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Christ, John 12:26; (3) the duty of all to “honor” the Son equally with the Father, 5:23;
(4) the duty of children to “honor” their parents, Matt. 15:4; 19:19; Mark 7:10; 10:19;
Luke 18:20; Eph. 6:2; (5) the duty of Christians to “honor” the king, and all men, 1 Pet.
2:17; (6) the respect and material assistance to be given to widows “that are widows
indeed,” 1 Tim. 5:3; (7) the “honor” done to Paul and his companions by the inhabitants
of Melita, Acts 28:10; (8) mere lip profession of “honor” to God, Matt. 15:8: Mark 7:6.¶
2.
@
(
1
, 1392), “to glorify” (from
@
, A, No. 2), is rendered “honor”
and “honoreth” in the
KJV
of John 8:54; in 1 Cor. 12:26, however, in reference to the
members of the body, both
KJV
and
RV
have “honored” (
RV
marg., “glorified”).
Everywhere else it is translated by some form of the verb “to glorify,” “have glory,” or
“be made glorious,” except in Rom. 11:13, “magnify,”
KJV
. See
GLORIFY
.
HONORABLE, WITHOUT HONOR
1.
@
(
+
, 1741) denotes (a) “held in honor” ( , “in,”
@
, “honor”; cf.
HONOR
, A, No. 2), “of high repute,” 1 Cor. 4:10,
KJV
“(are) honorable,”
RV
, “(have)
glory,” in contrast to
, “without honor” (see No. 6 below). See
GLORIOUS
,
GORGEOUSLY
.
2.
(
+
, 1784), lit., “in honor” ( , “in,”
, “honor”: see
HONOR
, A,
No. 1), is used of the centurion’s servant in Luke 7:2. “dear” (
RV
marg., “precious … or
honorable”): of self-sacrificing servants of the Lord, said of Epaphroditus, Phil. 2:29,
RV
“(hold such) in honor” (
KJV
, “in reputation”; marg., “honor such”); of Christ, as a
precious stone, 1 Pet. 2:4, 6 (
RV
marg., “honorable”). Cf.
in 1:7, 19; see No. 4.¶
The comparative degree,
, is used (in the best mss.) of degrees of honor
attached to persons invited to a feast, a marriage feast, Luke 14:8, “a more honorable
man.” See
PRECIOUS
.¶
3.
$
(
' )
, 2158) signifies “elegant, comely, of honorable position,”
KJV
, “honorable,”
RV
, “of honorable estate,” Mark 15:43; Acts 13:50; 17:12; for other
renderings in 1 Cor. 7:35 and 12:24 see
COMELY
, B.
4.
(
&
, 5093), “precious, valuable, honorable” (akin to
, “honor”; see
No. 2), is used of marriage in Heb. 13:4,
KJV
, as a statement, “(marriage) is honorable (in
all),”
RV
, as an exhortation, “let (marriage) be had in honor (among all).” See
DEAR
,
PRECIOUS
,
REPUTATION
.
5.
(
, 2570), “good, fair,” is translated “honorable” in Rom. 12:17; 2 Cor.
8:21; 13:7,
RV
(
KJV
, “honest”). See
GOOD
,
HONEST
.
6.
(
/
, 820), without honor ( , negative, or privative,
, “honor”),
“despised,” is translated “without honor” in Matt. 13:57; Mark 6:4; “dishonor” in 1 Cor.
4:10,
RV
(
KJV
, “despised”). See
DESPISE
.
The comparative degree
is used in the best mss. in 1 Cor. 12:23, “less
honorable.Ӧ
Note:
For
, honorable, Phil. 4:8,
RV
, see
GRAVE
.
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