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(
&
, 4102), “faith, faithfulness,” is translated “fidelity” in Titus 2:10. See
FAITH
(b).
FIELD, CORNFIELD
1.
(
$
, 68), “a cultivated field,” or “fields in the aggregate,” e.g., Matt. 6:28;
Mark 11:8 (some mss. here have
, “trees”); Luke 15:15. See
FARM
.
2.
(
0$
, 5561), (a) “a space, place,” then, (b) “land, country, region,” is
translated “fields” in John 4:35; Jas. 5:4. See
COUNTRY
.
3.
(
$&
, 5564), a diminutive of No. 2, denotes (a) “a place, region,” (b) “a
piece of land, property,” rendered “field” in Acts 1:18, 19. See
LAND
,
PARCEL
,
PLACE
,
POSSESSION
.
4.
(
$
, 4702) signifies “fit for sowing” (from
, “to sow”), and
denotes “a cornfield,” Matt. 12:1; Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1.¶ In the Sept., Gen. 1:29; Lev.
11:37.¶
FIERCE, FIERCENESS
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
) $
, 434) signifies “not tame, savage” (from negative, and
, “gentle”), 2 Tim. 3:3. Epictetus describes those who forget God as their creator,
as resembling lions, “wild, savage and fierce” (
i) (Moulton and Milligan, Greek
Test Vocab.).¶
2.
(
, 5467) “hard,” (a) “hard to do or deal with, difficult, fierce,” is
said of the Gadarene demoniacs, Matt. 8:28; (b) “hard to bear, painful, grievous,” said of
the last times, 2 Tim. 3:1,
RV
, “grievous,” for
KJV
, “perilous.” See
GRIEVOUS
.¶
Notes:
(1) In Jas. 3:4,
, “hard, rough, violent,” is said of winds,
RV
, “rough,”
for
KJV
, “fierce.” (2) In Luke 23:5, the verb
$
, “to make or grow stronger” (from
, “over,” intensive, and
$
, “strength”), is used metaphorically, “they were the
more urgent,”
RV
, for
KJV
, “the more fierce.”¶
B. Nouns.
1.
$
(
, 2372), “hot anger, wrath,” is rendered “fierceness” in Rev. 16:19;
19:15, of the wrath of God. See
ANGER
(A,
Notes
),
INDIGNATION
,
WRATH
.
2.
(
, 2205), “zeal, jealousy,” is rendered “fierceness” in Heb. 10:27,
RV
(of
fire).
FIERY
$
(
$
, 4448), “to set on fire, burn up” (from
$
, “fire”), always used in the
passive voice in the NT, is translated “fiery” in Eph. 6:16, metaphorically of the darts of
the evil one; “fire-tipped” would perhaps bring out the verbal force of the word. The most
ancient mss. have the article repeated, lit., “the darts of the evil one, the fiery (darts),”
marking them as particularly destructive. Some mss. omit the repeated article. In ancient
times, darts were often covered with burning material. See
BURN
,
FIRE
,
TRY
,
Note
(1).