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Greek
Meanings: Love 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 "Charity suffereth long, (charity throughout these verses is translated ‘agape’, meaning "brotherly love, affection, good will, benevolence", ‘suffers long’ is translated ‘makroqumiva’ meaning ‘slow in avenging wrongs, endurance, constancy, steadfast, perseverance’) and is kind; (kind here is ‘crhsteuvomai’, meaning ‘to show one's self mild, to be kind, use kindness’) charity envieth not (envy here is ‘zhlovw’, meaning ‘to be heated or to boil with envy, hatred, anger’ ); charity vaunteth not itself (vaunt is translated exalt, ‘perpereuvomai’ meaning ‘to boast one's self, a self display, employing rhetorical embellishments in extolling one's self excessively’), is not puffed up (puffed up: ‘fusiovw’, meaning ‘to make natural, to cause a thing to pass into nature, to inflate, blow up, to cause to swell up, to be puffed up, to bear one's self loftily, be proud’) 5. Doth not behave itself unseemly (unseemly: ‘ajschmonevw’, meaning‘to act unbecomingly’), seeketh not her own (her is ‘eJautou’ meaning ‘himself, herself, itself, themselves;), is not easily provoked (provoked: ‘paroxuvnw’, meaning ‘to irritate, provoke, arouse to anger, to scorn, despise, provoke, make angry, to exasperate, to burn with anger’), thinketh no evil; (thinks: ‘logizomai’, meaning ‘to take an inventory, i.e. estimate (literally or figuratively), despise, esteem, impute, lay, number, reason, reckon, suppose, metaph. to pass to one's account, to impute, a thing is reckoned as or to be something, i.e. as availing for or equivalent to something, as having the like force and weight, to suppose, deem, judge, to determine, purpose, decide [purposing in your heart to think a certain way]’; evil: ‘kakos’, meaning ‘worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas GSN4190 properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious, troublesome, injurious, pernicious, destructive, baneful, of a bad nature) 6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity (rejoices here is ‘chairo, caivrw’ meaning ‘to be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well, to rejoice exceedingly, at the beginning of letters: to give one greeting, salute; Iniquity: ‘adikia’ meaning ‘(legal) injustice (properly, the quality, by implication, the act); morally, wrongfulness (of character, life or act)’), but rejoiceth in the truth; (this rejoice is different from the one above: ‘sugchairo’, meaning ‘to sympathize in gladness, congratulate’; truth: ‘ajlhvqeia’, meaning ‘what is true in things appertaining to God and the duties of man, moral and religious truth, in the greatest latitude, the truth as taught in the Christian religion, respecting God and the execution of his purposes through Christ, and respecting the duties of man, opposing alike to the superstitions of the Gentiles and the inventions of the Jews, and the corrupt opinions and precepts of false teachers even among Christians’) 7. Beareth all things, ( bears: ‘stego’, meaning ‘ to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently), suffer for’, All things: ‘pas’, meaning ‘all, any, every, the whole, all (manner of, means), always, any (one), X daily’) believeth all things, (believes: ‘pisteuo’, meaning ‘to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)’ ) hopeth all things, (hopes: ‘elpizo’, meaning ‘to expect or confide, hope(-d) (for), trust’) endureth all things. (endures: ‘ hupomeno’, meaning ‘to stay under (behind), i.e. remain; figuratively, to undergo, i.e. bear (trials), have fortitude, persevere’) 8. Charity never faileth: ( fails: ‘ekpipto’, meaning ‘to drop away; specially, be driven out of one's course; figuratively, to lose, become inefficient’) |