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bestow freely,” Eph. 1:6, see
ACCEPT
,
: !
(6) For “have drunk freely,” John 2:10,
RV
,
see
DRINK
, B, No. 2.
FREIGHT
(
#
)
, 1546), lit., “a throwing out” (from
, “to throw out”), denotes
“a jettison, a throwing out of cargo,” Acts 27:18, lit., “they made a throwing out,”
RV
,
“they began to throw the freight overboard,”
KJV
, “they lightened the ship.”¶ In the Sept.,
Exod. 11:1; Jonah 1:5.¶
For
FREQUENT
,
2 Cor. 11:23
, see
ABUNDANT
, D
FRESH
(
!
, 3501), “new” (in respect of time, as distinct from
, “new,” in
respect of quality), is translated “fresh” in the
RV
of Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:38,
with reference to wineskins. See
NEW
.
: & 5 $ $
, “sweet,” is used in Jas. 3:11, 12 (in this verse,
KJV
, “fresh,”
RV
,
“sweet,” as in both elsewhere); Rev. 10:9, 10. See
SWEET
.¶
FRIEND (make one’s)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
&
, 5384), primarily an adjective, denoting “loved, dear, or friendly,”
became used as a noun, (a) masculine, Matt. 11:19; fourteen times in Luke (once
feminine, 15:9); six in John; three in Acts; two in James, 2:23, “the friend of God”; 4:4,
“a friend of the world”; 3 John 14 (twice); (b) feminine, Luke 15:9, “her friends.”
2.
(
= $
, 2083), “a comrade, companion, partner,” is used as a term of
kindly address in Matt. 20:13; 22:12; 26:50. This, as expressing comradeship, is to be
distinguished from No. 1, which is a term of endearment. Some mss. have the word in
Matt. 11:16; the best have
, others,
KJV
and
RV
, “fellows.” See
FELLOW
.
Notes:
(1) The phrase
$ $
, in Mark 3:21, “his friends,” lit. means “the
(ones) beside Him,” i.e., those belonging to him. (2) In Mark 5:19, “thy friends”
represents the phrase
, lit., “the (ones) to thee,” i.e., “thine own.”
B. Verb.
(
&
, 3982), “to persuade, influence,” is rendered “having made … their
friend” in Acts 12:20, of the folks of Tyre and Sidon in winning the good will of Blastus,
Herod’s chamberlain, possibly with bribes. See
ASSURE
, B, No. 3.
FRIENDSHIP
(
&
, 5373), akin to
, “a friend” (see above), is rendered in Jas. 4:4,
“the friendship (of the world).” It involves “the idea of loving as well as being loved”
(Mayor); cf. the verb in John 15:19.¶
For
FRO and FROM
see
†
p. 1
FROG
(
1 $
, 944) is mentioned in Rev. 16:13. Quacks were represented as
“frogs” and were associated metaphorically with serpents.¶
For
FROWARD
see
CROOKED