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4.
(
)
, 3381) denotes “lest in any way,” “by any means,” e.g., 2 Cor. 9:4,
KJV
, “lest haply,”
RV
, “lest by any means.”
5.
$
denotes “lest somehow”; the
RV
has “lest haply” in Acts 27:29 (some mss.
have No. 4, here).
HAPPEN
1.
$
(
&
, 4819), lit., “to go or come together” (
$
, “with,”
, “to
go”), signifies “to happen together,” of things or events, Mark 1O:32; Luke 24:14; Acts
3:10; 1 Cor. 10:11; 1 Pet. 4:12; 2 Pet. 2:22; “befell” in Acts 20:19; in Acts 21:35, “so it
was.” See
BEFALL
.¶
Notes:
(1) In Phil. 1:12, the phrase
(i.e.,
)
, lit., “the things relating to
me,” is rendered “the things
(
unto me.” (2) In Luke 24:35, the phrase
“the things
in the way,”
RV
(
KJV
, “what things were done in the way”), is,
lit., “the things in the way.”
HAPPY, HAPPIER
A. Adjective.
(
1$
, 3107), “blessed, happy,” is rendered “happy” in the
RV
, in two
places only, as in the
KJV
, Acts 26:2 and Rom. 14:22 (where “blessed” would have done);
also the comparative “happier” in 1 Cor. 7:40. Elsewhere the
RV
uses “blessed” for
KJV
“happy,” e.g., John 13:17; 1 Pet. 3:14; 4:14. See
BLESSED
.
B. Verb.
(
$&
, 3106), “to call blessed,” Luke 1:48, is rendered “we count …
happy” in Jas. 5:11. See
BLESSED
.¶
HARD, HARDEN, HARDENING, HARDNESS
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
$
, 4642), from
, “to dry,” signifies “trying, exacting”: see
AUSTERE
.
2.
$
(
"
, 1422) primarily means “hard to satisfy with food” (
$
, a
prefix like Eng.,
$
or
, indicating “difficulty, opposition, injuriousness,” etc., the
opposite of,
$
, “well,” and
, “food”); hence, “difficult,” Mark 10:24, of the
“difficulty,” for those who trust in riches, to enter into the Kingdom of God.¶
B. Nouns.
1.
(
$
, 4643), akin to A, No. 1, is rendered “hardness” in Rom.
2:5.¶
2.
(
0$
, 4457) denotes “a hardening,” a covering with a
, a kind of
stone, indicating “a process” (from
, C, No. 1), and is used metaphorically of dulled
spiritual perception, Mark 3:5,
RV
, “at the hardening of their hearts”; Rom. 11:25,
RV
, “a
hardening” (
KJV
, “blindness”), said of the state of Israel; Eph. 4:8,
RV
, “hardening,” of the
heart of Gentiles. See
BLINDNESS
.¶
Note:
See also under
HARDSHIP
and
HEART
(
HARDNESS OF
).
C. Verbs.