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(
# $
!
, 1964) signifies “to swear falsely, to undo one’s swearing,
forswear oneself” ( , “against,”
, “an oath”), Matt. 5:33.¶ Cf.
, “a
perjured person, a perjurer,” 1 Tim. 1:10, “false swearers.”¶
FORTH
@
(
+
, 1854), “outside, without” (from, , “out of, from”), frequently signifies
“forth,” especially after verbs of motion, e.g., John 11:43; 19:4, 13. See
OUTWARD
,
STRANGE
,
WITHOUT
.
Notes:
(1) For the word “forth” in combination with various verbs, see, e.g.,
BREAK
,
BRING
,
COME
,
PUT
. (2) In Matt. 26:16, the
RV
omits “forth,” as the similar
, “from
then,” simply means “from that time”; in the similar phrase “from that day forth,” Matt.
22:46; John 11:53, there is no word in the original representing “forth.” (3) In John 2:11
the
RV
rightly omits “forth.”
FORTHWITH
1.
@ $
(
# "
, 1824), “at once” (from, , “out of,” and
$
, the genitive case
of
$
, “self or very,” agreeing with “hour” understood, i.e., “from that very hour”), is
translated “forthwith” in the
RV
in Mark 6:25 (
KJV
, “by and by”); Acts 10:33 (
KJV
,
“immediately”); 11:11 (ditto); 21:32 (ditto); 23:30 (
KJV
, “straightway”); Phil. 2:23 (
KJV
,
“presently”). The word is frequent in the period of the
Greek (see Preface). See
IMMEDIATELY
,
PRESENTLY
,
STRAIGHTWAY
.¶
2.
$
(
' !
, 2112), “at once, straightway” (from the adjective,
$
$
,
“straight”), is translated “forthwith,” in the
KJV
of Matt. 13:5; 26:49; (it occurs in some
mss. in Mark 5:13; the
RV
omits it); Acts 12:10; 21:30 (
RV
, “straightway,” in each place).
See
IMMEDIATELY
,
SHORTLY
,
STRAIGHTWAY
.
3.
$
$
(
' "
, 2117), an alternative adverb to No. 2, is translated “forthwith” in the
KJV
of Mark 1:29; 1:43 (in the best mss.), and John 19:34 (
RV
, straightway). See
ANON
,
IMMEDIATELY
,
STRALGHTWAY
.¶
: &
8
, a synonymous word denoting “instantly, on the spot,” is not
translated “forthwith” in
KJV
or
RV
. See
IMMEDIATELY
.
FORTY
(
$1
, 5062) is used in circumstances in Scripture which
indicate the number as suggesting probation, separation or judgment, e.g., Matt. 4:2; Acts
1:3; Heb. 3:9, 17.
: &
, “forty years” (
, “a year”), is found in Acts 7:23; 13:18.¶
FORWARD (be), FORWARDNESS
Notes:
(1) The verb
, “to will, wish,” is translated “to be forward,” in the
KJV
of
2 Cor. 8:10, which the
RV
corrects to “to will.” (2) In Gal. 2:10,
$
, “to be
zealous,” is so rendered in the
RV
(
KJV
, “I was forward”). (3) In 2 Cor. 8:17, the
corresponding adjective
$
, “earnest,” is so rendered in the
RV
(
KJV
, “forward”).
So in v. 8, the noun
$
, “earnestness,” is thus rendered in the
RV
(
KJV
,