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,
, “to long after, to lust”; in 2 Cor. 5:2,
RV
, “longing”; in 1 Thess. 3:6 and 2 Tim.
1:4,
RV
, “longing”; in 1 Pet. 2:2,
RV
, “long for.” See A, Hos. 3-4. See
LONG
,
LUST
. (5)
,@
, intensive of No. 9, occurs in Luke 22:31.¶ (6) For
, see
BESEECH
,
EXHORT
,
INTREAT
. (7) For desirous of vain glory,” see
VAINGLORY
.
DESOLATE (Verb and Adjective), DESOLATION
A. Verbs.
1.
(
#$
, 2049) signifies “to make desolate, lay waste.” From the primary
sense of “making quiet” comes that of “making lonely.” It is used only in the passive
voice in the NT; in Rev. 17:16, “shall make desolate” is, lit., “shall make her desolated”;
in 18:17, 19, “is made desolate”; in Matt. 12:25 and Luke 11:17, “is brought to
desolation.” See
NOUGHT
(
COME TO
).¶ Cf. DESERT.
2.
(
, 3443), “to leave alone” (akin to
, “alone”), is used in 1 Tim.
5:5, in the passive voice, but translated “desolate,” lit., “was made desolate” or “left
desolate.Ӧ
B. Adjectives.
1.
(
+$
, 2048) is translated “desolate” in the Lord’s words against
Jerusalem, Matt. 23:38; some mss. have it in Luke 13:35; in reference to the habitation of
Judas, Acts 1:20, and to Sarah, from whom, being barren, her husband had turned, Gal.
4:27. See
DESERT
.
2.
(
A$
, 3737) (Eng., “orphan”; Lat., “
$
”), signifies “bereft of
parents or of a father.” In Jas. 1:27 it is translated “fatherless.” It was also used in the
general sense of being “friendless or desolate.” In John 14:18 the Lord uses it of the
relationship between Himself and His disciples, He having been their guide, teacher and
protector;
RV
, “desolate,”
KJV
, “comfortless.” Some mss. have the word in Mark 12:40.
See
FATHERLESS
.¶
C. Noun.
(
#$)
, 2050), akin to A, No. 1, denotes “desolation,” (a) in the sense of
“making desolate,” e.g., in the phrase “the abomination of desolation,” Matt. 24:15; Mark
13:14; the genitive is objective, “the abomination that makes desolate”; (b) with stress
upon the effect of the process, Luke 21:20, with reference to the “desolation” of
Jerusalem.
DESPAIR
1.
@
(
# $!
, 1820) is used in the NT in the passive voice, with middle
sense, “to be utterly without a way” ( , “out of,” intensive, , negative,
, “a way
through”; cf
$
, “to go through”; (Eng., “ferry” is connected); “to be quite at a loss,
without resource, in despair.” It is used in 2 Cor. 1:8, with reference to life; in 4:8, in the
sentence “perplexed, yet not unto (
KJV
, ‘in’) despair,” the word “perplexed” translates the
verb
, and the phrase “unto despair” translates the intensive form
@
, a play
on the words.¶ In the Sept., Ps. 88:15, where the translation is “having been lifted up, I
was brought low and into despair.¶