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ELSE
(
# &
, 1893), a conjunction, when used of cause, meaning “since,” “otherwise,”
“for then,” “because”; in an ellipsis, “else,” as in 1 Cor. 7:14, where the ellipsis would be
“if the unbelieving husband were not sanctified in the wife, your children would be
unclean”; cf. Rom. 11:6, 22; 1 Cor. 5:10; Heb. 9:26. Sometimes it introduces a question,
as in Rom. 3:6; 1. Cor. 14:16; 15:29; Heb. 10:2. It is translated “else” in 1 Cor. 14:16 and
in the
RV
in Heb. 9:26 and 10:2, for
KJV
, “for then.”
ELSEWHERE
$
(
, 237v), connected with
, “another,” is used in Mark 1:38
(
RV
only).¶
For
EMBARK
(
RV
, in
Acts 27:2
) see
ABOARD
EMBOLDEN
(
*
!
, 3618) is rendered “embolden” in 1 Cor. 8:10, in reference to
blameworthy actions (see marg.), the delinquent being built up, so to speak, to do what is
contrary to his conscience. See
BUILD
,
EDIFICATION
.
EMBRACE
1.
(
1
, 782) lit. signifies “to draw to oneself”; hence, “to greet,
salute, welcome,” the ordinary meaning, e.g., in Rom. 16, where it is used 21 times. It
also signifies “to bid farewell,” e.g., Acts 20:1,
RV
, “took leave of” (
KJV
, “embraced”). A
“salutation or farewell” was generally made by embracing and kissing (see Luke 10:4,
which indicates the possibility of delay on the journey by frequent salutation). In Heb.
11:13 it is said of those who greeted the promises from afar,
RV
, “greeted,” for
KJV
,
“embraced.” Cf.
, “a salutation. See
GREET
,
LEAVE
(take),
SALUTE
.
Note:
In Acts 21:6 the most authentic texts have
( , and No. 1), “to
bid farewell.”
2.
$
(
$
1
, 4843), lit., “to take around with,” (
$
, “with”
“around,”
, “to take”), “to embrace,” is used in Acts 20:10, in connection
with Paul’s recovery of Eutychus.¶ In the Sept., Ezra 5:3, “to enclose.”¶
EMPEROR
(
, 4575), “august, reverent,” the masculine gender of an adjective
(from
, “reverential awe”), became used as the title of the Roman emperor, Acts
25:21, 25,
RV
, for
KJV
, “Augustus”; then, taking its name from the emperor, it became a
title of honor applied to certain legions or cohorts or battalions, marked for their valor,
Acts 27:1.¶ Cf.
, “to worship,” Rom. 1:25;¶
, “an object of worship,”
Acts 17:23; 2 Thess. 2:4.¶
EMERALD
A. Noun.
v Variant spellings of forms of other words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with a “v”
following the number (for instance,
, a variant of
, is 1790v).