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the middle of April in the eastern lowlands of Palestine, in the latter part of the month in
the coast plains and a little later in high districts. Barley “harvest” usually came first and
then wheat. “Harvesting” lasted about seven weeks, and was the occasion of festivities.¶
HASTE, WITH HASTE, HASTILY
A. Noun.
$
(
)
, 4710) denotes (a) “haste, speed,” accompanied by “with,” Mark
6:25; Luke 1:39; (b) “zeal, diligence, earnestness”: see
BUSINESS
,
CARE
,
CAREFULNESS
,
DILIGENCE
,
FORWARDNESS
.
B. Verb.
$
(
"
, 4692) denotes (a) intransitively, “to hasten,” Luke 2:16, “with
haste,” lit., “(they came) hastening”; Luke 19:5, 6; Acts 20:16; 22:18; (b) transitively, “to
desire earnestly,” 2 Pet. 3:12,
RV
, “earnestly desiring” (marg., “hastening”),
KJV
,
“hasting” (the day of God), i.e., in our practical fellowship with God as those who are
appointed by Him as instruments through prayer and service for the accomplishment of
His purposes, purposes which will be unthwartably fulfilled both in time and manner of
accomplishment. In this way the earnest desire will find its fulfillment.¶
C. Adverb.
(
!
, 5030), “quickly,” is used in a warning to lay hands “hastily” on no
man (with a suggestion of rashness), 1 Tim. 5:22,
RV
(
KJV
, “suddenly”); in John 11:31,
RV
, “(she rose up) quickly” (
KJV
, hastily). See
QUICKLY
,
SHORTLY
,
SUDDENLY
.
HATE, HATEFUL, HATER, HATRED
A. Verb.
(
!
, 3404), “to hate,” is used especially (a) of malicious and unjustifiable
feelings towards others, whether towards the innocent or by mutual animosity, e.g., Matt.
10:22; 24:10; Luke 6:22, 27; 19:14; John 3:20, of “hating” the light (metaphorically); 7:7;
15:18, 19, 23-25; Titus 3:3; 1 John 2:9, 11; 3:13, 15; 4:20; Rev. 18:2, where “hateful”
translates the perfect participle passive voice of the verb, lit., “hated,” or “having been
hated”; (b) of a right feeling of aversion from what is evil; said of wrongdoing, Rom.
7:15; iniquity, Heb. 1:9; “the garment (figurative) spotted by the flesh,” Jude 23; “the
works of the Nicolaitans,” Rev. 2:6 (and v. 15, in some mss.; see the
KJV
); (c) of relative
preference for one thing over another, by way of expressing either aversion from, or
disregard for, the claims of one person or thing relatively to those of another, Matt. 6:24,
and Luke 16:13, as to the impossibility of serving two masters; Luke 14:26, as to the
claims of parents relatively to those of Christ; John 12:25, of disregard for one’s life
relatively to the claims of Christ; Eph. 5:29, negatively, of one’s flesh, i.e. of one’s own,
and therefore a man’s wife as one with him.
Note:
In 1 John 3:15, he who “hates” his brother is called a murderer; for the sin lies
in the inward disposition, of which the act is only the outward expression.
B. Adjective.
$
(
, 4767), “hateful” (from
$
, “to hate,” not found in the NT), is
used in Titus 3:3.¶
C. Nouns.
1.
(
+ $
, 2189), “hatred”: see
ENMITY
.