Notes:
(1) In Jas. 1:15 the qualifying phrase, “a kind of,” may suggest a cerain falling
short, on the part of those mentioned, of what they might be. (2) In 2 Thess. 2:13, instead
of
, “from the beginning,” there is an alternative reading, well supported, viz.,
, “(God chose you) as firstfruits.”
FISH
1.
$
(
* "
, 2486) denotes “a fish,” Matt. 7:10; Mark 6:38, etc.; apart from the
Gospels, only in 1 Cor. 15:39.
2.
$
(
* "
, 2485) is a diminutive of No. 1, “a little fish,” Matt. 15:34;
Mark 8:7.¶
3.
(
A 1$
, 3795) is a diminutive of
, “cooked meat,” or “a relish, a
dainty dish, especially of fish”; it denotes “a little fish,” John 6:9, 11; 21:9, 10, 13.¶
FISH (Verb), FISHER, FISHERMAN
A. Noun.
$
(
2 "
, 231), “a fisherman, fisher” (from
, “the sea”), occurs in Matt.
4:18, 19; Mark 1:16, 17; Luke 5:2.¶
B. Verb
$
(
2 "
, 232), “to fish” (akin to A.), occurs in John 2:3.¶ In the Sept., Jer.
16:16.¶
FIT (Adjective and Verb), FITLY, FITTING
A. Adjectives.
1.
$
(
E
, 2111), “ready for use, fit, well adapted,” lit., “well placed” (
$
,
“well,”
, “to place”), is used (a) of persons, Luke 9:62, negatively, of one who is
not fit for the kingdom of God; (b) of things, Luke 14:35, of salt that has lost its savor;
rendered “meet” in Heb. 6:7, of herbs. See
MEET
.¶.
2.
(
$
, 701), “pleasing” (akin to
, “to please”), is translated “(it is
not) fit,”
RV
(
KJV
, “reason”), in Acts 6:2. See
PLEASE
,
REASON
.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
)
, 433), properly, “to have come up to” ( , “up,” and
, “to
arrive”), is translated “is fitting,” in Col. 3:18,
RV
. See
BEFITTING
.
2.
(
)
, 2520), “to come or reach down to” (
, “down”), hence, “to
befit, be proper,” is translated “is (not fit)” in Acts 22:22; in Rom. 1:28,
RV
, “fitting”
(
KJV
, “convenient”). See
CONVENIENT
.¶
3.
(
$ &
, 2675), “to make fit, to equip, prepare” (
, “down,”
,
“a joint”), is rendered “fitted” in Rom. 9:22, of vessels of wrath; here the middle voice
signifies that those referred to “fitted” themselves for destruction (as illustrated in the
case of Pharaoh, the self-hardening of whose heart is accurately presented in the
RV
in the
first part of the series of incidents in the Exodus narrative, which records Pharaoh’s
doings; only after repeated and persistent obstinacy on his part is it recorded that God
hardened his heart.) See
FRAME
,
JOIN
,
PERFECT
,
PREPARE
,
RESTORE
.