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Note:
(1) Cf.
, “a spot, a moral blemish,” Eph. 5:27; 2 Pet. 2:13;¶
,
“without spot, spotless,” 1 Tim. 6:14; Jas. 1:27; 1 Pet. 1:19; 2 Pet. 3:14;¶
, Jude 12,
“hidden rocks,”
RV
(
KJV
“spots,” a late meaning, equivalent to spilos).¶
5.
(
&$
, 5351): see
CORRUPT
, A, No. 2.
B. Nouns.
1.
(
&
, 3393), whence the Eng. word, denotes “defilement” (akin to A,
No. 2), and is found in 2 Pet. 2:20, KV, “pollutions,”
RV
, “defilements,” the vices of the
ungodly which contaminate a person in his intercourse with the world.¶
2.
(
, 3394), also akin to A, No. 2, primarily denotes “the act of
defiling,” the process, in contrast to the “defiling” thing (No. 1). It is found in 2 Pet. 2:10
(
KJV
, “uncleanness,”
RV
, “defilement.”).¶
3.
$
(
, 3436), akin to A, No. 3, denotes “defilement,” in the sense
of an action by which anything is “defiled,” 2 Cor. 7:1.¶ Cf. the synonymous word
,
A, No. 4,
Note
.
C. Adjective.
(
, 2839), akin to A, No. 1, common, and, from the idea of coming into
contact with everything, “defiled,” is used in the ceremonial sense in Mark 7:2; in v. 5,
RV
, “defiled,” for
KJV
, “unwashen” (the verb is used in 7:15). See
COMMON
,
UNCLEAN
.
DEFINE
(
3$&
, 3724), (Eng., “horizon”), primarily means “to mark out the boundaries
of a place” (as in the Sept. of Num. 34:6; Josh. 13:27); hence “to determine, appoint.” In
Heb. 4:7, where the reference is to the time of God’s invitation to enter into His rest, in
contrast to Israel’s failure to do so, the word may mean either the appointing of the day
(i.e., the period), or the “defining” of the day, i.e., marking its limits. So the
RV
(
KJV
,
“limiteth”). See
DECLARE
,
DETERMINE
,
LIMIT
,
ORDAIN
.
DEFRAUD
1.
(
$!
, 650) signifies “to rob, despoil, defraud,” Mark 10:19; 1
Cor. 6:8; 7:5 (of that which is due to the condition of natural relationship of husband and
wife); in the middle voice, “to allow oneself to be defrauded,” 1 Cor. 6:7; in the passive
voice, “bereft,” 1 Tim. 6:5,
RV
, with reference to the truth, with the suggestion of being
retributively “robbed” of the truth, through the corrupt condition of the mind. Some mss.
have this verb in Jas. 5:4 for
$
, “to keep back by fraud.” See
BEREFT
,
DESTITUTE
,
FRAUD
.¶ In the Sept., Exod. 21:10; in some mss, Deut. 24:14.¶
2.
(
!
, 4122), translated “defraud” in 1 Thess. 4:6,
KJV
(
RV
,
“wrong”), the reference being to the latter part of the Tenth Commandment. See
ADVANTAGE
, C, No. 2.
DEGREE
(
, 898) denotes “a step,” primarily of a threshold or stair, and is akin
to
, “to go”; figuratively, “a standing, a stage in a career, position, degree,” 1 Tim.
3:13, of faithful deacons.¶