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1.
(
# &
, 1679), “to hope,” is not infrequently translated in the
KJV
, by the
verb “to trust”; the
RV
adheres to some form of the verb “to hope,” e.g., John 5:45,
“Moses, on whom ye have set your hope”; 2 Cor. 1:10, “on whom we have set our hope”;
so in 1 Tim. 4:10; 5:5; 6:17; see also, e.g., Matt. 12:21; Luke 24:21; Rom. 15:12, 24.
The verb is followed by three prepositions: (1)
, rendered “on” in John 5:45 (as
above); the meaning is really “in” as in 1 Pet. 3:5, “who hoped in God”; the “hope” is
thus said to be directed to, and to center in, a person; (2) , “on,” Rom. 15:12, “On Him
shall the Gentiles hope,”
RV
; so 1 Tim. 4:10; 5:5 (in the best mss.); 6:17,
RV
; this
expresses the ground upon which “hope” rests; (3) , “in,” 1 Cor. 15:19, “we have
hoped in Christ,”
RV
, more lit., “we are (men) that have hoped in Christ,” the preposition
expresses that Christ is not simply the ground upon whom, but the sphere and element in
whom, the “hope” is placed. The form of the verb (the perfect participle with the verb to
be, lit., “are having hoped”) stresses the character of those who “hope,” more than the
action; “hope” characterizes them, showing what sort of persons they are. See
TRUST
.
2.
(
$ &
, 4276), “to hope before” ( , “before,” and No. 1), is found
in Eph. 1:12.¶
3.
(
&
, 560), lit., “to hope from” ( , and No, 1): see
DESPAIR
.
HORN
(
!$
, 2768), “a horn,” is used in the plural, as the symbol of strength, (a) in
the apocalyptic visions; (1) on the head of the Lamb as symbolic of Christ, Rev. 5:6; (2)
on the heads of beasts as symbolic of national potentates, Rev. 12:3; 13:1, 11; 17:3, 7, 12,
16 (cf. Dan. 7:8; 8:9; Zech. 1:18, etc.); (3) at the corners of the golden altar, Rev. 9:13
(cf. Exod. 30:2; the horns were of one piece with the altar, as in the case of the brazen
altar, 27:2, and were emblematic of the efficacy of the ministry connected with it); (b)
metaphorically, in the singular, “a horn of salvation,” Luke 1:69 (a frequent metaphor in
the OT, e.g., Ps. 18:2; cf. 1 Sam. 2:10; Lam. 2:3).¶
HORSE
(
(
, 2462), apart from the fifteen occurrences in the Apocalypse, occurs
only in Jas. 3:3; in the Apocalypse “horses” are seen in visions in 6:2, 4, 5, 8; 9:7, 9, 17
(twice); 14:20; 19:11, 14, 19, 21; otherwise in 18:13; 19:18.¶
HORSEMEN
1.
$
(
, "
, 2460), “a horseman,” is used in the plural in Acts 23:23, 32.¶
2.
(
,
, 2461**), an adjective signifying “of a horse” or “of horsemen,
equestrian,” is used as a noun denoting “cavalry,” in Rev. 9:16, “horsemen,” numbering
“twice ten thousand times ten thousand,”
RV
.¶
HOSANNA
(
.
1
, 5614), in the Hebrew, means “save, we pray.” The word seems to
have become an utterance of praise rather than of prayer, though originally, probably, a
cry for help. The people’s cry at the Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Matt. 21:9,
15; Mark 11:9, 10; John 12:13) was taken from Ps. 118, which was recited at the Feast of
Tabernacles (see
FEAST
) in the great Hallel (Psalms 113 to 118) in responses with the