Basic HTML Version
(
/
, 777), “without food” ( , negative,
, “corn, food”), is used in Acts
27:33, “fasting.” Cf.
:
under A, No. 2.¶
FAST (to make)
(
&
, 805), “to make secure, safe, firm” (akin to
, “safe”),
( , negative, and
, “to trip up”), is translated “make … fast,” in Acts 16:24, of
prisoners’ feet in the stocks. In Matt. 27:64, 65, 66, it is rendered “to make sure.” See
SURE
.¶
Note:
For HOLD (fast) and STAND (fast), see
HOLD
and
STAND
, No. 7.
FASTEN
1.
(
&
, 816), from
, “strained, intent,” and
, “to stretch,
strain” (from a root
I
, seen in Eng., “tension, tense,” etc.), signifies “to look fixedly,
gaze, fasten one’s eyes upon,” and is found twelve times in the writings of Luke (ten in
the Acts), out of its fourteen occurrences. It always has a strongly intensive meaning, and
is translated “to fasten the eyes upon” in the
KJV
and
RV
in Luke 4:20; Acts 3:4; 11:6; so
in the
RV
, where the
KJV
has different renderings, in Acts 6:15 (for
KJV
, “looking
steadfastly”); 10:4 (“looked”); 13:9 (“set his eyes”); 14:9 (“steadfastly beholding”). In
Acts 7:55, both have “looked up steadfastly.” In the following the
RV
also varies the
translation, Luke 22:56; Acts 1:10; 3:12; 23:1; 2 Cor. 3:7, 13. See
BEHOLD
,
LOOK
.¶
2.
(
1
, 2510), “to fasten on, lay hold of, attack,” is used of the
serpent which fastened on Paul’s hand, Acts 28:3.¶
FATHER
A. Noun.
(
)$
, 3962), from a root signifying “a nourisher, protector, upholder” (Lat.,
, Eng., “father,” are akin), is used (a) of the nearest ancestor, e.g., Matt. 2:22; (b) of
a more remote ancestor, the progenitor of the people, a “forefather,” e.g., Matt. 3:9;
23:30; 1 Cor. 10:1; the patriarchs, 2 Pet. 3:4; (c) one advanced in the knowledge of
Christ, 1 John 2:13; (d) metaphorically, of the originator of a family or company of
persons animated by the same spirit as himself, as of Abraham, Rom. 4:11, 12, 16, 17, 18,
or of Satan, John 8:38, 41, 44; (e) of one who , as a preacher of the gospel and a teacher,
stands in a “father’s” place, caring for his spiritual children, 1 Cor. 4:15 (not the same as
a mere title of honor, which the Lord prohibited, Matt. 23:9); (f) of the members of the
Sanhedrin, as of those who exercised religious authority over others, Acts 7:2; 22:1; (g)
of God in relation to those who have been born anew (John 1:12, 13), and so are
believers, Eph. 2:18; 4:6 (cf. 2 Cor. 6:18), and imitators of their “Father,” Matt. 5:45, 48;
6:1, 4, 6, 8, 9, etc. Christ never associated Himself with them by using the personal
pronoun “our”; He always used the singular, “My Father,” His relationship being
unoriginated and essential, whereas theirs is by grace and regeneration, e.g., Matt. 11:27;
25:34; John 20:17; Rev. 2:27; 3:5, 21; so the apostles spoke of God as the “Father” of the
Lord Jesus Christ, e.g., Rom. 15:6; 2 Cor. 1:3; 11:31; Eph. 1:3; Heb. 1:5; 1 Pet. 1:3; Rev.
1:6; (h) of God, as the “Father” of lights, i.e., the Source or Giver of whatsoever provides
illumination, physical and spiritual, Jas. 1:17; of mercies, 2 Cor. 1:3; of glory, Eph. 1:17;
(i) of God, as Creator, Heb. 12:9 (cf. Zech. 12:1).