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1.
(
)
, 229) signifies “to grind at the mill,” Matt. 24:41; Luke 17:35.¶ The
Sept. has both the earlier form
, Isa. 47:2,¶, and the later one
, used in the
period, Num. 11:8; Judg. 16:21; Eccl. 12:3, 4.¶
2.
(
$&
, 5149), primarily of animal sounds, “to chirp, cry,” etc., is used of
grinding the teeth, Mark 9:18,
RV
, “grindeth” (
KJV
, “gnasheth with”). See
GNASH
.¶
Note:
In Matt. 21:44 and Luke 20:18,
, “to winnow,” as of grain, by throwing
it up against the wind, to scatter the chaff and straw, hence has the meaning “to scatter,”
as chaff or dust, and is translated “will scatter … as dust,”
RV
(
KJV
, “will grind … to
powder”). In the Sept. it is used of being scattered by the wind or of sifting (cf. Amos
9:9). The use of the verb in the papyri writings suggests the meaning, “to ruin, destroy”
(Deissmann).
GROAN, GROANING
A. Verbs.
1.
(
# $ 1
, 1690), from , “in,” and
, “strength,” is
rendered “groaned” in John 11:33 (preferable to the
RV
marg., “He had indignation”); so
in v. 38. The Lord was deeply moved doubtless with the combination of circumstances,
present and in the immediate future. Indignation does not here seem to express His
feelings. See
CHARGE
.
2.
(
1
, 4727): see
GRIEVE
, B, No. 3.
3.
$
(
1
, 4959), “to groan together” (
$
, “with,” and No. 2) is used
of the Creation in Rom. 8:22. In v. 23, No. 2 is used.¶.
B. Noun.
(
, 4726), akin to A No. 2, is used in Acts 7:34, in a quotation
from Exod. 3:7, but not from the Sept., which there has
$
, “a cry”; the word is used,
however, in Exod. 2:24; in Rom. 8:26, in the plural, of the intercessory groanings of the
Holy Spirit.¶
GROSS (to wax)
$
(
"
, 3975), from
$
, “thick,” signifies “to thicken, fatten”; in the
passive voice, “to grow fat”; metaphorically said of the heart, to wax gross or dull, Matt.
13:15; Acts 28:27.¶
GROUND, GROUNDED
A. Nouns.
1. ( , 1093), “the earth, land,” etc., often denotes “the ground,” e.g., Matt. 10:29;
Mark 8:6. See
EARTH
.
2.
(
+
, 1475), “a bottom, base,” is used of the “ground” in Acts 22:7,
suggestive of that which is level and hard.¶ Cf. B, No. 1, below.
3.
(
0$
, 5561), “land, country,” is used of property, “ground,” in Luke 12:16,
“the ground (of a certain rich man).” See
COUNTRY
.
4.
(
$&
, 5564), a diminutive of No. 3, “a piece of land, a place, estate,” is
translated “parcel of ground” in John 4:5. See
FIELD
.