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2.
(
* &
, 157), in some texts
, denotes “a charge,” Acts 25:7. See
ACCUSATION
, A, No. 2.
3.
(
+
, 1462), see
ACCUSATION
, A, No. 3.
(b)
C
7
( !3
4.
(
$
, 2819), “a lot, allotment, heritage” (whence Eng. “clergy”), is
translated in 1 Pet. 5:3,
RV
, “the charge allotted to you”; here the word is in the plural, lit.,
“charges.” See
INHERITANCE
,
LOT
,
PART
.
5.
(
A 0
, 3800), from
, “meat,” and
, “to buy,” primarily
signified whatever is brought to be eaten with bread provisions, supplies for an army,
soldier’s pay, “charges,” 1 Cor. 9:7, of the service of a soldier. It is rendered “wages” in
Luke 3:14; Rom. 6:23; 2 Cor. 11:8. See
WAGES
.¶
6.
(
$
&
, 3852), “a proclamation, a command or commandment,” is
strictly used of commands received from a superior and transmitted to others. It is
rendered “charge” in Acts 16:24; 1 Thess. 4:2,
RV
(where the word is in the plural); 1
Tim. 1:5 (
RV
) and v. 18. In Acts 5:28 the lit. meaning is “Did we not charge you with a
charge ?” See also
COMMANDMENT
,
STRAITLY
. Cf. C, No. 8, below.¶
B. Adjective.
(
1
, 77), lit., “without expense” ( , negative, and
,
“expense, cost”), is used in 1 Cor. 9:18, “without charge” (of service in the gospel).¶
C. Verbs.
1.
$
(
$ "$
, 1263), a strengthened form of
$
( ,
“through,” intensive), is used in the middle voice; primarily it signifies to testify through
and through, bear a solemn witness; hence, “to charge earnestly,” 1 Tim. 5:21; 2 Tim.
2:14; 4:1. See
TESTIFY
,
WITNESS
.
2.
(
!
, 1291), lit., “to draw asunder” ( , “asunder,”
,
“to draw”), signifies “to admonish, order, charge,” Matt. 16:20; Mark 5:43; 7:36 (twice);
8:15; 9:9. In Acts 15:24 it is translated “gave commandment”; in Heb. 12:20,
KJV
,
“commanded,”
RV
, “enjoined.” See
COMMAND
,
Note
(2).¶
3.
(
1
, 1299): see
APPOINT
, No. 6.
4.
(
# $ 1
, 1690), from , “in,” intensive, and
,
“strength,” primarily signifies “to snort with anger, as of horses.” Used of men it signifies
“to fret, to be painfully moved”; then, “to express indignation against”; hence, “to rebuke
sternly, to charge strictly,” Matt. 9:30; Mark 1:43, it is rendered “murmured against” in
Mark 14:5; “groaned” in John 11:33; “groaning” in v. 38. See
GROAN
,
MURMUR
.¶
5.
(
#
!
, 1458): see
ACCUSE
, B, No. 2.
6.
(
#
!
, 1781), to order, command, enjoin (from , in, used
intensively, and
, to fulfil), is translated by the verb to give charge, Matt. 4:6; 17:9
(AV); Luke 4:10. See
COMMAND
,
ENJOIN
.
7.
(
# 1
, 2008), signifies (a) to put honour upon ( , upon,
,
honour); (b) to adjudge, to find fault with, rebuke; hence to charge, or rather, to charge