Difference between revisions of "Fervent"

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<p> '''''fûr´vent''''' ( דּלק , <i> '''''dālaḳ''''' </i> ; ἐκτενής , <i> '''''ektenḗs''''' </i> , ζέω , <i> '''''zéō''''' </i> ): "Fervent" (from [[Latin]] <i> fervere </i> , "to boil") does not occur in the King James Version of the Old Testament, but the Revised Version (British and American) gives it as the translation of <i> '''''dālaḳ''''' </i> , "to burn" ( Proverbs 26:23 ), instead of "burning," "fervent lips and a wicked heart." In the New [[Testament]] it is the translation of <i> '''''ektenēs''''' </i> , "stretched out," hence, intent, earnest ( 1 Peter 4:8 , "being fervent in your love among yourselves"); of <i> '''''zeō''''' </i> , "to boil," "to be hot" ( Romans 12:11 , "fervent in spirit," Acts 18:25 ); of <i> '''''zḗlos''''' </i> , "zeal," "fervor" ( 2 Corinthians 7:7 , the Revised Version (British and American) "zeal"), in James 5:16 the King James Version has: "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much," where the [[Greek]] is: <i> '''''polú ischúei déēsis dikaı́ou energouménē''''' </i> , which the Revised Version (British and American) renders, "The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working." </p> <p> "Fervently" is the translation of <i> '''''agonı́zomai''''' </i> , "to strive or struggle" (agonize), Colossians 4:12 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "Epaphras ... striving for you in his prayers"; of <i> '''''ektenṓs''''' </i> , literally, in an outstretched manner ( 1 Peter 1:22 , the Revised Version (British and American) "Love one another from the heart fervently"; compare 1 Peter 4:8 , "fervent in your love among yourselves"). [[Christian]] love too often lacks this <i> fervency </i> , but Christ's love for us was "stretched out" to the uttermost. </p> <p> The Revised Version (British and American) has "fervently" for "earnestly" ( James 5:17 , margin "with prayer"). </p>