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DANCING
(
$
, 5525), (Eng., “chorus”), primarily denoted “an enclosure for dancing”;
hence, “a company of dancers and singers.” The supposition that the word is connected
with
by metathesis (i.e., change of place, of the letters
and ) seems to be
without foundation. The word is used in Luke 15:25.¶
DANGER, DANGEROUS
A. Verb.
$ $
(
"
, 2793) properly signifies “to run a risk, face danger,” but is
used in the NT in the sense of “being in danger, jeopardy,” Acts 19:27, 40. It is translated
“were in jeopardy” in Luke 8:23, and “stand we in jeopardy,” 1 Cor. 15:30.¶
: &
$
, akin to A, “peril, danger,” is always rendered “peril,” Rom. 8:35 and
2 Cor. 11:26 (eight times).¶
B. Adjectives.
1.
(
+
, 1777), lit., “held in, contained in” ( , “in,”
, “to have,
hold”), hence, “bound under obligation to, liable to, subject to,” is used in the sense of
being in “danger” of the penal effect of a misdeed, i.e.. in a forensic sense, signifying the
connection of a person with (a) his crime, “guilty of an eternal sin,” Mark 3:29,
RV
; (b)
the trial or tribunal, as a result of which sentence is passed, Matt. 5:21–22, “the
judgment,” “the council”;
here has the obsolete sense of control (J. Hastings); (c)
the penalty itself, 5:22, “the hell of fire,” and, with the translation “worthy” (
KJV
,
“guilty”), of the punishment determined to be inflicted on Christ, Matt. 26:66 and Mark
14:64, “death”; (d) the person or thing against whom or which the offense is committed 1
Cor. 11:27, “guilty,” the crime being against “the body and blood of the Lord”; Jas. 2:10,
“guilty” of an offense against all the Law, because of a breach of one commandment.
Apart from the forensic sense, this adjective is used of the thing by which one is
bound, “subject to” (bondage), in Heb. 2:15. See
GUILTY
,
SUBJECT
,
WORTHY
.¶
2.
(
#
)
, 2000), lit., “prone to fall” ( , “upon,” i.e., near upon,
, “to fall”), hence, “insecure, dangerous,” is used in Acts 27:9.¶
DARE, DARING, DURST
A. Verb.
(
1
, 5111) signifies “to dare,” (a) in the sense of not dreading or
shunning through fear, Matt. 22:46; Mark 12:34; Mark 15:43, “boldly,” lit., “having
dared, went in”; Luke 20:40; John 21:12; Acts 5:13; 7:32; Rom. 15:18; 2 Cor. 10:2,
RV
,
“show courage,” (
KJV
, “be bold”); 10:12,
RV
, “are (not) bold”, 11:21; Phil. 1:14, “are
bold”; Jude 9; (b) in the sense of bearing, enduring, bringing oneself to do a thing, Rom.
5:7; 1 Cor. 6:1.¶ Cf.
, “to be very bold,” Rom. 10:20.¶ See
BOLD
.
B. Adjective.
(
)
, 5113), akin to A, “daring,” is used in 2 Pet. 2:10,
RV
, “daring”
(
KJV
“presumptuous”), “shameless and irreverent daring.”¶
DARK, DARKEN, DARKLY, DARKNESS
A. Adjectives.