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2.
(
$ "
, 4052), “to be over and above, to abound,” is translated
“increased” in Acts 16:5, of churches; “increase” in the
KJV
of 1 Thess. 4:10 (
RV
,
abound). See
ABOUND
, under
ABUNDANCE
, B, No. 1.
3.
(
1
, 4121), “to make to abound,” is translated “make (you) to
increase” in 1 Thess. 3:12, with No. 2. See
ABUNDANCE
, B, No. 3.
4.
(
$
1$
, 4278) is translated by the verb “to increase” in Luke 2:52
and in the
KJV
of 2 Tim. 2:16 (
RV
, “will proceed further”).
See
ADVANCE
,
PROCEED
.
5.
(
$ &
, 4369), “to put to, add to,” is translated “increase” in Luke
17:5. See
ADD
, No. 2.
Note:
For “increased in strength” see
STRENGTH
.
INCREDIBLE
(
/
, 571) is once rendered “incredible,” Acts 26:8, of the doctrine of
resurrection; elsewhere it is used of persons, with the meaning “unbelieving.” See
BELIEF
,
C,
Note
(3).
INDEBTED (to be)
(
A &
, 3784), “to owe, to be a debtor,” is translated “is indebted” in Luke
11:4. Luke does not draw a parallel between our forgiving and God’s; he speaks of God’s
forgiving sins, of our forgiving “debts,” moral debts, probably not excluding material
debts. Matthew speaks of our sins as
, “debts,” and uses parallel terms.
Ellicott and others suggest that Luke used a term more adapted to the minds of gentile
readers. The inspired language provides us with both, as intended by the Lord.
INDEED
1.
(
!
, 3303), a conjunctive particle (originally a form of
, “verily, truly,”
found in Heb. 6:14.¶), usually related to an adversative conjunction or particle, like , in
the following clause, which is placed in opposition to it. Frequently it is untranslatable;
sometimes it is rendered “indeed,” e.g., Matt. 3:11; 13:32; 17:11,
RV
(
KJV
, “truly”);
20:23; 26:41; (some mss. have it in Mark 1:8); Mark 9:12,
RV
(
KJV
, “verily”).
2.
(
)
, 227), “true,” is rendered “indeed” in John 6:55 (twice), see
RV
marg.; some mss. have No. 3 here.
3.
(
, 230), “truly” (from No. 2), is translated “indeed” in John 1:47;
4:42; 8:31.
4.
(
7
, 3689), an adverb from , the present participle of
, “to be,”
denotes “really, actually”; it is translated “indeed” in Mark 11:32 (
RV
, “verily”); Luke
24:34; John 8:36; 1 Cor. 14:25,
RV
(
KJV
“of a truth”); 1 Tim. 5:3, 5, 16; 6:15,
RV
, where
some mss. have
, “eternal” (
KJV
); in Gal. 3:21, “verily.”
5.
signifies “and in fact,” “for also” ( , “and,” or “even,” or “also”;
,
“for”;
always comes after the first word in the sentence); it is translated “For indeed”
in the
RV
of Acts 19:40; 2 Cor. 5:4; 1 Thess. 4:10 (
KJV
, “and indeed”);
KJV
and
RV
in
Phil. 2:27. This phrase has a confirmatory sense, rather than a modifying effect, e.g.,