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6.
(
&
, 1096), “to become, begin to be,” is translated “drawing nigh,” in
John 6:19. See
BECOME
.
7.
(
# 0
, 2020), “to dawn” (lit., “to make to shine upon”), is said of
the approach of the Sabbath, Luke 23:54 (marg., “began to dawn”); cf. Matt. 28:1.¶ See
DAWN
, A, No. 3.
Notes:
(1) In Mark 6:53,
, “to bring a ship (or boat) to anchor, cast anchor,
land at a place” (
, “to,”
, “to moor, bring to anchorage”), is translated
“moored to the shore,” in the
RV
, for
KJV
, “drew.”¶
(2) In Acts 19:33, where the most authentic mss. have
$
, the
RV
translates it
“brought” (marg., “instructed”),
KJV
, “draw out.” Some mss. have
, “to bring or
drag forward.” See
BRING
, No. 24.
DREAM (noun and verb), DREAMER
A. Nouns.
1.
(
7
$
, 3677) is “a vision in sleep,” in distinction from a waking vision, Matt.
1:20; 2:12-13, 19, 22; 27:19.¶
2.
$
(
#
"
, 1798), is, lit., “what appears in sleep” ( , “in,”
$
,
“sleep”), an ordinary “dream,” Acts 2:17. For synonymous nouns, see
VISION
.¶
B. Verb.
$
(
#
1
, 1797), akin to A, No. 2, is used in Acts 2:17, in the passive
voice in a phrase (according to the most authentic mss.) which means “shall be given up
to dream by dreams,” translated “shall dream dreams” metaphorically in Jude 8, of being
given over to sensuous “dreamings,”
RV
,
KJV
, “dreamers,” and so defiling the flesh.¶
DRESSED
Note:
This is the
KJV
translation of the passive of
, Heb. 6:7, “to till the
ground, to practice as a farmer”;
RV
, “is tilled.” See
TILL
.¶
DRESSER
Note:
For
$
, “dresser,” Luke 13:7,
KJV
(
RV
, “vine-dresser”), see
VINEDRESSER
.
For
DRIED
see
DRY
, B
DRIFT
(
$ 9: !
, 3901), lit., “to flow past, glide by” (
, “by,”
, “to
flow”), is used in Heb. 2:1, where the significance is to find oneself “flowing” or
“passing by,” without giving due heed to a thing, here “the things that were heard,” or
perhaps the salvation of which they spoke; hence the
RV
, “lest haply we drift away from
them,” for
KJV
, “let them slip.” The
KJV
marg. “run out as leaking vessels,” does not give
the meaning.¶ In the Sept., Prov. 3:21; Isa. 44:4.¶
DRINK (-ETH, -ER, -ING), DRANK
A. Nouns.