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(
2
, 53) signifies (a) “pure from every fault, immaculate,” 2 Cor. 7:11
(
KJV
, “clear”); Phil. 4:8; 1 Tim. 5:22; Jas. 3:17; 1 John 3:3 (in all which the
RV
rendering
is “pure”), and 1 Pet. 3:2, “chaste”; (b) “pure from carnality, modest,” 2 Cor. 11:2,
RV
,
“pure”; Titus 2:5, chaste. See
CLEAR
,
HOLY
,
PURE
.¶
Note:
Cf.
, “holy, as being free from admixture of evil”;
, “holy, as being
free from defilement”;
, “pure, as being tested,” lit., “judged by the sunlight”,
, “pure, as being cleansed.”
CHASTEN, CHASTENING, CHASTISE, CHASTISEMENT
A. Verb.
$
(
"
, 3811) primarily denotes “to train children,” suggesting the broad
idea of education (
, “a child”), Acts 7:22; 22:3; see also Titus 2:12, “instructing”
(
RV
), here of a training gracious and firm; grace, which brings salvation, employs means
to give us full possession of it, hence, “to chastise,” this being part of the training,
whether (a) by correcting with words, reproving, and admonishing, 1 Tim. 1:20 (
RV
, “be
taught”); 2 Tim. 2:25, or (b) by “chastening” by the infliction of evils and calamities, 1
Cor. 11:32; 2 Cor. 6:9; Heb. 12:6-7, 10; Rev. 3:19. The verb also has the meaning “to
chastise with blows, to scourge,” said of the command of a judge, Luke 23:16, 22. See
CORRECTION
, B,
INSTRUCT
,
LEARN
,
TEACH
, and cf.
CHILD
(Nos. 4 to 6).¶
B. Noun.
(
&
, 3809) denotes “the training of a child, including instruction”; hence,
“discipline, correction,” “chastening,” Eph. 6:4,
RV
(
KJV
, “nurture”), suggesting the
Christian discipline that regulates character; so in Heb. 12:5, 7, 8 (in v. 8,
KJV
,
“chastisement,” the
RV
corrects to “chastening”); in 2 Tim. 3:16, “instruction. See
INSTRUCTION
,
NURTURE
.¶
CHEEK
(
0
, 4600) primarily denotes “the jaw, the jaw-bone”; hence “cheek,”
Matt. 5:39; Luke 6:29.¶
CHEER, CHEERFUL, CHEERFULLY, CHEERFULNESS
A. Verbs.
1.
$
$
(
' !
, 2114) signifies, in the active voice, “to put in good spirits, to
make cheerful” (
$
, “well,”
$
, “mind or passion”); or, intransitively, “to be
cheerful,” Acts 27:22, 25; Jas. 5:13 (
RV
, “cheerful,” for
KJV
, “merry”). See
MERRY
.¶
2.
(
$ !
, 2293), “to be of good courage, of good cheer” (
,
“courage, confidence”), is used only in the imperative mood, in the NT; “be of good
cheer,” Matt. 9:2, 22; 14:27; Mark 6:50; 10:49; Luke 8:48; John 16:33; Acts 23:11. See
BOLD
, A, No. 1,
COMFORT
,
COURAGE
.¶
B. Adjectives.
1.
$
$
(
E
, 2115) means “of good cheer” (see A, No. 1), Acts 27:36.¶