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5.
(
&
, 863), “to let go,” is translated “let us cease to” in Heb. 6:1,
RV
(marg., “leave”) for
KJV
, “leaving.” See
FORGIVE
,
LEAVE
.
6.
$
(
"
, 2664), “to rest” (
, “down,” intensive, and No. 1), is so
translated in Heb. 4:10, for the
KJV
“hath ceased.” See
REST
,
RESTRAIN
.
Notes:
(1)
, “to render inactive, to bring to naught, to do away,” is so
rendered in Gal. 5:11,
RV
, for the
KJV
“ceased.” See
ABOLISH
.
(2)
* $
, “incessant, not to be set at rest” (from , negative,
, “down,”
$
, “to cease”), is used in 2 Pet. 2:14, of those who “cannot cease” from sin, i.e., who
cannot be restrained from sinning.¶
B. Adjective.
(
1
, 88), “unceasing” (from , negative,
, “through,”
,
“to leave”), is used of “incessant” heart pain, Rom. 9:2,
KJV
, “continual,”
RV
,
“unceasing,” and in 2 Tim. 1:3, of remembrance in prayer; the meaning in each place is
not that of unbroken continuity, but without the omission of any occasion. Cf. A, No. 2.
See
CONTINUAL
.¶
C. Adverb.
(
&
, 89), “unceasingly, without ceasing,” is used with the same
significance as the adjective, not of what is not interrupted, but of that which is constantly
recurring; in Rom. 1:9 and 1 Thess. 5:17, of prayer; in 1 Thess. 1:3, of the remembrance
of the work, labor and patience of saints; in 1 Thess. 2:13, of thanksgiving.¶
: &
,
, lit., “stretched out,” signifies “earnest, fervent”; Acts 12:5,
RV
, for
KJV
, “without ceasing.” See 1 Pet. 4:8, “fervent.”¶
For
CELESTIAL
see
HEAVEN
,
HEAVENLY
, B, No. 2
CELL
(
5
, 3612), lit., “a habitation” (akin to
, “to dwell”), is
euphemistically put for “a prison,” in Acts 12:7,
RV
, “cell.” See
PRISON
.¶
CELLAR
$
(
$ )
, 2926) (Eng., “crypt”), “a covered way or vault” (akin to
$
,
“hidden, secret”), is used in Luke 11:33, of lighting a lamp and putting it “in a cellar,”
RV
. See
PLACE
,
Note
(8).¶
CENSER
1.
$
(
)$
, 2369), “a vessel for burning incense” (2 Chron.
26:19; Ezek. 8:11), is found in Heb. 9:4.¶
2.
(
, 3031) denotes “frankincense,” the gum of the
, “the
frankincense tree”; in a secondary sense, “a vessel in which to burn incense,” Rev. 8:3,
5.¶
Note:
No. 1 derives its significance from the act of burning (
$
); No. 2 from
that which was burned in the vessel.
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