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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76640" /> == | |||
<div> '''1: '''''Φιλοτιμέομαι''''' ''' (Strong'S #5389 — Verb — philotimeomai — fil-ot-im-eh'-om-ahee ) </div> <p> lit., "to be fond of honor" (phileo, "to love," time, "honor"), and so, actuated by this motive, "to strive to bring something to pass;" hence, "to be ambitious, to make it one's aim," Romans 15:20 , of Paul's "aim" in [[Gospel]] pioneering, RV (AV, "strive"); 2—Corinthians 5:9 , of the "aim" of believers "to be well-pleasing" unto the Lord, RV (AV, "labor"); in 1—Thessalonians 4:11 , of the "aim" of believers to be quiet, do their own business and work with their own hands; both versions translate it "study." Some would render it, "strive restlessly;" perhaps "strive earnestly" is nearer the mark, but "make it one's aim" is a good translation in all three places. See [[Labor]] , [[Strive]] , Study. </p> | |||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_84064" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' (v. i.) To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (v. i.) To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; - followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. i.) To guess or conjecture. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v. t.) To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice). </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. i.) The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v. i.) The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (v. i.) Intention; purpose; design; scheme. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (v. i.) Conjecture; guess. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_640" /> == | |||
''''' ām ''''' στοχάσασθαι <i> ''''' stochásasthai ''''' </i> <i> conjecture </i> | ''''' ām ''''' στοχάσασθαι <i> ''''' stochásasthai ''''' </i> <i> conjecture </i> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:46, 16 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
lit., "to be fond of honor" (phileo, "to love," time, "honor"), and so, actuated by this motive, "to strive to bring something to pass;" hence, "to be ambitious, to make it one's aim," Romans 15:20 , of Paul's "aim" in Gospel pioneering, RV (AV, "strive"); 2—Corinthians 5:9 , of the "aim" of believers "to be well-pleasing" unto the Lord, RV (AV, "labor"); in 1—Thessalonians 4:11 , of the "aim" of believers to be quiet, do their own business and work with their own hands; both versions translate it "study." Some would render it, "strive restlessly;" perhaps "strive earnestly" is nearer the mark, but "make it one's aim" is a good translation in all three places. See Labor , Strive , Study.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (v. i.) To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
(2): (v. i.) To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; - followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.
(3): (v. i.) To guess or conjecture.
(4): (v. t.) To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).
(5): (v. i.) The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
(6): (v. i.) The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
(7): (v. i.) Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
(8): (v. i.) Conjecture; guess.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
ām στοχάσασθαι stochásasthai conjecture
