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$
(
1
, 1147), Matt. 23:4; Mark 7:33; Luke 11:46; 16:24; John 8:6;
20:25, 27, is used metaphorically in Luke 11:20, for the power of God, the effects of
which are made visible to men (cf. Matt. 12:28, “by the Spirit of God”; cf. also Exod.
8:19).¶
FINISH
1.
(
!
, 5055), “to bring to an end” (
, “an end”), in the passive voice, “to
be finished,” is translated by the verb “to finish” in Matt. 13:53; 19:1; 26:1; John 19:28,
where the
RV
“are … finished” brings out the force of the perfect tense (the same word as
in v. 30, “It is finished”), which is missed in the
KJV
; as Stier says, “the word was in His
heart before He uttered it”, 2 Tim. 4:7; Rev. 10:7; 11:7; 20:3,
RV
, “should be finished”
(
KJV
, “fulfilled”), 5, 7,
RV
, “finished” (
KJV
, “expired”). In Rev. 15:1 the verb is rightly
translated “is finished,”
RV
, see
FILL
,
Note
(2). In 15:8 the
RV
, “should be finished”
corrects the
KJV
, “were fulfilled.” See
ACCOMPLISH
.
2.
(
, 5048), akin to the adjective
, “complete, perfect,” and to
No. 1, denotes “to bring to an end” in the sense of completing or perfecting, and is
translated by the verb “to finish” in John 4:34; 5:36; 17:4; Acts 20:24. See
CONSECRATE
,
FULFIL
,
PERFECT
.
3.
(
#
!
, 1615), lit., “to finish out,” i.e., “completely” ( , “out,”
intensive, and No. 1) is used in Luke 14:29, 30.¶
4.
(
# !
, 2005), “to bring through to an end,” is rendered “finish” in 2
Cor. 8:6,
KJV
(
RV
, “complete”). See
ACCOMPLISH
.
5.
$
(
!
, 4931), “to bring to fulfillment, to effect,” is translated
“finishing” (
KJV
, “will finish”) in Rom. 9:28. See
COMPLETE
.
6.
$
(
"
, 1274) is translated “had finished,” in Acts 21:7, of the voyage
from Tyre to Ptolemais. As this is so short a journey, and this verb is intensive in
meaning, some have suggested the rendering “but we having (thereby) completed our
voyage (i.e., from Macedonia, 20:6), came from Tyre to Ptolemais.” In late Greek
writers, however, the verb is used with the meaning “to continue,” and this is the
probable sense here.¶
7.
(
&
, 1096), “to become, to come into existence,” is translated “were
finished” in Heb. 4:3, i.e., were brought to their predestined end.
Notes:
(1) In Luke 14:28,
denotes “a completion,” and the phrase is, lit.,
“unto a completion.” The
KJV
has “to finish” (
RV
, “to complete”). See
COMPLETE
.¶ (2) In
Jas. 1:15
, “to perfect,” to bring to maturity, to become “fullgrown,”
RV
(
KJV
, “is
finished”), is said of the full development of sin. (3) In Heb. 12:2 the
RV
suitably
translates
“perfecter,” for
KJV
, “finisher.”
FIRE
A. Nouns.
1.
$
(
$
, 4442), (akin to which are No. 2,
$
, and
$
, “a fever,” Eng.,
“fire,” etc.) is used (besides its ordinary natural significance):