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Matt. 27:1.¶ (5) In 2 Thess. 2:3, “that day shall not come” (
KJV
) translates nothing in the
original; it is inserted to supply the sense (see the
RV
); cf. Luke 7:11 (
RV
, “soon
afterwards”); 1 Cor. 4:13 (
RV
, “even until now”).
(6) For “day following” see
MORROW
.
For
DAYBREAK
(
RV
, in
Acts 5:21
) see
DAWN
, B
DAYSPRING
(
)
, 395), lit., “a rising up” (cf.
, “to cause to rise”), is used of
the rising of the sun and stars; it chiefly means the east, as in Matt. 2:1, etc.; rendered
“dayspring” in Luke 1:78. Its other meaning, “a shoot,” is found in the Sept. in Jer. 23:5;
Zech. 6:12. See also the margin of Luke 1:78, “branch.” See
EAST
.
DAY-STAR
(
$
, 5459), (Eng., “phosphorus,” lit., “light-bearing”
,
“light,”
, “to bear”), is used of the morning star, as the light-bringer, 2 Pet. 1:19,
where it indicates the arising of the light of Christ as the personal fulfillment, in the
hearts of believers, of the prophetic Scriptures concerning His coming to receive them to
Himself.¶
DAZZLING
1.
(
$1
, 797), “to flash forth, lighten,” is said of lightning, Luke
17:24, and of the apparel of the two men by the Lord’s sepulchre, 24:4,
KJV
, “shining.”
See
LIGHTEN
,
SHINE
.¶
2.
@
(
# $1
, 1823), a strengthened form of No. 1 ( , out of), signifies
“to flash like lightning, gleam, be radiant,” in Luke 9:29 of the Lord’s raiment at His
transfiguration,
RV
, “dazzling”;
KJV
, “glistering.”¶ In the Sept., Ezek. 1:4, 7; Nahum 3:3.¶
DEACON
(
1
, 1249), (Eng., “deacon”), primarily denotes a “servant,” whether
as doing servile work, or as an attendant rendering free service, without particular
reference to its character. The word is probably connected with the verb
, “to hasten
after, pursue” (perhaps originally said of a runner). “It occurs in the NT of domestic
servants, John 2:5, 9; the civil ruler, Rom. 13:4; Christ, Rom. 15:8; Gal. 2:17; the
followers of Christ in relation to their Lord, John 12:26; Eph. 6:21; Col. 1:7; 4:7; the
followers of Christ in relation to one another, Matt. 20:26; 23:11, Mark 9:35; 10:43; the
servants of Christ in the work of preaching and teaching, 1 Cor. 3:5; 2 Cor. 3:6; 6:4;
11:23; Eph. 3:7; Col. 1:23, 25; 1 Thess. 3:2; 1 Tim. 4:6; those who serve in the churches,
Rom. 16:1 (used of a woman here only in NT); Phil. 1:1; 1 Tim. 3:8, 12; false apostles,
servants of Satan, 2 Cor. 11:15. Once
is used where, apparently, angels are
intended, Matt. 22:13; in v. 3, where men are intended,
$
is used.”*
4
is, generally speaking, to be distinguished from
$
, “a bondservant,
slave”;
views a servant in relationship to his work,
$
views him in
* From
Notes on Thessalonians,
by Hogg and Vine, p. 91.