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(
, 1430), akin to
, “to build,” denotes a housetop. The housetop was
flat, and guarded by a low parapet wall (see Deut. 22:8). It was much frequented and used
for various purposes, e.g., for proclamations, Matt. 10:27; Luke 12:3; for prayer, Acts
10:9. The house was often built round a court, across the top of which cords were fixed
from the parapet walls for supporting a covering from the heat. The housetop could be
reached by stairs outside the building; the paralytic in Luke 5:19 could be let down into
the court or area by rolling back the covering. External flight from the housetop in time
or danger is enjoined in Matt. 24:17; Mark 13:15; Luke 17:31.¶
For
HOW and HOWBEIT
, see
†
p. 1
For
HOW GREAT
see
GREAT
, Nos. 4, 5, 6
HOWL
$
(
A "
, 3649), an onomatopoeic verb (expressing its significance in its
sound), “to cry aloud” (the Sept. uses it to translate the Heb.
$
, e.g., Isa. 13:6; 15:3;
Jer. 4:8; Ezek. 21:12; Lat.,
$ $
, and Eng., howl are akin). was primarily used of
crying aloud to the gods; it is found in Jas. 5:1 in an exhortation to the godless rich.¶
HUMBLE (Adjective and Verb)
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
, 5011) primarily signifies “low-lying.” It is used always in a
good sense in the NT, metaphorically, to denote (a) “of low degree, brought low,” Luke
1:52; Rom. 12:16,
KJV
, “(men) of low estate,”
RV
, “(things that are) lowly” (i.e., of low
degree); 2 Cor. 7:6,
KJV
, “cast down,”
RV
, “lowly”; the preceding context shows that this
occurrence belongs to (a); Jas. 1:9, “of low degree”; (b) humble in spirit, Matt. 11:29; 2
Cor. 10:1,
RV
, “lowly,”
KJV
“base”; Jas. 4:6; 1 Pet. 5:5. See
BASE
,
CAST
,
Note
(7),
DEGREE
(
Note
),
LOWLY
.¶
2.
, “humbleminded” (
, “the mind”), 1 Pet. 3:8; see
COURTEOUS
.¶
B. Verb.
(
, 5013), akin to A, signifies “to make low,” (a) literally, “of
mountains and hills,” Luke 3:5 (passive voice); (b) metaphorically, in the active voice,
Matt. 18:4; 23:12 (2nd part); Luke 14:11 (2nd part); 18:14 (2nd part); 2 Cor. 11:7
(“abasing”); 12:21; Phil. 2:8; in the passive voice, Matt. 23:12 (1st part),
RV
, “shall be
humbled,”
KJV
, “shall be abased”; Luke 14:11 (ditto); 18:14 (ditto); Phil. 4:12, “to be
abased”; in the passive, with middle voice sense, Jas. 4:10, “humble yourselves”; 1 Pet.
5:6 (ditto). See
ABASE
,
LOW
(to bring).¶
HUMBLENESS OF MIND, HUMILITY
$
(
$ "
, 5012), “lowliness of mind” (
, see A,
above, under
HUMBLE
, and
, “the mind”), is rendered “humility of mind” in Acts
20:19,
KJV
(
RV
, “lowliness of mind”); in Eph. 4:2, “lowliness”; in Phil. 2:3, “lowliness of
mind”; in Col. 2:18, 23, of a false “humility”; in Col. 3:12,
KJV
, “humbleness of mind,”
RV
, “humility”; 1 Pet. 5:5, “humility.” See
LOWLINESS
.¶
†
Indicates that the word referred to (preposition, conjunction, or particle) is not dealt
with in this volume.