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Cf. the adjective
$
(or
$
), “profitable,” used with the article as a noun,
1 Cor. 7:35; 10:33.¶
For
EXPELLED
,
Acts 13:50
,
KJV
, see
CAST
, No. 5
EXPERIENCE (without), EXPERIMENT
1.
(
/ $
, 552), “without experience” ( , negative,
, “a trial,
experiment”) is used in Heb. 5:13,
RV
, “without experience,”
KJV
, “unskillful,” with
reference to “the word of righteousness.”¶ In the Sept., Num. 14:23, of youths; Jer. 2:6,
of a land, “untried”; Zech. 11:15, of a shepherd.¶
2.
(
)
, 1382) means (a) “the process of proving”; it is rendered
“experiment” in 2 Cor. 9:13,
KJV
,
RV
, “the proving (of you)”; in 8:2,
KJV
, “trial,”
RV
,
“proof”; (b) “the effect of proving, approval, approvedness,”
RV
, “probation,” Rom. 5:4
(twice), for
KJV
, “experience”;
KJV
and
RV
, “proof” in 2 Cor. 2:9; 13:3 and Phil. 2:22. See
EXPERIENCE
,
PROOF
.¶ Cf.
, “approved,”
, “to prove, approve”; see
APPROVE
.
EXPERT
(
0
, 1109), “one who knows” (akin to
, “to know”), denotes “an
expert, a connoisseur,” Acts 26:3.¶ Cf.
, “known.”
EXPIRE
Note:
In Acts 7:30, the
KJV
“were expired” translates the verb
, “to fulfill” (
RV
).
See
FULFILL
. In Rev. 20:7, the
KJV
“are expired” translates the verb
, “to finish”
(
RV
). See
FINISH
.
EXPLAIN
(
!
, 1285), “to make clear, explain fully” ( “through,”
intensive, and
, “clear”), is translated “explain” in Matt. 13:36
RV
(
KJV
, “declare”)
translates
; in 18:31, “told,” of the account of the unforgiving debtor’s doings
given by his fellowservants. The preferable rendering would be “they made clear” or
“they explained,” suggesting a detailed explanation of the circumstances.¶
EXPOUND
1.
(
# &
, 1620), “to set out expose” ( , “out,”
, “to place”), is
used (a) literally, Acts 7:21; (b) metaphorically, in the middle voice, to set forth,
“expound,” of circumstances, Acts 11:4; of the way of God, 18:26; of the kingdom of
God, 28:23.¶
2.
$
(
# "
, 1956), primarily, “to loose, release,” a strengthened form of
$
,
“to loose,” signifies “to solve, explain, expound,” Mark 4:34, “expounded”; in Acts
19:39, of settling a controversy,
RV
, “it shall be settled,” for
KJV
, “it shall be determined.”
See
DETERMINE
.¶ Cf.
$
, “an interpretation,” 2 Pet. 1:20.¶
3.
$
(
$ "
, 1329), “to interpret fully” ( “through,” intensive,
$
, “to interpret”); (Eng., “hermeneutics”), is translated, “He expounded” in