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(2) In 1 Tim. 2:8,
, “in every place,”
RV
, is translated “everywhere” in
the
KJV
.
EVERY WHIT
(
6
, 3650), “all, whole, complete,” is rendered “every whit” in John 7:23;
13:10. See
ALL
.
For
EVIDENCE
(
Heb. 11:1
) see
REPROOF
, A
EVIDENT, EVIDENTLY
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
, 1212), properly signifying “visible, clear to the mind, evident,” is
translated “evident” in Gal. 3:11 and 1 Cor. 15:27,
RV
(
KJV
, “manifest”); “bewrayeth,”
Matt. 26:73; “certain,” 1 Tim. 6:7,
KJV
. Cf.
, “to declare, signify.” See
BEWRAY
,
CERTAIN
,
MANIFEST
.¶
2.
(
1
, 2612), a strengthened form of No. 1, “quite manifest,
evident,” is used in Heb. 7:15 (
KJV
, “more evident”).¶ For the preceding verse see No. 3.
3.
(
$
, 4271), “manifest beforehand” ( , “before,” and No. 1), is
used in Heb. 7:14 in the sense of “clearly evident.” So in 1 Tim. 5:24-25,
RV
, “evident,”
for
KJV
, “open beforehand,” and “manifest beforehand.” The
is somewhat intensive.¶
: &
8
, “visible, manifest” (akin to
, “to appear”), is synonymous
with the above, but is not translated “evident” in the NT. For “evident token” see
TOKEN
.
B. Adverb.
(
$
, 5320), manifestly (see note above), is rendered “openly” in
Mark 1:45; “publicly” in John 7:10,
RV
(opposite to “in secret”); in Acts 10:3,
RV
,
“openly,” for
KJV
, evidently. See
OPENLY
,
PUBLICLY
.¶
Note:
For the
KJV
, “evidently,” in Gal. 3:1, see
OPENLY
.
EVIL, EVIL-DOER
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
, 2556) stands for “whatever is evil in character, base,” in distinction
(wherever the distinction is observable) from
(see No. 2), which indicates “what
is evil in influence and effect, malignant.”
is the wider term and often covers the
meaning of
!
is antithetic to
, “fair, advisable, good in character,” and
to
, “beneficial, useful, good in act”; hence it denotes what is useless, incapable,
bad;
is essentially antithetic to
, “kind, gracious, serviceable”; hence it
denotes what is destructive, injurious, evil. As evidence that
and
have
much in common, though still not interchangeable, each is used of thoughts, cf. Matt.
15:19 with Mark 7:21; of speech, Matt. 5:11 with 1 Pet. 3:10; of actions, 2 Tim. 4:18 with
1 Thess. 5:15; of man, Matt. 18:32 with 24:48.
The use of
may be broadly divided as follows: (a) of what is morally or
ethically “evil,” whether of persons, e.g., Matt. 21:41; 24:48; Phil. 3:2; Rev. 2:2, or
qualities, emotions, passions, deeds, e.g., Mark 7:21; John 18:23, 30; Rom. 1:30; 3:8;