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24; John 7:12, “leadeth astray,”
RV
(cf. 1 John 3:7). In Rev. 12:9 the present participle is
used with the definite article, as a title of the Devil, “the Deceiver,” lit., “the deceiving
one.” Often it has the sense of “deceiving oneself,” e.g., 1 Cor. 6:9; 15:33; Gal. 6:7; Jas.
1:16, “be not deceived,”
RV
, “do not err,”
KJV
. See
ERR
,
LEAD
(astray),
SEDUCE
,
WANDER
,
WAY
(be out of the).
7.
(
$ &
, 3884); see
BEGUILE
, No. 3.
DECEIVER
1.
(
1
, 4108) is, properly, an adjective, signifying “wandering, or leading
astray, seducing,” 1 Tim. 4:1, “seducing (spirits)”, used as a noun, it denotes an impostor
of the vagabond type, and so any kind of “deceiver” or corrupter, Matt. 27:63; 2 Cor. 6:8;
2 John 7 (twice), in the last of which the accompanying definite article necessitates the
translation “the deceiver,”
RV
. See
SEDUCE
.¶
2.
(
$
1
, 5423), akin to C, No. 3, under DECEIVE, lit., “a mind-
deceiver,” is used in Titus 1:10.¶
Note:
For “the deceiver,” in Rev. 12:9, see
DECEIVE
, C, No. 6.
DECENTLY
$
(
'
, 2156) denotes “gracefully, becomingly, in a seemly
manner” (
$
, “well,”
, “a form, figure”); “honestly,” in Rom. 13:13 (marg.,
“decently”), in contrast to the shamefulness of gentile social life; in 1 Thess. 4:12, the
contrast is to idleness and its concomitant evils and the resulting bad testimony to
unbelievers; in 1 Cor. 14:40, “decently,” where the contrast is to disorder in oral
testimony in the churches. See
HONESTLY
.¶
Note:
Cf.
$
$
, “comeliness,” 1 Cor. 12:23.¶, and
$
, “comely,
honorable.” See
COMELY
.
DECIDE, DECISION
A. Verb.
(
$&
, 1252) primarily signifies “to make a distinction,” hence, “to
decide, especially judicially, to decide a dispute, to give judgment,” 1 Cor. 6:5,
KJV
,
“judge”;
RV
, “decide,” where church members are warned against procuring decisions by
litigation in the world’s law courts. See
CONTEND
.
B. Nouns.
1.
(
1
, 1233), transliterated in English, primarily denotes “a
discrimination” ( , “apart,”
, “to know”), hence, “a judicial decision,” which is
its meaning in Acts 25:21,
RV
, “for the decision of the Emperor” (
KJV
, “hearing”).¶
Note:
Cf.
, “to distinguish,” Acts 23:15, “to judge” (
KJV
, “enquire”), or
“determine,” 24:22,
RV
(
KJV
, “know the uttermost of”).¶
2.
(
1
$
, 1253), “a distinguishing,” and so “a decision” (see A),
signifies “discerning” in 1 Cor. 12:10; Heb. 5:14, lit., “unto a discerning of good and
evil” (translated “to discern”); in Rom. 14:1, “not to (doubtful) disputations” is more
literally rendered in the margin “not for decisions (of doubts).” See
DISCERN
. Cf.
JUDGE
.¶
In the Sept., Job 37:16.¶