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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77565" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77565" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ἀκατάλυτος''''' ''' (Strong'S #179 — Adjective — akatalutos — ak-at-al'-oo-tos ) </div> <p> denotes indissoluble (from a, negative, kata, "down," luo, "to loose"), Hebrews 7:16 , "endless;" see the Rv , marg., i.e., a life which makes its possessor the holder of His priestly office for evermore. </p> <div> '''2: '''''Ἀπέραντος''''' ''' (Strong'S #562 — Adjective — aperantos — ap-er'-an-tos ) </div> <p> from a, negative and peraino, "to complete, finish," signifies "interminable, endless;" it is said of genealogies, 1—Timothy 1:4 . In the Sept., Job 36:26 . </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_116584" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_116584" /> == | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59835" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59835" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> END'LESS, a. See End. Without end having no end or conclusion applied to length, and to duration as an endless line endless progression endless duration endless bliss. </p> 1. [[Perpetual]] incessant continual as endless praise endless clamor. | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3355" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3355" /> == | ||
<p> '''''end´les''''' ( ἀκατάλυτος , <i> '''''akatálutos''''' </i> ( Hebrews 7:16 , ἀπέραντος , <i> '''''apérantos''''' </i> ( 1 Timothy 1:4 )): This English word occurs twice in the New Testament, and is there represented by the two Greek words above noted. </p> <p> (1) In Hebrews 7:16 Jesus is said to be a priest "after the power of an endless life." The word means literally, as in the Revised Version, margin, "indissoluble." It is not simply that Christ's priesthood was eternal. The priesthood was based upon His possession, by nature, of a life which in time and eternity death could not touch. This distinguished Him essentially from priests under the law. </p> <p> (2) In 1 Timothy 1:4 , Paul warns Timothy against giving heed in his ministry to "fables ( <i> '''''múthoi''''' </i> ) and endless (limitless) genealogies." The allusion seems to be to the series of emanations (aeons) in [[Gnostic]] speculation, to which no limit could be set. </p> <p> Distinct from the above are the words denoting "everlasting," "eternal," which see. </p> | <p> ''''' end´les ''''' ( ἀκατάλυτος , <i> ''''' akatálutos ''''' </i> ( Hebrews 7:16 , ἀπέραντος , <i> ''''' apérantos ''''' </i> ( 1 Timothy 1:4 )): This English word occurs twice in the New Testament, and is there represented by the two Greek words above noted. </p> <p> (1) In Hebrews 7:16 Jesus is said to be a priest "after the power of an endless life." The word means literally, as in the Revised Version, margin, "indissoluble." It is not simply that Christ's priesthood was eternal. The priesthood was based upon His possession, by nature, of a life which in time and eternity death could not touch. This distinguished Him essentially from priests under the law. </p> <p> (2) In 1 Timothy 1:4 , Paul warns Timothy against giving heed in his ministry to "fables ( <i> ''''' múthoi ''''' </i> ) and endless (limitless) genealogies." The allusion seems to be to the series of emanations (aeons) in [[Gnostic]] speculation, to which no limit could be set. </p> <p> Distinct from the above are the words denoting "everlasting," "eternal," which see. </p> | ||
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