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bears the “image” produced by it, and,
2
2
, all the features of the “image”
correspond respectively with those of the instrument producing it. In the NT it is used
metaphorically in Heb. 1:3, of the Son of God as “the very image (marg., ‘the impress’)
of His substance.”
RV
. The phrase expresses the fact that the Son “is both personally
distinct from, and yet literally equal to, Him of whose essence He is the adequate
imprint” (Liddon). The Son of God is not merely his “image” (His
), He is the
“image” or impress of His substance, or essence. It is the fact of complete similarity
which this word stresses in comparison with those mentioned at the end of No. 1.¶ In the
Sept., Lev. 13:28, “the mark (of the inflammation).”¶
“In John 1:1-3, Col. 1:15-17, and Heb. 1:2, 3, the special function of creating and
upholding the universe is ascribed to Christ under His titles of Word, Image, and Son,
respectively. The kind of Creatorship so predicated of Him is not that of a mere
instrument or artificer in the formation of the world, but that of One ‘by whom, in whom,
and for whom’ all things are made, and through whom they subsist. This implies the
assertion of His true and absolute Godhood” (Laidlaw, in
B
0 ! 4 !
).
Note:
The similar word
, “a mark” (see
GRAVEN
and
MARK
), has the
narrower meaning of “the thing impressed,” without denoting the special characteristic of
that which produces it, e.g., Rev. 13:16, 17. In Acts 17:29 the meaning is not “graven
(
) by art,” but “an engraved work of art.”
IMAGINATION
1.
(
, 3053), “a reasoning, a thought” (akin to
, “to count,
reckon”), is translated “thoughts” in Rom. 2:15, suggestive of evil intent, not of mere
reasonings; “imaginations” in 2 Cor. 10:5 (
RV
, marg., “reasonings,” in each place). The
word suggests the contemplation of actions as a result of the verdict of conscience. See
THOUGHT
.¶
2.
(
, 1261),
, and No. 1, is rendered “imaginations” in
Rom. 1:21, carrying with it the idea of evil purposes,
RV
, “reasonings”; it is most
frequently translated thoughts. See
DISPUTE
.
3.
(
1
, 1271), strictly, “a thinking over,” denotes “the faculty of
thinking”; then, “of knowing”; hence, “the understanding,” and in general, “the mind,”
and so, “the faculty of moral reflection”; it is rendered “imagination” in Luke 1:51, “the
imagination of their heart” signifying their thoughts and ideas. See
MIND
,
UNDERSTANDING
.
IMAGINE
(
1
, 3191) signifies “to care for” (
, “care”); then, “to attend to,”
“be diligent in,” 1 Tim. 4:15,
RV
, i.e., to practice as the result of devising or planning;
thirdly, “to ponder,” “imagine,” Acts 4:25,
RV
, marg., “meditate.” Some inferior mss.
have it in Mark 13:11. See
DILIGENT
,
MEDITATE
.¶
IMITATE, IMITATOR
A. Verb.
(
!
, 3401), “a mimic, an actor” (Eng., “mime,” etc.), is always
translated “to imitate” in the
RV
, for
KJV
, “to follow,” (a) of imitating the conduct of