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also as regards knowledge (same verse). (2) In Heb. 12:15,
$
, “to come behind,
fall short, miss,” is rendered “fail” in the
KJV
,
RV
, “falleth short.” (3) In Luke 21:26,
$
, lit., “to breathe out life,” hence, “to faint,” is translated “hearts failing,” in the
KJV
,
RV
, “fainting.” See
FAINT
.¶
B. Adjective.
(
!
, 413), “unfailing” ( , negative, and A, No. 1), is rendered
“that faileth not,” in Luke 12:33.¶ In a Greek document dated A.D. 42, some contractors
undertake to provide “unfailing” heat for a bath during the current year (Moulton and
Milligan, Vocab).¶
FAIN
1.
$
(
"
, 1014), “to will deliberately, wish, desire, be minded,”
implying the deliberate exercise of volition (contrast No. 3), is translated “would fain” in
Philem. 13 (in the best mss.). See
DISPOSED
.
2.
$
(
#
!
, 1937), “to set one’s heart upon, desire,” is translated “would
fain” in Luke 15:16, of the Prodigal Son. See
DESIRE
.
3.
(
!
, 2309), “to wish, to design to do anything,” expresses the impulse of
the will rather than the intention (see No. 1); the
RV
translates it “would fain” in Luke
13:31, of Herod’s desire to kill Christ,
KJV
, “will (kill)”; in 1 Thess. 2:18, of the desire of
the missionaries to return to the church in Thessalonica. See
DISPOSED
.
Note:
In Acts 26:28, in Agrippa’s statement to Paul, the
RV
rendering is “with but
little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.” The lit. rendering is “with (or
in) little (labor or time) thou art persuading me so as to make (me) a Christian.” There is
no verb for “wouldest” in the original, but it brings out the sense.
FAINT
1.
$
(
#
"
, 1590) denotes (a) “to loose, release” ( , “out,”
$
, “to loose”); (b)
“to unloose,” as a bow-string, “to relax,” and so, “to enfeeble,” and is used in the passive
voice with the significance “to be faint, grow weary,” (1) of the body, Matt. 15:32; (some
mss. have it in 9:36); Mark 8:3; (2) of the soul, Gal. 6:9 (last clause), in discharging
responsibilities in obedience to the Lord; in Heb. 12:3, of becoming weary in the strife
against sin; in v. 5, under the chastening hand of God.¶ It expresses the opposite of
$
, “to gird up,” 1 Pet. 1:13.¶
2.
or
(
#
!
, 1573), “to lack courage, lose heart, be
fainthearted” ( , “in,”
, “base”), is said of prayer, Luke 18:1; of gospel ministry, 2
Cor. 4:1, 16; of the effect of tribulation, Eph. 3:13; as to well doing, 2 Thess. 3:13, “be
not weary” (
KJV
marg., “fain not”). Some mss. have this word in Gal. 6:9 (No. 1).¶
3.
(
1
, 2577) primarily signified “to work”; then, as the effect of
continued labor, “to be weary”; it is used in Heb. 12:3, of becoming “weary” (see also
No. 1),
RV
, “wax not weary”; in Jas. 5:15, of sickness; some mss. have it in Rev. 2:3,
KJV
,
“hast (not) fainted,”
RV
, “grown weary.” See
SICK
,
WEARY
.¶
Note:
For
$
, Luke 21:26,
RV
, see
FAIL
,
Note
(3).¶
FAINTHEARTED