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1.
(
$ )
, 5160) denotes “nourishment, food” (akin to
, “to rear,
nourish, feed”); it is used literally, in the Gospels, Acts and Jas. 2:15; metaphorically, in
Heb. 5:12, 14,
RV
, “(solid) food,”
KJV
, “(strong) meat,” i.e., deeper subjects of the faith
than that of elementary instruction. The word is always rendered “food” in the
RV
, where
the
KJV
has “meat”; e.g., Matt. 3:4; 6:25; 10:10; 24:45; Luke 12:23; John 4:8; Acts 2:46,
“did take their food,”
RV
(
KJV
, “did eat their meat”); 9:19, “took food”; 27:33, 34, 36. The
KJV
also has “food” in Acts 14:17 and Jas. 2:15.¶
2.
(
$ )
, 1305), “sustenance, food,” a strengthened form of No. 1 ( ,
“through,” suggesting a sufficient supply), is used in 1 Tim. 6:8.¶
3.
(
$
, 1035), “eating, the act of eating” (akin to
, “to eat”) is
translated “food” in 2 Cor. 9:10. See
EATING
,
MEAT
,
RUST
.
4.
(
$
, 4620), a measured “portion of food” (
, “corn,”
, “to measure”), is used in Luke 12:42,
RV
.¶
5.
(
$
, 1033), akin to No. 3, frequently translated “meat,” and always so
in the
KJV
except in Matt. 14:15, “victuals,” is rendered “food” in the
RV
in Matt. 14:15;
Luke 3:11; 9:13.
Note:
For
, “without food,” see
ABSTINENCE
.
FOOL, FOOLISH, FOOLISHLY, FOOLISHNESS
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
/ $
, 878) signifies “without reason” ( , negative,
, “the mind”),
“want of mental sanity and sobriety, a reckless and inconsiderate habit of mind” (Hort),
or “the lack of commonsense perception of the reality of things natural and spiritual … or
the imprudent ordering of one’s life in regard to salvation” (G. Vos, in
B
0
4 !
); it is mostly translated “foolish” or “foolish ones” in the
RV
; Luke 11:40; 12:20;
Rom. 2:20; 1 Cor. 15:36; 2 Cor. 11:16 (twice), 19 (contrasted with
,
“prudent”); 12:6, 11; Eph. 5:17; 1 Pet. 2:15.¶
2.
(
, 453) signifies “not understanding” ( , negative,
, “to
perceive, understand”), not applying
$
, “the mind,” Luke 24:25; in Rom. 1:14 and
Gal. 3:1, 3 it signifies “senseless,” an unworthy lack of understanding; sometimes it
carries a moral reproach (in contrast with
, “sober-minded, selfcontrolled”) and
describes one who does not govern his lusts, Titus 3:3; in 1 Tim. 6:9 it is associated with
evil desires, lusts. See
UNWISE
.¶
3.
(
$
, 3474) primarily denotes “dull, sluggish” (from a root
$
, “to be
silly”); hence, “stupid, foolish”; it is used (a) of persons, Matt. 5:22, “Thou fool”; here
the word means morally worthless, a scoundrel, a more serious reproach than “Raca”; the
latter scorns a man’s mind and calls him stupid;
scorns his heart and character;
hence the Lord’s more severe condemnation; in 7:26, “a foolish man”; 23:17, 19, “fools”;
25:2, 3, 8, “foolish”; in 1 Cor. 3:18, “a fool”; the apostle Paul uses it of himself and his
fellow-workers, in 4:10, “fools” (i.e., in the eyes of opponents); (b) of things, 2 Tim.
2:23, “foolish and ignorant questionings”; so Titus 3:9; in 1 Cor. 1:25, “the foolishness of