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(
1
, 3337) denotes (a) “to exchange,”
, “with,” implying
change, and
(see A), Rom. 1:25, of “exchanging” the truth for a lie,
RV
, for
KJV
,
“changed”; (b) “to change,” v. 26, a different meaning from that in the preceding verse.
See
CHANGE
.¶ In the Sept., Esth. 2:7, 20.¶
Note:
In Luke 24:17, “what communications are these that ye have one with
another?” the verb
, “to throw in turn, to exchange,” is used of conversation, lit.,
“what words are these that ye exchange one with another?”
For
EXCHANGERS
see
BANKERS
EXCLUDE
(
#
&
, 1576), “to shut out” ( , “from,”
, “to shut”), is said of
glorying in works as a means of justification, Rom. 3:27; of Gentiles, who by Judaism
would be “excluded” from salvation and Christian fellowship, Gal. 4:17.¶
EXCUSE
A. Noun.
(
$
, 4392), “a pretense, pretext” (from
, “before,” and
, “to
say”), is translated “excuse” in John 15:22,
RV
, for
KJV
, “cloke”; “cloke in 1 Thess. 2:5.
KJV
and
RV
. See
CLOKE
,
PRETENCE
,
SHOW
(Noun).
B. Adjective (negative).
(
, 379), “without excuse, inexcusable” ( , negative, ,
euphonic, and
, see C, No. 1, below), is used, Rom. 1:20, “without excuse,”
of those who reject the revelation of God in creation; 2:1,
RV
, for
KJV
, “inexcusable,” of
the Jew who judges the Gentile.¶
C. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 626), lit., “to speak oneself off,” hence “to plead for
oneself,” and so, in general, (a) “to defend,” as before a tribunal; in Rom. 2:15,
RV
,
“excusing them,” means one “excusing” others (not themselves); the preceding phrase
“one with another” signifies one person with another, not one thought with another; it
may be paraphrased, “their thoughts with one another, condemning or else excusing one
another”; conscience provides a moral standard by which men judge one another; (b) “to
excuse” oneself, 2 Cor. 12:19; cf. B. See
ANSWER
.
2.
(
$ !
, 3868) is used in the sense of “begging off, asking to be
excused or making an excuse,” in Luke 14:18 (twice) and v. 19. In the first part of v. 18
the verb is used in the middle voice, “to make excuse” (acting in imagined self-interest);
in the latter part and in v. 19 it is in the passive voice, “have me excused.”
EXECUTE
1.
(
!
, 4160), “to do, to make,” is thrice rendered “execute,” of the Lord’s
authority and acts in “executing” judgment, (a) of His authority as the One to whom
judgment is committed, John 5:27; (b) of the judgment which He will mete out to all
transgressors at His second advent, Jude 15; (c) of the carrying out of His Word (not
“work,” as in the
KJV
) in the earth, especially regarding the nation of Israel, the mass
being rejected, the remnant saved, Rom. 9:28. That He will “execute His Word finishing