 7:21; 1 Pet. 5:7.¶
3.
(
#
!
, 1959) signifies “to take care of,” involving forethought
and provision ( indicating “the direction of the mind toward the object cared for”),
Luke 10:34-35, of the Good Samaritan’s care for the wounded man, and in 1 Tim. 3:5, of
a bishop’s (or overseer’s) care of a church—a significant association of ideas.¶
4.
(
$
&
, 5431), “to think, consider, be thoughtful” (from
, “the
mind”), is translated “be careful” in Titus 3:8.¶
5.
(
$
!
, 5426), translated “be careful,” in Phil. 4:10,
KJV
[
RV
, “(ye did)
take thought”], has a much wider range of meaning than No. 5, and denotes to be minded,
in whatever way. See
AFFECTION
, B, Note (1),
MIND
,
REGARD
,
SAVOR
,
THINK
,
UNDERSTAND
.
: &
,
, “to oversee,” is rendered “looking carefully,” in Heb. 12:15,
RV
.
See
OVERSIGHT
.¶
C. Adverbs.
1.
(
$
, 199), “carefully”; see
ACCURATELY
.
Note:
For
, “more carefully,” see
EXACTLY
.
2.
$
, (
!$
, 4708), the comparative adverb corresponding to
A, No. 2, signifies “the more diligently,” Phil. 2:28,
RV
(
KJV
, “carefully”).¶ The adverb
$
denotes “diligently,” 2 Tim. 1:17 (some mss. have the comparative here); Titus
3:13; or “earnestly,” Luke 7:4 (
KJV
, “instantly”). See also
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and its comparative,
in 2 Cor. 8:17, 22,
RV
, “earnest,” “more earnest.”¶
CARNAL, CARNALLY
1.
(
$
, 4559), from
@
, “flesh,” signifies (a) “having the nature of
flesh,” i.e., sensual, controlled by animal appetites, governed by human nature, instead of
by the Spirit of God, 1 Cor. 3:3 (for v. 1, see below; same mss. have it in v. 4); having its