Difference between revisions of "Swelling"

<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' p. pr. & vb. n.) of [[Swell]] </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] protuberance; a prominence </p>

<p> [[Swell'Ing,]] ppr. [[Growing]] or enlarging in its dimensions growing tumid inflating growing tumid inflating growing or making louder. </p> <p> [[Swell'Ing,]] n. [[A]] tumor,or any morbid enlargement of the natural size as a swelling on the hand or leg. </p> 1. Protuberance prominence. <p> The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities and swellings. </p> 2. [[A]] rising or enlargement by passion as the swellings of anger, grief or pride.

<p> ''''' swel´ing ''''' : The verb גּאה , <i> ''''' gā'āh ''''' </i> , means "rise up" (&nbsp; Ezekiel 47:5 , etc.), so that the noun <i> '''''ga'ăwāh''''' </i> (&nbsp;Psalm 46:3 ) means "arising." The "swelling" of the sea that shakes the mountains is a perfectly good translation, and "pride" (so the American Revised Version margin) is beside the mark. In &nbsp;Jeremiah 12:5; &nbsp;Jeremiah 49:19 parallel &nbsp; Jeremiah 50:44; &nbsp;Zechariah 11:3 is found the phrase <i> '''''ge'ōn''''' </i> <i> '''''ha''''' </i> - <i> '''''yardēn''''' </i> , "exaltation of the Jordan," which the King James Version translates "pride of Jordan" in Zechariah and "swelling of Jordan" in Jeremiah (the Revised Version (British and American) has "pride" throughout, with "swelling" in the margin of Jeremiah). What is described is a place, with a mass of vegetation, easily burned (&nbsp;Zechariah 11:1-3 ), a lair of lions (&nbsp;Jeremiah 49:19; &nbsp;Zechariah 11:3 ), and a particularly dangerous place for human beings (&nbsp;Jeremiah 12:5 ). The luxuriant thicket of the [[Jordan]] bank is evidently meant, which could well be spoken of as "Jordan's pride" ( <i> [[Ohl]] </i> , "majesty of the Jordan"), and "swelling" is quite impossible. </p> <p> In the New [[Testament]] "swelling" is used in &nbsp;2 Corinthians 12:20 for φυσίωσις , <i> '''''phusı́ōsis''''' </i> , "puffing up," "blatant self-conceit," and &nbsp;2 Peter 2:18 parallel Jude &nbsp; Judges 1:16 for ὑπέρογκος , <i> '''''hupérogkos''''' </i> , "overgrown," "solemnly inane." </p>

<p> (גָּאוֹן, ''gaon,'' "excellency," "pride," etc.) [[Of]] [[Jordan]] is a phrase occurring in the [[A.V.]] at &nbsp;Jeremiah 12:5; &nbsp;Jeremiah 49:19; but which should be rendered "''pride'' of Jordan," as in &nbsp;Zechariah 11:3. It refers to the verdure and thickets along the banks, lined with willows, tamarisks, and cane, in which the lions once made their covert; but has no allusion to overwhelming billows from a rise of the waters (Reland, Palaest. p. 274). (See [[Jordan]]). </p>