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from plowing, cutting a straight furrow, the word would express a careful cultivation, the
Word of God viewed as ground designed to give the best results from its ministry and in
the life. See
DIVIDE
.¶
In the Sept., in Prov. 3:6 and 11:5, the knowledge of God’s wisdom and the just
dealing of the upright are enjoined as producing a straight walk in the life.¶
For
HANDMAID and HANDMAIDEN
see under
BONDMAN
For
HANDWRITING
see
BOND
HANG
1.
$
(
$ 1
, 2910) is used (a) transitively in Acts 5:30; 10:39; in the
passive voice, in Matt. 18:6, of a millstone about a neck, and in Luke 23:39, of the
malefactors; (b) intransitively, in the middle voice, in Matt. 22:40, of the dependence of
“the Law and the prophets” (i.e., that which they enjoin) upon the one great principle of
love to God and one’s neighbor (as a door “hangs” on a hinge, or as articles “hang” on a
nail); in Acts 28:4, of the serpent “hanging” from Paul’s hand; in Gal. 3:13 the word is
used in a quotation from the Sept. of Deut. 21:23.¶
2.
$
(
#
$!
, 1582), “to hang from, or upon” ( , and No. 1), is
used in the middle voice (
) metaphorically in Luke 19:48,
RV
, “(the people
all) “hung” upon (Him, listening),”
KJV
, “were very attentive.”¶ In the Sept, Gen. 44:30.¶
3.
(
$&
, 3935) signifies (a) “to disregard, leave alone, leave undone,”
Luke 11:42 (some mss. have
, here); (b) “to relax, loosen,” and, in the passive
voice, “to be relaxed, exhausted,” said of hands that “hang” down in weakness, Heb.
12:12.¶
4.
(
$&
, 4029) signifies “to lie round” ( , “around,”
, “to
lie”); then, “to be hanged round,” said of “a great millstone” (lit., “a millstone turned by
an ass”), Mark 9:42,
RV
, and marg., to be “hung” round the neck of him who causes one
of Christ’s “little ones” to stumble; in Luke 17:2, “a millstone.” See
BOUND
(
TO BE
).
5.
(
1
, 519) signifies “to strangle”; in the middle voice, to “hang”
oneself, Matt. 27:5.¶ In the Sept. it is said of Ahithophel (2 Sam. 17:23).¶
HAPLY (if, lest)
1.
denotes “if therefore,” “if accordingly” (i.e., if in these circumstances), e.g.,
Mark 11:13, of Christ and the fig tree (not “if perchance,” but marking a correspondence
in point of fact).
2.
denotes “if in consequence,” e.g., Acts 17:27, “if haply” they might feel
after God, in consequence of seeking Him.
3.
(
)
, 3379), lit., “lest ever,” “lest haply,” e.g., Luke 14:29, of laying a
foundation, with the possibility of being unable tofinish the building; Acts 5:39, of the
possibility of being found fighting against God; Heb. 3:2,
RV
, “lest haply,” of the
possibility of having an evil heart of unbelief. The
RV
usually has “lest haply” (
KJV
“lest
at any time”), e.g., Matt. 4:6; 5:25; 13:15; Mark 4:12; Luke 4:11; 21:34; Heb. 2:1; in
Matt. 25:9, the
RV
has “peradventure”; in 2 Tim. 2:25,
KJV
and
RV
, have “if
peradventure”; in John 7:26 the
RV
has “Can it be that,” for the word “Do” in the
KJV
.