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1.
(
+$
, 2056) denotes “a kid or goat,” Matt. 25:32 (
RV
, marg., “kids”);
Luke 15:29, “a kid”; some mss. have No. 2 here, indicating a sneer on the part of the
elder son, that his father had never given him even a tiny kid.¶
2.
(
#$&
, 2055), a diminutive of No. 1, is used in Matt. 25:33. In v. 32
is purely figurative; in v. 33, where the application is made, though
metaphorically, the change to the diminutive is suggestive of the contempt which those so
described bring upon themselves by their refusal to assist the needy.¶
3.
(
$1
, 5131) denotes “a hegoat,” Heb. 9:12, 13, 19; 10:4, the male
prefiguring the strength by which Christ laid down His own life in expiatory sacrifice.
GOATSKIN
Note:
The adjective
signifies “belonging to a goat” (from
@
, “a goat”); it is
used with
, “a skin,” in Heb. 11:37.
GOD
(
, 2316), (I) in the polytheism of the Greeks, denoted “a god or deity,” e.g.,
Acts 14:11; 19:26; 28:6; 1 Cor. 8:5; Gal. 4:8.
(II) (a) Hence the word was appropriated by Jews and retained by Christians to denote
“the one true God.” In the Sept.
translates (with few exceptions) the Hebrew words
,
and
1
2
, the former indicating His power and preeminence, the latter His
unoriginated, immutable, eternal and self-sustained existence.
In the NT, these and all the other divine attributes are predicated of Him. To Him are
ascribed, e.g., His unity, or monism, e.g., Mark 12:29; 1 Tim. 2:5; self-existence, John
5:26; immutability, Jas. 1:17; eternity, Rom. 1:20; universality, Matt. 10:29; Acts 17:26-
28; almighty power Matt. 19:26; infinite knowledge, Acts 2:23; 15:18; Rom. 11:33,
creative power, Rom. 11:36; 1 Cor. 8:6; Eph. 3:9; Rev. 4:11; 10:6; absolute holiness, 1
Pet. 1:15; 1 John 1:5; righteousness, John 17:25; faithfulness, 1 Cor. 1:9; 10:13; 1 Thess.
5:24; 2 Thess. 3:3; 1 John 1:9; love, 1 John 4:8, 16; mercy, Rom. 9:15, 18; truthfulness,
Titus 1:2; Heb. 6:18. See
GOOD
, No. 1 (b).
(b) The divine attributes are likewise indicated or definitely predicated of Christ, e.g.,
Matt. 20:18-19; John 1:1-3; 1:18,
RV
, marg.; 5:22-29; 8:58; 14:6; 17:22-24; 20:28; Rom.
1:4; 9:5; Phil. 3:21; Col. 1:15; 2:3; Titus 2:13,
RV
; Heb. 1:3; 13:8; 1 John 5:20; Rev.
22:12, 13.
(c) Also of the Holy Spirit, e.g., Matt. 28:19; Luke 1:35; John 14:16; 15:26; 16:7-14;
Rom. 8:9, 26; 1 Cor. 12:11; 2 Cor. 13:14.
(d)
is used (1) with the definite article, (2) without (i.e., as an anarthrous noun).
“The English may or may not have need of the article in translation. But that point cuts
no figure in the Greek idiom. Thus in Acts 27:23 (‘the God whose I am,’
RV
) the article
points out the special God whose Paul is, and is to be preserved in English. In the very
next verse (
) we in English do not need the article” (A. T. Robertson,
5 !
7
5
:
, p. 758).
As to this latter it is usual to employ the article with a proper name, when mentioned
a second time. There are, of course, exceptions to this, as when the absence of the article