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for, or includes, adultery; it is distinguished from it in 15:19 and Mark 7:21; (b)
metaphorically, of “the association of pagan idolatry with doctrines of, and professed
adherence to, the Christian faith,” Rev. 14:8; 17:2, 4; 18:3; 19:2; some suggest this as the
sense in 2:21.¶
2.
(
$
, 4205) denotes “a man who indulges in fornication, a fornicator,” 1
Cor. 5:9, 10, 11; 6:9; Eph. 5:5,
RV
; 1 Tim. 1:10,
RV
; Heb. 12:16; 13:4,
RV
; Rev. 21:8 and
22:15,
RV
(
KJV
, “whoremonger”).¶
B. Verbs.
1.
$
(
$
"
, 4203) “to commit fornication,” is used (a) literally, Mark
10:19; 1 Cor. 6:18; 10:8; Rev. 2:14, 20, see (a) and (b) above; (b) metaphorically, Rev.
17:2; 18:3, 9.¶
2.
$
(
#
$
"
, 1608), a strengthened form of No. 1 ( , used intensively),
“to give oneself up to fornication,” implying excessive indulgence, Jude 7.¶
FORSAKE
A. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 2641), a strengthened form of
, “to leave,” signifies (a)
“to leave, to leave behind,” e.g., Matt. 4:13; (b) “to leave remaining, reserve,” e.g., Luke
10:40; (c) “to forsake,” in the sense of abandoning, translated “to forsake” in the
RV
of
Luke 5:28 and Acts 6:2; in Heb. 11:27 and 2 Pet. 2:15,
KJV
and
RV
. In this sense it is
translated “to leave,” in Mark 10:7; 14:52; Luke 15:4; Eph. 5:31. See
LEAVE
,
RESERVE
.
2.
(
#
&
, 1459), from , “in,” and No. 1, denotes (a) “to leave
behind, among, leave surviving,” Rom. 9:29; (b) “to forsake, abandon, leave in straits, or
helpless,” said by, or of, Christ, Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34; Acts 2:27, 31 (No. 1 in some
mss.); of men, 2 Cor. 4:9; 2 Tim. 4:10, 16; by God, Heb. 13:5; of things, by Christians
(negatively), Heb. 10:25. See
LEAVE
.¶
3.
(
&
, 863) sometimes has the significance of “forsaking,” Mark 1:18;
14:50 (
RV
, “left”); so Luke 5:11. See
FORGIVE
.
4.
(
1
, 657), primarily, “to set apart” ( , off, “from,”
, “to
arrange”), is used in the middle voice, meaning (a) “to take leave of,” e.g., Mark 6:46, (b)
“to renounce, forsake,” Luke 14:33,
KJV
, “forsaketh,”
RV
, “renounceth” (“all that he
hath”). See
BID FAREWELL
,
RENOUNCE
,
SEND
,
Note
(2) at end,
TAKE
,
Note
(14).
B. Noun.
(
&
, 646), “an apostasy, defection, revolt,” always in NT of
religious defection, is translated “to forsake” in Acts 2:2 lit., “(thou teachest) apostasy
(from Moses)”; in 2 Thess. 2:3, “falling away.” See
FALL
.¶
For
FORSOMUCH
see
†
p. 1
FORSWEAR
†
Indicates that the word referred to (preposition, conjunction, or particle) is not dealt
with in this volume.