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2.
(
$!
, 1433), “to present, bestow” (akin to No. 1), is rendered
“granted” in Mark 15:45,
RV
(
KJV
, “gave”); in 2 Pet. 1:3, 4, “hath granted,” “He hath
granted,”
RV
(
KJV
, “hath given” and “are given”); in each place middle voice. See
GIVE
.¶
3.
(
$&
, 5483) primarily signifies “to show favor or kindness” (akin
to
, see
GRACE
), Gal. 3:18,
RV
, “hath granted” (
KJV
, “gave”; it signifies more than
“to give”); then, “to give freely, bestow,” rendered “to grant” in Acts 3:14; 27:24,
RV
(
KJV
, “given”); Phil. 1:29,
RV
; Philem. 22,
RV
. See
DELIVER
.
GRAPE
$
(
)
, 4718) denotes “a bunch of grapes, or a grape,” Matt. 7:16; Luke
6:44; Rev. 14:18. It is to be distinguished from
@
, “an unripe grape” (not in NT),
e.g., in the Sept. of Job 15:33, and from
$
, “a cluster,” used together with
$
in Rev. 14:18.¶
GRASS
(
$
, 5528) primarily denoted “a feeding enclosure” (whence Latin
$
, “a garden”; Eng.. “yard,” and “garden”); then, “food,” especially grass for
feeding cattle; it is translated “grass” in Matt. 6:30; 14:19; Mark 6:39 (where “the green
grass” is the first evidence of early spring); Luke 12:28; John 6:10; Jas. 1:10, 11; 1 Pet.
1:24; Rev. 8:7; 9:4; “blade” in Matt. 13:26; Mark 4:28; “hay” in 1 Cor. 3:12, used
figuratively. In Palestine or Syria there are 90 genera and 243 species of grass.¶
GRATULATION
(
$
, 3108) denotes “a declaration of blessedness, a
felicitation”; it is translated “gratulation” in Gal. 4:15,
RV
(
KJV
, “blessedness”); the
Galatian converts had counted themselves happy when they heard and received the
gospel from Paul; he asks them rhetorically what had become of that spirit which had
animated them; the word is rendered blessing in Rom. 4:6, 9. See
BLESSING
, C, No. 2.¶
GRAVE (Noun)
1.
(
, 3419) primarily denotes “a memorial” (akin to
,
“to remember”), then, “a monument” (the significance of the word rendered “tombs,”
KJV
, “sepulchres,” in Luke 11:47), anything done to preserve the memory of things and
persons; it usually denotes a tomb, and is translated either “tomb” or “sepulchre” or
“grave.” Apart from the Gospels, it is found only in Acts 13:29. Among the Hebrews it
was generally a cavern, closed by a door or stone, often decorated. Cf. Matt. 23:29. See
TOMB
.
2.
(
, 3418), akin to No. 1, like which it signified “a memorial” or
“record of a thing or a dead person,” then “a sepulchral monument,” and hence “a tomb”;
it is rendered “graves” in the
KJV
of Rev. 11:9 (
RV
, “a tomb”); “tomb” or “tombs,” Mark
5:3, 5 (some mss. have No. 1, as in 15:46,
KJV
, “sepulchre”) and 16:2 (
KJV
, “sepulchre”);
Luke 8:27; Acts 2:29 and 7:16 (
KJV
, “sepulchre”). See
TOMB
.
Note:
In 1 Cor. 15:55, where some texts have “Hades,”
KJV
, “grave,” the most
authentic have
, “death.”
GRAVE (Adjective)