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$
(
1
, 2646), akin to
$
(see
Note
above), signifies (a) “an inn,
lodging-place,” Luke 2:7; (b) “a guest-room,” Mark 14:14; Luke 22:11. The word lit.
signifies “a loosening down” (
, “down,”
$
, “to loose”), used of the place where
travelers and their beasts untied their packages, girdles and sandals. “In the East, no
figure is more invested with chivalry than the guest. In his own right he cannot cross the
threshold, but when once he is invited in, all do him honor and unite in rendering service;
cf. Gen. 18:19; Judg. 19:9, 15.” These two passages in the NT “concern a room in a
private house, which the owner readily placed at the disposal of Jesus and His disciples
for the celebration of the Passover … At the festivals of Passover, Pentecost and
Tabernacles the people were commanded to repair to Jerusalem; and it was a boast of the
Rabbis that, notwithstanding the enormous crowds, no man could truthfully say to his
fellow, ‘I have not found a fire where to roast my paschal lamb in Jerusalem,’ or ‘I have
not found a bed in Jerusalem to lie in,’ or ‘My lodging is too strait in Jerusalem’”
(Hastings,
0 ! 4 !
GUESTCHAMBER and INN). See
INN
.¶
GUIDE (Noun and Verb)
A. Noun.
(
3
, 3595), “a leader on the way” (
, “a way,”
, “to
lead”), “a guide,” is used (a) literally, in Acts 1:16; (b) figuratively, Matt. 15:14,
RV
,
“guides” (
KJV
, “leaders”); Matt. 23:16, 24, “guides”; Rom. 2:19, “a guide.” Cf. B, No. 1.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
(
3 !
, 3594), “to lead the way” (akin to A), is used (a) literally,
RV
,
“guide” (
KJV
, “lead”), of “guiding” the blind, in Matt. 15:14; Luke 6:39; of “guiding”
unto foun tains of waters of life, Rev. 7:17; (b) figuratively, in John 16:13, of “guidance”
into the truth by the Holy Spirit; in Acts 8:31, of the interpretation of Scripture. See
LEAD
.¶
2.
$
$
(
"
, 2720), “to make straight,” is said of “guiding” the feet
into the way of peace, Luke 1:79. See
DIRECT
.
Notes:
(1) 1 Tim. 5:14, the
RV
rightly translates the verb
by “rule the
household” (
KJV
, “guide the house”), the meaning being that of the management and
direction of household affairs. See
RULE
.¶ (2)
B
, “to lead,” in Heb. 13:7, 24, is
rendered “that had the rule over” and “that have, etc.,” more lit., “them that were (are)
your leaders,” or “guides.”
GUILE
(
, 1388), “a bait, snare, deceit,” is rendered “guile” in John 1:47,
negatively of Nathanael; Acts 13:10,
RV
,
KJV
, “subtlety” (of Bar-Jesus); 2 Cor. 12:16, in a
charge made against Paul by his detractors, of catching the Corinthian converts by
“guile” (the apostle is apparently quoting the language of his critics); 1 Thess. 2:3,
negatively, of the teaching of the apostle and his fellow missionaries; 1 Pet. 2:1, of that
from which Christians are to be free; 2:22, of the guileless speech of Christ (cf.
GUILELESS
, No. 2); 3:10, of the necessity that the speech of Christians should be guileless.
See also Matt. 26:4; Mark 7:22; 14:1. See
CRAFT
,
DECEIT
,
SUBTLETY
.¶
Note:
In Rev. 14:5, some mss. have
;
the most authentic have
$
, a “lie.”