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Note:
For compound words with this adjective, see
APOSTLE
,
BRETHREN
,
CHRIST
,
PROPHET
,
WITNESS
.
2.
$ $
(
0
, 5581), “under a false name” (No. 1, and
, “a
name”; Eng., “pseudonym”), is said of the knowledge professed by the propagandists of
various heretical cults, 1 Tim. 6:20.¶
B. Noun.
$
(
, 5579), “a falsehood” (akin to A, No. 1), is so translated in Eph.
4:25,
RV
(
KJV
, “lying”); in 2 Thess. 2:9, “lying wonders” is lit. “wonders of falsehood,”
i.e., wonders calculated to deceive; it is elsewhere rendered “lie,” John 8:44; Rom. 1:25;
2 Thess. 2:11; 1 John 2:21, 27; Rev. 14:5,
RV
; 21:27; 22:15. See
GUILE
,
LIE
.¶
C. Verb.
$
(
"
, 5574), “to deceive by lies,” is used in the middle voice, translated
“to say … falsely,” in Matt. 5:11; it is elsewhere rendered “to lie,” Acts 5:3-4; Rom. 9:1;
2 Cor. 11:31; Gal. 1:20; Col. 3:9; 1 Tim. 2:7. See
LIE
.
FAME
A. Noun.
(
)
, 5345) originally denoted “a divine voice, an oracle”; hence, “a saying
or report” (akin to
, “to say,” from a root meaning “to shine, to be clear”; hence,
Lat.,
7
, Eng., “fame”), is rendered “fame” in Matt. 9:26 and Luke 4:14.¶
Notes:
(1) In Luke 5:15,
RV
,
, “a word, report, account,” is translated “report,”
for
KJV
, “fame.” See
REPORT
. (2)
*
, “a hearing,” is translated “report” in the
RV
of
Matt. 4:24; 14:1; Mark 1:28, for
KJV
, “fame.” See
EAR
, No. 3. HEARING. (3)
,
, “a
noise, report, sound,” is translated “rumor,” in the
RV
of Luke 4:37, for
KJV
, “fame”;
“sound” in Acts 2:2; Heb. 12:19. See
RUMOR
,
SOUND
.¶
B. Verb.
(
&
, 1310) signifies “to spread abroad a matter,” Matt. 28:15,
RV
; Mark 1:45,
RV
(from
, “throughout,” and
, “to say”); hence, “to spread
abroad one’s fame,” Matt. 9:31. All the passages under this heading relate to the
testimony concerning Christ in the days of His flesh.¶
FAMILY
1.
(
*
, 3624) signifies (a) “a dwelling, a house” (akin to
, to dwell); (b)
“a household, family,” translated “family” in 1 Tim. 5:4,
RV
, for
KJV
, “at home.” See
HOME
,
HOUSE
,
HOUSEHOLD
,
TEMPLE
.
2.
(
$ 1
, 3965), primarily “an ancestry, lineage,” signifies in the NT “a
family or tribe” (in the Sept. it is used of related people, in a sense wider than No. 1, but
narrower than
$
, “a tribe,” e.g., Exod. 12:3; Num. 32:28); it is used of the “family” of
David, Luke 2:4,
RV
, for
KJV
, “lineage”; in the wider sense of “nationalities, races,” Acts
3:25,
RV
, “families,” for
KJV
, “kindreds”; in Eph. 3:15,
RV
, “every family,” for
KJV
, “the
whole family,” the reference being to all those who are spiritually related to God the
Father, He being the Author of their spiritual relationship to Him as His children, they