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spiritual Jerusalem, 12:22; (i) of the kingdom of Christ in its future manifestation, 2 Tim.
4:18; (j) of all beings and things, animate and inanimate, that are “above the earth,” Phil.
2:10; (k) of the resurrection and glorified bodies of believers, 1 Cor. 15:49; (l) of the
“heavenly orbs,” 1 Cor. 15:40 (“celestial,” twice, and so rendered here only).¶
Note:
In connection with (a), the word “heavenly,” used of God the Father in Luke
11:13, represents the phrase
@
$ $
, “from heaven.”
C. Adverb.
$
(
'$
, 3771), formed from A, No. 1, and denoting “from heaven,”
is used of (a) the aerial heaven, Acts 14:17; (b) heaven, as the uncreated sphere of God’s
abode, 26:13.¶
HEAVY, HEAVINESS
A. Nouns.
1.
$
(
"
, 3077), “grief, sorrow,” is rendered “heaviness” in the
KJV
of Rom. 9:2;
2 Cor. 2:1 (
RV
, “sorrow,” in both places). See
GRIEF
,
SORROW
.
2.
(
)
, 2726) probably denotes a downcast look, expressive of
sorrow; hence, “dejection, heaviness”; it is used in Jas. 4:9.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 85), “to be troubled, much distressed,” is used of the Lord’s
sorrow in Gethsemane, Matt. 26:37; Mark 14:33,
KJV
, “to be very heavy,”
RV
, “to be sore
troubled”; of Epaphroditus, because the saints at Philippi had received news of his
sickness, Phil. 2:26,
KJV
, “was full of heaviness,”
RV
, “was sore troubled. See
TROUBLE
,
B, No 12.¶
2.
$
(
!
, 3076), “to distress, grieve” (akin to A, No. 1), is rendered “are in
heaviness” in 1 Pet. 1:6,
KJV
(
RV
, “have been put to grief”); here, as frequently, it is in the
passive voice. See
GRIEF
,
SORROWFUL
.
3.
(
$!
, 916), always in the passive voice in the NT, is rendered “were
heavy” in Matt. 26:43; Mark 14:40; Luke 9:32. See
BURDEN
.
Note:
For “heavy laden,” Matt. 11:28, see
LADE
, No. 3.
C. Adjective.
$
(
$"
, 926), “heavy” (akin to B, No. 3), is so rendered in Matt. 23:4. See
GRIEVOUS
.
HEDGE
(
$
, 5418) denotes any sort of fence, hedge, palings or wall (akin to
, “to fence in, stop”). It is used (a) in its literal sense, in Matt. 21:33, lit. “(he put)
a hedge (around)”; Mark 12:1; Luke 14:23; (b) metaphorically, of the “partition” which
separated Gentile from Jew, which was broken down by Christ through the efficacy of
His expiatory sacrifice, Eph. 2:14.¶
HEED (to give, to take)
1.
(
!
, 991), “to look,” see, usually implying more especially an intent,
earnest contemplation, is rendered “take heed” in Matt. 24:4; Mark 4:24; 13:5, 9, 23, 33;