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“forwardness”). (4) In 9:2,
RV
, the noun
$
, “readiness” ( , “before,”
$
,
“impulse”), is so rendered (
KJV
, “forwardness of mind”). (5) For the combination of this
word with verbs see
GO
,
PUT
,
SET
,
STRETCH
.
FOSTER-BROTHER
$
(
"
$
, 4939) primarily denotes “one nourished or brought up with
another” (
$
, “with,”
, “to rear”); it is rendered “foster-brother” in Acts 13:1,
RV
.
It has, however, been found in Hellenistic usage as a court term, signifying an intimate
friend of a king (Deissmann), and this would seem to be the meaning regarding Manaen
and Herod the Tetrarch.
FOUL
(
1 $
, 169) denotes “unclean, impure” ( , negative, and
,
“to purify”), (a) ceremonially, e g., Acts 10:14, 28; (b) morally, always, in the Gospels, of
unclean spirits; it is translated “foul” in the
KJV
of Mark 9:25 and Rev. 18:2, but always
“unclean” in the
RV
. Since the word primarily had a ceremonial significance, the moral
significance is less prominent as applied to a spirit, than when
, “wicked,” is so
applied. Cf.
, “uncleanness.” See
UNCLEAN
.
Note:
In Rev. 17:4 the best mss. have this word in the plural,
RV
. “the unclean things”
(
, “filthiness,” in some mss.).
FOUNDATION (to lay), FOUNDED
A. Nouns.
1.
, or
(
!
, 2310) is properly an adjective denoting
“belonging to a foundation” (connected with
, “to place”). It is used (1) as a noun,
with
, “a stone,” understood, in Luke 6:48, 49; 14:29; Heb. 11:10; Rev. 21:14, 19;
(2) as a neuter noun in Acts 16:26, and metaphorically, (a) of “the ministry of the gospel
and the doctrines of the faith,” Rom. 15:20; 1 Cor. 3:10, 11, 12; Eph. 2:20, where the “of”
is not subjective (i.e., consisting of the apostles and prophets), but objective, (i.e., laid by
the apostles, etc.); so in 2 Tim. 2:19, where “the foundation of God” is “the foundation
laid by God,”—not the Church (which is not a “foundation”), but Christ Himself, upon
whom the saints are built; Heb. 6:1; (b) “of good works, 1 Tim. 6:19.¶
2.
(
)
, 2602), lit., “a casting down,” is used (a) of “conceiving seed,”
Heb. 11:11; (b) of “a foundation,” as that which is laid down, or in the sense of founding;
metaphorically, of “the foundation of the world”; in this respect two phrases are used, (1)
“from the foundation of the world,” Matt. 25:34 (in the most authentic mss. in 13:35 there
is no phrase representing “of the world”); Luke 11:50; Heb. 4:3; 9:26; Rev. 13:8; 17:8;
(2) “before the foundation of the world,” John 17:24; Eph. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:20. The latter
phrase looks back to the past eternity.¶
B. Verb.
(
, 2311), “to lay a foundation, to found” (akin to A, No. 1), is
used (a) literally, Matt. 7:25; Luke 6:48; Heb. 1:10; (b) metaphorically, Eph. 3:17,
“grounded (in love)”; Col. 1:23 (ditto, “in the faith”); 1 Pet. 5:10,
KJV
, “settle.” See
GROUND
,
SETTLE
.¶