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(or
) (
&
, 335), denotes “shamelessness, importunity” ( ,
negative, , euphonic, and
, “shame, modesty”), and is used in the Lord’s
illustration concerning the need of earnestness and perseverance in prayer, Luke 11:8. If
shameless persistence can obtain a boon from a neighbor, then certainly earnest prayer
will receive our Father’s answer.¶
IMPOSED
(
# &
, 1945) denotes “to be placed on, to lie on,” (a) literally, as of the
stone on the sepulchre of Lazarus, John 11:38; of the fish on the fire of coals, 21:9; (b)
figuratively, of a tempest (to press upon), Acts 27:20; of a necessity laid upon the apostle
Paul, 1 Cor. 9:16; of the pressure of the multitude upon Christ to hear Him, Luke 5:1,
“pressed upon”; of the insistence of the chief priests, rulers and people that Christ should
be crucified, Luke 23:23, “were instant”; of carnal ordinances “imposed” under the Law
until a time of reformation, brought in through the High Priesthood of Christ, Heb. 9:10.
See
INSTANT
,
LIE
,
PRESS
.¶
IMPOSSIBLE
A. Adjectives.
1.
$
(
"
, 102), from , negative, and
$
, “able, strong,” is used
(a) of persons, Acts 14:8, “impotent”; figuratively, Rom. 15:1, “weak”; (b) of things,
“impossible,” Matt. 19:26; Mark 10:27; Luke 18:27; Heb. 6:4, 18; 10:4; 11:6; in Rom.
8:3, “for what the Law could not do,” is, more lit., “the inability of the law”; the meaning
may be either “the weakness of the Law,” or “that which was impossible for the Law”;
the latter is perhaps preferable; literalism is ruled out here, but the sense is that the Law
could neither justify nor impart life.¶
2.
(
!
, 418) signifies “inadmissible” ( , negative, , euphonic,
and
, “to admit, allow”), Luke 17:1, of occasions of stumbling, where the
meaning is “it cannot be but that they will come.”¶
B. Verb.
$
(
!
, 101) signifies “to be impossible” (corresponding to A, No. 1),
“unable”; in the NT it is used only of things, Matt. 17:20, “(nothing) shall be impossible
(unto you)”; Luke 1:37.
KJV
“(with God nothing) shall be impossible”;
RV
, “(no word
from God—a different construction in the best mss.) shall be void of power”;
may
mean either “word” or “thing” (i.e., fact).¶ In the Sept. the verb is always used of things
and signifies either to be “impossible” or to be impotent, e.g., Gen. 18:14; Lev. 25:35,
“he fail”; Deut. 17:8; Job 4:4, “feeble”; 42:2; Dan. 4:6; Zech. 8:6.
IMPOSTORS
(
, 1114) primarily denotes “a wailer” (
, “to wail”); hence, from the
howl in which spells were chanted, “a wizard, sorcerer, enchanter,” and hence, “a juggler,
cheat, impostor,” rendered “impostors” in 2 Tim. 3:13,
RV
(
KJV
, “seducers”); possibly the
false teachers referred to practiced magical arts; cf. v. 8.¶
IMPOTENT
A. Adjectives.
1.
$
(
"
, 102): see
IMPOSSIBLE
, A, No. 1.