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in 3:16 and John 18:30 (so the
KJV
).¶ For a synonymous word see
Note
(1). Cf. the verb
below. In the Sept., Prov. 12:4; 24:19. See
MALEFACTOR
.¶
Notes:
(1)
$
, “an evil-worker” (
, “evil,”
, “a work”), is
translated “evil-doer” in 2 Tim. 2:9,
KJV
(
RV
, “malefactor”). Cf. Luke 23:32-33, 39.¶
(2)
*
, “an injustice” ( , negative,
, “just”), is translated “evil-doing,”
in Acts 24:20,
KJV
,
RV
, “wrong-doing.” See
INIQUITY
,
WRONG
.
C. Verbs.
1.
(
, 2559), “to ill-treat” (akin to A, No. 1), is rendered “to entreat evil”
in Acts 7:6, 19; “made (them) evil affected,” 14:2. See
AFFECT
,
AFFLICT
,
HARM
,
HURT
,
VEX
.
2.
(
!
, 2554) signifies “to do evil” (cf. B, No. 5), Mark 3:4 (
RV
,
“to do harm”); so, Luke 6:9; in 3 John 11, “doeth evil”; in 1 Pet. 3:17, “evil doing.” See
HARM
.¶
Note:
Cf.
, “to speak evil” (see
CURSE
,
SPEAK
);
, “to endure
evil” (see
ENDURE
,
SUFFER
);
, “suffering affliction” (see
SUFFER
);
$
, “to suffer adversity” (see
SUFFER
).
D. Adverb.
(
, 2560), “badly, evilly,” akin to A, No. 1, is used in the physical sense,
“to be sick,” e.g., Matt. 4:24; Mark 1:32, 34; Luke 5:31 (see
DISEASE
). In Matt. 21:41 this
adverb is used with the adjective, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men,” more
lit., “He will evilly destroy those men (evil as they are),” with stress on the adjective; (b)
in the moral sense, “to speak evilly,” John 18:23; Acts 23:5; to ask evilly, Jas. 4:3. See
AMISS
,
GRIEVOUSLY
,
SICK
,
SORE
.
EVIL SPEAKING
1.
(
&
, 988) is translated “evil speaking” in Eph. 4:31,
KJV
(
RV
,
railing). See
BLASPHEMY
.
2.
(
&
, 2636), “evil speaking, 1 Pet. 2:1; see
BACKBITING
.
EXACT (Verb)
1.
(
$1
, 4238), “to do, to practice,” also has the meaning of “transacting,”
or “managing in the matter of payment, to exact, to get money from a person,” Luke 3:13
(
RV
, “extort”). Cf. the English idiom “to do a person in.” This verb is rendered
“required,” in 19:23.
2.
$
(
!
, 4811), “to accuse falsely,” Luke 3:14, has its other
meaning, “to exact wrongfully,” in 19:8. See
ACCUSE
.¶
EXACT, EXACTLY
(
$ ! $
, 197), the comparative degree of
, “accurately,
carefully,” is used in Acts 18:26,
KJV
, “more perfectly,”
RV
, “more carefully”; 23:15,
KJV
,
“more perfectly,”
RV
, “more exactly”; so v. 20; 24:22,
KJV
, “more perfect,”
RV
, “more
exact” (lit., “knowing more exactly”). See
CAREFULLY
,
PERFECTLY
.¶