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1.
(
!
, 4160), “to do,” is translated by the verb “to cause” in John 11:37;
Acts 15:3; Rom. 16:17; Col. 4:16; Rev. 13:15-16. See
DO
.
2.
(
&
, 1325), “to give,” is translated “cause” in 1 Cor. 9:12,
RV
, for
KJV
,
“(lest we) should.”
Notes:
(1) In Matt. 5:32 the
RV
translates
“maketh (her an adulteress)”: in Rev.
13:12,
RV
, “maketh,” for
KJV
, “causeth.”
(2) In 2 Cor. 9:11,
, “to work,” is translated “causeth” in the
KJV
;
RV
,
“worketh.”
(3) In 2 Cor. 2:14,
$
is rendered “causeth us to triumph,”
KJV
;
RV
, “leadeth
us in triumph,” the metaphor being taken from the circumstances of the procession of a
Roman “triumph.”
CAVE
1.
(
A )
, 3692), perhaps from
, “sight,” denotes “a hole, an opening,” such as a
fissure in a rock, Heb. 11:38. In Jas. 3:11, the
RV
has “opening,” of the orifice of a
fountain (
KJV
, “place”). See
PLACE
.¶
2.
(
)
, 4693), “a grotto, cavern, den” (Lat.,
$
), “cave,” John
11:38, is said of the grave of Lazarus; in the
RV
in Heb. 11:38 and Rev. 6:15 (
KJV
,
“dens”); in the Lord’s rebuke concerning the defilement of the Temple, Matt. 21:13;
Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46, “den” is used.¶
CEASE
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
"
, 3973), “to stop, to make an end,” is used chiefiy in the middle voice
in the NT, signifying “to come to an end, to take one’s rest, a willing cessation” (in
contrast to the passive voice which denotes a forced cessation), Luke 5:4, of a discourse;
8:24, of a storm, 11:1, of Christ’s prayer; Acts 5:42, of teaching and preaching; 6:13, of
speaking against; 13:10, of evil doing; 20:1, of an uproar; 20:31, of admonition; 21:32, of
a scourging; 1 Cor. 13:8, of tongues; Eph. 1:16, of giving thanks; Col. 1:9, of prayer;
Heb. 10:2, of sacrifices; 1 Pet. 4:1, of “ceasing” from sin. It is used in the active voice in
1 Pet. 3:10, “let him cause his tongue to cease from evil.” See
LEAVE
,
REFRAIN
.¶
2.
(
&
, 1257), lit., to leave between,” i.e., “to leave an interval,
whether of space or time” ( , “between,”
, “to leave”); hence, “to intermit, desist,
cease,” in Luke 7:45 is used of the kissing of the Lord’s feet.¶
3.
$
(
4 1
, 2270), “to be quiet, still, at rest,” is said of Paul’s friends in
Caesarea, in “ceasing” to persuade him not to go to Jerusalem, Acts 21:14; it is used of
silence (save in Luke 23:56 and 1 Thess. 4:11) in Luke 14:4 and Acts 11:18. See
PEACE
(
HOLD ONE
’
S
),
QUIET
,
REST
.¶
4.
(
1
, 2869), “to cease through being spent with toil, to cease raging”
(from
, “labor, toil,”
, “to labor”), is said of the wind only, Matt. 14:32;
Mark 4:39; 6:51.¶