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(more than reproach is conveyed by the term); metaphorically of a loss by sea, Acts
27:10,
RV
, “injury,”
KJV
, “hurt,” and V. 21,
RV
, “injury,”
KJV
, harm. See
HURT
,
INJURY
,
REPROACH
.¶
B. Verb.
1.
(
, 2559), “to do evil to a person” (akin to A, No. 1), is rendered
“harm” in 1 Pet. 3:13, and in the
RV
of Acts 18:10 (
KJV
, “hurt”). See
AFFECT
,
EVIL
.
2.
(
!
, 2554), “to do harm” (A, No. 1, and
, “to do”), is so
rendered in the
RV
of Mark 3:4 and Luke 6:9 (
KJV
, “to do evil”), with reference to the
moral character of what is done; in 1 Pet. 3:17, “evil doing”; 3 John 11, “doeth evil.”¶
HARMLESS
1.
(
!$
, 185), lit., “unmixed, with absence of foreign mixture” (from ,
negative, and
$
, “to mix”), “pure,” is used metaphorically in the NT of what is
guileless, sincere, Matt. 10:16, “harmless” (marg., “simple”), i.e., with the simplicity of a
single eye, discerning what is evil, and choosing only what glorifies God; Rom. 16:19,
“simple (unto that which is evil),”
KJV
marg., “harmless”; Phil. 2:15, “harmless,”
KJV
marg., “sincere.” The Greeks used it of wine unmixed with water, of unalloyed metal; in
the papyri writings it is used of a loan the interest of which is guaranteed (Moulton and
Milligan,
F !
). Trench compares it and synonymous words as follows: “as the
(see No. 2, below) has no harmfulness in him, and the
no guile, so the
no
foreign mixture, and the
$
no folds” (
- !
Sec.lvi).
B $
is said of the single
eye, Matt. 6:22; Luke 11:34.¶
2.
(
/
, 172), the negative of
(see
HARM
, A, No. 1), “void of evil,”
is rendered “harmless” in Heb. 7:26 (
RV
, “guileless”), of the character of Christ as a High
Priest; in Rom. 16:18,
RV
, “innocent,”
KJV
, “simple.”¶
HARP
A. Noun.
(
1$
, 2788), whence Eng., “guitar,” denotes “a lyre” or “harp”; it is
described by Josephus as an instrument of ten strings, played by a plectrum (a smaller
instrument was played by the hand); it is mentioned in 1 Cor. 14:7; Rev. 5:8; 14:2; 15:2.¶
B. Verb.
(
$&
, 2789) signifies “to play on the harp,” 1 Cor. 14:7; Rev. 14:2.¶ In
the Sept., Isa. 23:16.¶
HARPER
(
$-
, 2790) denotes “one who plays and sings to the lyre” (from
, “a lyre,” and
, “a singer”), Rev. 14:2; 18:22.¶
HARVEST
(
$
, 2326), akin to
, “to reap,” is used (a) of “the act of
harvesting,” John 4:35; (b) “the time of harvest,” figuratively, Matt. 13:30, 39; Mark
4:29; (c) “the crop,” figuratively, Matt. 9:37, 38; Luke 10:2; Rev. 14:15. The beginning
of “harvest” varied according to natural conditions, but took place on the average about