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word ‘Testament’ is taken from the titles prefixed to the Latin Versions.”*.¶ See
TESTAMENT
.
B. Verb.
$
(
&
, 4934), lit., “to put together,” is used only in the middle voice
in the NT, and, means “to determine, agree,” John 9:22 and Acts 23:20; “to assent,” Acts
24:9; “to covenant,” Luke 22:5. See
AGREE
,
ASSENT
.¶
Note:
In Matt. 26:15 the
KJV
translates
, “to place (in the balances),” i.e., to
weigh, “they covenanted with”;
RV
, “they weighed unto.”
COVENANT-BREAKERS
$
(
"
, 802), from
$
(see above), with the negative prefix a
hence signifies “not covenant-keeping,” i.e., refusing to abide by “covenants” made,
“covenant-breaking,” faithless, Rom. 1:31.¶
In the Sept. it is found in Jer. 3:8-11.¶ Cf. the corresponding verb
$
, in the
Sept. of Ps. 73:15, “to deal treacherously” (
RV
), and the noun
$
$
, “transgression,
or covenant-breaking,” e.g., Ezra 9:2, 4; 10:6.
Note:
Trench,
- !
Sec.lii, notes the distinction between
$
and
,
“implacable,” the latter, in 2 Tim. 3:3 only, being derived from
, “a sacrificial
libation,” which accompanied treaty-making; hence, with the negative prefix , “without
a treaty or covenant,” thus denoting a person who cannot be persuaded to enter into a
“covenant.” He points out that
$
presumes a state of peace interrupted by the
unrighteous,
a state of war, which the implacable refuse to terminate equitably.
The words are clearly not synonymous.
COVER, COVERING
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
"
, 2572) signifies “to cover,” Matt. 8:24; 10:26; Luke 8:16; 23:30;
Jas. 5:20 (
RV
); 1 Pet. 4:8; to veil, in 2 Cor. 4:3 (
RV
;
KJV
, “hid). See
HIDE
.¶
Note:
Cf. the corresponding noun
$
, “a veil,” 2 Cor. 3:13-16. See
VEIL
.¶
2.
$
(
#
"
, 1943), “to cover up or over” ( , “over”), is used in
Rom. 4:7, lit., “whose sins are covered over.”¶ Cf.
$
, “a cloke,” 1 Pet. 2:16.¶
3.
$
(
$
"
, 4028), “to cover around” ( , “around”), e.g., the
face, and so, to blindfold, is translated “cover” in Mark 14:65, “blindfold” in Luke 22:64.
In Heb. 9:4, it signifies “to overlay.” See
BLINDFOLD
,
OVERLAY
.¶
4.
$ $
(
"
, 4780), lit., “to cover together”; the
$ /
, however, is
intensive, and the verb signifies “to cover wholly, to cover up,” Luke 12:2.¶
5.
$
(
"
, 2619), “to cover up” (
, intensive), in the middle
voice, “to cover oneself,” is used in 1 Cor. 11:6-7 (
RV
, “veiled”).¶
* From
Notes on Galatians,
by Hogg and Vine, p. 144.