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, 1473) is the nominative case of the first personal pronoun. The pronoun,
“I,” however, generally forms a part of the verb itself in Greek; thus
$
itself means “I
loose,” the pronoun being incorporated in the verb form. Where the pronoun
is added
to the verb, it is almost invariably, if not entirely, emphatic. The emphasis may not be so
apparent in some instances, as e.g., Matt. 10:16, but even here it may be taken that
something more of stress is present than if the pronoun were omitted. By far the greater
number of instances are found in the Gospel of John, and there in the utterances of the
Lord concerning Himself, e.g., 4:14, 26, 32, 38; 5:34, 36, 43, 45; 6:35, 40, 41, 48, 51
(twice), 63, 70 instances in the Epistles are Rom. 7:9, 14, 17, 20 (twice), 24, 25; there are
more in that chapter than in any other outside the Gospel of John.
In other cases of the pronoun than the nominative, the pronoun is usually more
necessary to the meaning, apart from any stress.
For
(i.e.,
), see
EVEN
,
Note
(6).
IDLE
(
$
, 692) denotes “inactive, idle, unfruitful, barren” ( , negative, and
,
“work”; cf. the verb
, “to reduce to inactivity”: see
ABOLISH
); it is used (a)
literally, Matt. 20:3, 6; 1 Tim. 5:13 (twice); Titus 1:12,
RV
, “idle (gluttons); 2 Pet. 1:8,
RV
, “idle,”
KJV
, “barren”; (b) metaphorically in the sense of “ineffective, worthless,” as of
a word, Matt. 12:36; of faith unaccompanied by works, Jas. 2:20 (some mss. have
,
“dead”).¶
For
IDLE TALES
(
Luke 24:11
,
RV
, “idle talk”) see
TALK
IDOL
(
S
, 1497), primarily “a phantom or likeness” (from
, “an
appearance,” lit., “that which is seen”), or “an idea, fancy,” denotes in the NT (a) “an
idol,” an image to represent a false god, Acts 7:41; 1 Cor. 12:2; Rev. 9:20; (b) “the false
god” worshipped in an image, Acts 15:20; Rom. 2:22; 1 Cor. 8:4, 7; 10:19; 2 Cor. 6:16; 1
Thess. 1:9; 1 John 5:21.¶
“The corresponding Heb. word denotes ‘vanity,’ Jer. 14:22; 18:15; ‘thing of nought,’
Lev. 19:4, marg., cf. Eph. 4:17. Hence what represented a deity to the Gentiles, was to
Paul a ‘vain thing,’ Acts 14:15; ‘nothing in the world,’ 1 Cor. 8:4; 10:19. Jeremiah calls
the idol a ‘scarecrow’ (‘pillar in a garden,’ 10:5, marg.), and Isaiah, 44:9-20, etc., and
Habakkuk, 2:18, 19 and the Psalmist, 115:4-8, etc., are all equally scathing. It is
important to notice, however, that in each case the people of God are addressed. When he
speaks to idolaters, Paul, knowing that no man is won by ridicule, adopts a different line,
Acts 14:15-18; 17:16, 21-31.”*
IDOLS (full of)
¶ Indicates that all the NT occurrences of the Greek word under consideration are
mentioned under the heading or sub-heading.
* From
Notes on Thessalonians,
pp. 44, 45, by Hogg and Vine.