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4.
,
, “according to,” and
, “how much,” is translated “inasmuch
as” in Heb. 3:3,
KJV
(
RV
, “by so much as”); 7:20; 9:27,
RV
(
KJV
, “as”).
Note:
In Phil. 1:7, the phrase “inasmuch as” translates the present participle of the
verb
, “to be,” lit., “(ye) being (all partakers).”
INCENSE (burn)
A. Noun.
$
(
&
, 2368) denotes “fragrant stuff for burning, incense” (from
$
,
“to offer in sacrifice”), Luke 1:10, 11; in the plural, Rev. 5:8 and 18:13,
RV
(
KJV
,
“odors”); 8:3, 4, signifying “frankincense” here. In connection with the tabernacle, the
“incense” was to be prepared from stacte, onycha, and galbanum, with pure frankincense,
an equal weight of each; imitation for private use was forbidden, Exod. 30:34-38. See
ODOR
.¶ Cf.
$
, “a censer,” Heb. 9:4, and
, “frankincense,” Rev. 18:13;
see
FRANKINCENSE
.¶
B. Verb.
$
(
1
, 2370), “to burn incense” (see A), is found in Luke 1:9.¶
INCLOSE
$
(
&
, 4788), “to shut together, shut in on all sides” (
$
, “with,”
,
“to shut”), is used of a catch of fish, Luke 5:6; metaphorically in Rom. 11:32, of God’s
dealings with Jew and Gentile, in that He has “shut up (
KJV
, concluded) all unto
disobedience, that He might have mercy upon all.” There is no intimation in this of
universal salvation. The meaning, from the context, is that God has ordered that all
should be convicted of disobedience without escape by human merit, that He might
display His mercy, and has offered the gospel without national distinction, and that when
Israel is restored, He will, in the resulting Millennium, show His mercy to all nations.
The word “all” with reference to Israel, is to be viewed in the light of v. 26, and, in
reference to the Gentiles, in the light of vv. 12-25; in Gal. 3:22, 23 (“the Scripture hath
shut up all things under sin”), the apostle shows that, by the impossibility of being
justified by keeping the Law, all, Jew and Gentile, are under sin, so that righteousness
might be reckoned to all who believe. See
CONCLUDE
,
SHUT
.¶
INCONTINENCY, INCONTINENT
A. Noun.
(
$ &
, 192) denotes “want of power” ( , negative,
, “power”);
hence, “want of self-control, incontinency,” 1 Cor. 7:5: in Matt. 23:25, “excess.” See
EXCESS
.¶
B. Adjective.
(
$1
, 193) denotes “powerless, impotent”; in a moral sense,
unrestrained, “without self-control,” 2 Tim. 3:3,
RV
(
KJV
, “incontinent”). See
SELF
-
CONTROL
.¶
For
INCORRUPTIBLE and INCORRUPTION,
see under
CORRUPT
For the noun
INCREASE
, see
GROW
, No. 1,
Note
INCREASE (Verb)
1.
$@
(
' 1
, 837): see
GROW
, No. 1.