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Cf.
, “precision, exactness,” Acts 22:3,¶ and
, “to learn carefully, to
enquire with exactness,” Matt. 2:7, 16.¶
EXALT, EXALTED
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
%
, 5312), “to lift up” (akin to
$
, “height”), is used (a) literally of
the “lifting” up of Christ in His crucifixion, John 3:14; 8:28; 12:32, 34; illustratively, of
the serpent of brass, John 3:14; (b) figuratively, of spiritual privileges bestowed on a city,
Matt. 11:23; Luke 10:15; of “raising” to dignity and happiness, Luke 1:52; Acts 13:17; of
haughty self-exaltation, and, contrastingly, of being “raised” to honor, as a result of self-
humbling, Matt. 23:12; Luke 14:11; 18:14; of spiritual “uplifting” and revival, Jas. 4:10;
1 Pet. 5:6; of bringing into the blessings of salvation through the gospel, 2 Cor. 11:7; (c)
with a combination of the literal and metaphorical, of the “exaltation” of Christ by God
the Father, Acts 2:33; 5:31. See
LIFT
.¶
2.
$ $
(
% $
, 5251), “to exalt highly” (
$
, “over,” and No. 1), is
used of Christ, as in No. 1, (c), in Phil. 2:9.¶
3.
(
# &$
, 1869), “to lift up” ( , “up,”
, “to raise”), is said (a) literally,
of a sail, Acts 27:40; hands, Luke 24:50; 1 Tim. 2:8; heads, Luke 21:28; eyes, Matt. 17:8,
etc.; (b) metaphorically, of “exalting” oneself, being “lifted up” with pride, 2 Cor. 10:5;
11:20. See
LIFT
.
4.
$
(
% $ &$
, 5229), “to raise over” (
$
, “above,” and
, see No.
3), is used in the middle voice, of “exalting” oneself exceedingly, 2 Cor. 12:7; 2 Thess.
2:4.¶
B. Adjective.
$
(
%
, 5308), “high, lofty,” is used metaphorically in Luke 16:15, as a
noun with the article,
RV
, “that which is exalted,”
KJV
, “that which is highly esteemed.”
See
ESTEEM
,
HIGH
.
Note:
For Jas. 1:9,
RV
, “in his high estate,” see
ESTATE
, No. 3.
EXAMINATION, EXAMINE
A. Noun.
(
1
$
, 351), from
, “up or through,” and
, “to distinguish,”
was a legal term among the Greeks, denoting the preliminary investigation for gathering
evidence for the information of the judges, Acts 25:26.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
(
$&
, 350), “to examine, investigate,” is used (a) of searching or
enquiry, Acts 17:11; 1 Cor. 9:3; 10:25, 27; (b) of reaching a result of the enquiry,
judging, 1 Cor. 2:14-15; 4:3-4; 14:24; (c) forensically, of examining by torture, Luke
23:14; Acts 4:9; 12:19; 24:8; 28:18. See
ASK
,
DISCERN
,
JUDGE
,
SEARCH
.¶
2.
(
1
, 426), “to examine judicially” ( , “up,”
, “to test”), is
used in Acts 22:24, 29.¶ Cf. the synonymous verb
@
, “to search” or “enquire
carefully,” Matt. 2:8; 10:11; John 21:12.¶