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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_190017" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' un ''''' - ''''' dẽr ''''' - ''''' tāk ''''' ´: "To take upon one's self," "assume responsibility," and so in Elizabethan English "be surety." In this sense in the King James Version Isaiah 38:14 , "O Lord,... undertake for me" ( ערב , <i> '''''‛ārabh''''' </i> , the Revised Version (British and American) "be thou my surety"). Perhaps in the same sense in [[Sirach]] 29:19, although the idea is scarcely contained in the | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To assume, as a character. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To venture; to hazard. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. t.) Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. t.) Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To engage with; to attack. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To have knowledge of; to hear. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To take or have the charge of. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63956" /> == | |||
<p> [[Underta'Ke,]] pret. undertook pp. undertaken. under and take. </p> 1. To engage in to enter upon to take in hand to begin to perform. When [[I]] undertook this work, [[I]] had a very inadequate knowledge of the extent of my labors. 2. To covenant or contract to perform or execute. [[A]] man undertakes to erect a house, or to make a mile of canal, when he enters into stipulations for that purpose. 3. To attempt as when a man undertakes what he cannot perform. 4. To assume a character. Not in use. 5. To engage with to attack. <p> Your lordship should not undertake every companion you offend. Not in use. </p> 6. To have the charge of. <p> - Who undertakes you to your end. Not in use. </p> <p> [[Underta'Ke,]] </p> 1. To take upon or assume any business or province. <p> [[O]] Lord, [[I]] am oppressed undertake for me. Isaiah 38 . </p> 2. To venture to hazard. They dare not undertake. 3. To promise to be bound. <p> [[I]] dare undertake they will not lose their labor. </p> <p> To undertake for, to be bound to become surety for. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9246" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' un ''''' - ''''' dẽr ''''' - ''''' tāk ''''' ´: "To take upon one's self," "assume responsibility," and so in Elizabethan English "be surety." In this sense in the King James Version Isaiah 38:14 , [["O]] Lord,... undertake for me" (ערב , <i> '''''‛ārabh''''' </i> , the Revised Version (British and American) "be thou my surety"). Perhaps in the same sense in [[Sirach]] 29:19, although the idea is scarcely contained in the Greek verb διώκω , <i> '''''diṓkō''''' </i> , "pursue." In the modern sense in 1 [[Esdras]] 1:28; 2 Macc 2:29; 8:10; the King James Version 2:27. See [[Sure]]; [[Surety]] . </p> | |||
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Revision as of 00:54, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To assume, as a character.
(2): ( v. i.) To venture; to hazard.
(3): ( v. i.) To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
(4): ( v. t.) To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.
(5): ( v. t.) Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract.
(6): ( v. t.) Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm.
(7): ( v. i.) To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.
(8): ( v. t.) To engage with; to attack.
(9): ( v. t.) To have knowledge of; to hear.
(10): ( v. t.) To take or have the charge of.
King James Dictionary [2]
Underta'Ke, pret. undertook pp. undertaken. under and take.
1. To engage in to enter upon to take in hand to begin to perform. When I undertook this work, I had a very inadequate knowledge of the extent of my labors. 2. To covenant or contract to perform or execute. A man undertakes to erect a house, or to make a mile of canal, when he enters into stipulations for that purpose. 3. To attempt as when a man undertakes what he cannot perform. 4. To assume a character. Not in use. 5. To engage with to attack.
Your lordship should not undertake every companion you offend. Not in use.
6. To have the charge of.
- Who undertakes you to your end. Not in use.
1. To take upon or assume any business or province.
O Lord, I am oppressed undertake for me. Isaiah 38 .
2. To venture to hazard. They dare not undertake. 3. To promise to be bound.
I dare undertake they will not lose their labor.
To undertake for, to be bound to become surety for.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
un - dẽr - tāk ´: "To take upon one's self," "assume responsibility," and so in Elizabethan English "be surety." In this sense in the King James Version Isaiah 38:14 , "O Lord,... undertake for me" (ערב , ‛ārabh , the Revised Version (British and American) "be thou my surety"). Perhaps in the same sense in Sirach 29:19, although the idea is scarcely contained in the Greek verb διώκω , diṓkō , "pursue." In the modern sense in 1 Esdras 1:28; 2 Macc 2:29; 8:10; the King James Version 2:27. See Sure; Surety .
