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5.
(
= $ &
, 1477), “a support, bulwark, stay” (from
,
“steadfast, firm”; from
, “a seat”), is translated “ground” in 1 Tim. 3:15 (said of a
local church); the
RV
marg., “stay” is preferable.¶
Notes:
(1) In Mark 4:16 the
RV
rightly has “rocky places” (
) for
KJV
, “stony
ground.” (2) In Acts 27:29, for the
KJV
, “rocks” the
RV
has “rocky ground,” lit., “rough
places,” i.e., a rocky shore. (3) In Luke 14:18,
, “a field,” is translated “a piece of
ground,”
KJV
,
RV
, a field. See
FIELD
.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
# &
, 1474), akin to A, No. 2: see
DASH
.
2.
(
, 2311) signifies “to lay the foundation of, to found” (akin to
, “a foundation”; from
, “to put”), and is rendered “grounded” in Eph.
3:17, said of the condition of believers with reference to the love of Christ; in Col. 1:23,
of their continuance in the faith. See
FOUND
.
C. Adverb.
(
&
, 5476) (akin to Lat.,
$
, “on the ground,” and
, “man”),
signifies “on the ground,” John 9:6, of the act of Christ in spitting on the “ground” before
anointing the eyes of a blind man; in 18:6, “to the ground,” of the fall of the rabble that
had come to seize Christ in Gethsemane.¶
GROW
1.
$@
(
' 1
, 837), “to grow or increase,” of the growth of that which lives,
naturally or spiritually, is used (a) transitively, signifying to make to increase, said of
giving the increase, 1 Cor. 3:6, 7; 2 Cor. 9:10, the effect of the work of God, according to
the analogy of His operations in nature; “to grow, become greater,” e.g. of plants and
fruit, Matt. 6:28; used in the passive voice in 13:32 and Mark 4:8, “increase”; in the
active in Luke 12:27; 13:19; of the body, Luke 1:80; 2:40; of Christ, John 3:30,
“increase”; of the work of the gospel of God, Acts 6:7, “increased”; 12:24; 19:20; of
people, Acts 7:17; of faith, 2 Cor. 10:15 (passive voice),
RV
, “groweth” (
KJV
, “is
increased”); of believers individually, Eph. 4:15; Col. 1:6,
RV
, 10 (passive voice),
“increasing”; 1 Pet. 2:2; 2 Pet. 3:18; of the church, Col. 2:19; of churches, Eph. 2:21. See
INCREASE
.¶
Note:
Cf.
$@
, “increase,” Eph. 4:16; Col. 2:19.¶
2.
(
&
, 1096), “to become or come to be,” is translated “grow” in Acts
5:24, of the development of apostolic work. See
ARISE
, No. 5.
Notes:
(1) In Matt. 21:19, for
KJV
, “let (no fruit) grow,” the
RV
, more strictly, has “let
there be (no fruit).” (2) In Heb. 11:24,
is used with
, “great,” of Moses,
lit., “had become great,”
RV
, “had grown up” (
KJV
, “had come to years”).
3.
(
+$
, 2064), “to come or go,” is translated “grew (worse),” in Mark
5:26. See
COME
, No. 1.