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of,” in 1 Cor. 6:18, “without; in 2 Cor. 12:2, “out of”; (b) “besides,” except, in Acts
26:22,
RV
, “but,” for
KJV
, “other than”; in 1 Cor. 15:27 “excepted.” For its use as a noun
see Matt. 23:26, “(the) outside.” See
OTHER
,
OUT OF
,
OUTSIDE
,
UNLESS
,
WITHOUT
.¶
2.
(
$
, 3924), a strengthened form of No. 1 (
, beside), is used (a)
as an adverb, signifying “without,” 2 Cor. 11:28; lit., “the things without,” i.e., the things
happening without; (b) as a preposition signifying “except”; in Matt. 5:32, “saving”; in
Acts 26:29, except.¶
Note:
In Matt. 19:9, the
KJV
and
RV
, translating the mss. which have the negative ,
followed by , render it “except for.” The authorities mentioned in the
RV
marg. have
, followed by
$
, i.e., “saving for the cause of.”
3.
(
)
, 4133), an adverb, most frequently signifying “yet, howbeit,” or “only,”
sometimes has the meaning “except (that),” “save (that),” Acts 20:23; Phil. 1:18,
RV
,
“only that,” for
KJV
, “notwithstanding.” It is also used as a preposition, signifying
“except, save,” Mark 12:32, “but”; John 8:10, “but” (
KJV
only); Acts 8:1, “except”; Acts
15:28, “than”; 27:22, “but (only).”
EXCESS
1.
(
$ &
, 192) lit. denotes “want of strength” ( , negative,
,
“strength”), hence, “want of self-control, incontinence,” Matt. 23:25, “excess”; 1 Cor.
7:5, “incontinency.”¶ Cf.
, “powerless, incontinent,” 2 Tim. 3:3,
RV
, “without
self-control.Ӧ
2.
$
(
1
, 401), lit., “a pouring out, overflowing” (akin to
, “to
pour out”), is used metaphorically in 1 Pet. 4:4, “excess,” said of the riotous conduct
described in v. 3.¶
Notes:
(1)
*
denotes “prodigality, profligacy, riot” (from , negative, and
,
“to save”); it is translated “riot” in Eph. 5:18,
RV
, for
KJV
, “excess”; in Titus 1:6 and 1
Pet. 4:4, “riot” in
KJV
and
RV
. See
RIOT
.¶ Cf. the adverb
, “wastefully,” “in riotous
living,” Luke 15:13.¶ A synonymous noun is
, “lasciviousness, outrageous
conduct, wanton violence.”
(2) In 1 Pet. 4:3,
$
, “drunkenness, debauchery” (
, “wine,”
$
, “to
bubble up, overflow”), is rendered “excess of wine,”
KJV
(
RV
, “winebibbings”).¶
EXCHANGE
A. Noun.
(
1
, 465), “the price received as an equivalent of, or in
exchange for, an article, an exchange” ( , “instead of,”
, “to change,” akin to
, “another”), hence denotes the price at which the “exchange” is effected, Matt.
16:26; Mark 8:37.¶ Connected with this is the conception of atonement, as in the word
$
, “a ransom.” Cf
in the Sept., e.g., in Isa. 43:3.
B. Verb.