Account
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
primarily, "to be of opinion, think, suppose," also signifies "to seem, be accounted, reputed," translated "accounted" in Mark 10:42; Luke 22:24 . It is not used ironically here, nor in Galatians 2:2,6,9 , "those who were of repute." See Repute , Seem , Suppose , Think.
(or-AO) "to put to a person's account," Philemon 1:18 , is used of sin in Romans 5:13 , "reckon" (AV, "impute"). See Impute , No. 2.
primarily signifies "to lead;" then, "to consider;" it is translated "accounting" in Hebrews 11:26 , RV (AV, "esteeming"); 2—Peter 3:15 , "account." See Chief , Count , Esteem , Governor , Judge , Rule , Suppose Think
primarily signifies "to reckon," whether by calculation or imputation, e.g., Galatians 3:6 (RV, "reckoned"); then, to deliberate, and so to suppose, "account," Romans 8:36; 14:14 (AV, "esteemeth"); John 11:50; 1—Corinthians 4:1; Hebrews 11:19; (AV, "consider"); Acts 19:27 ("made of no account;" AV, "despised"); 1—Peter 5:12 (AV, "suppose"). It is used of love in 1—Corinthians 13:5 , as not taking "account" of evil, RV (AV, "thinketh"). In 2—Corinthians 3:5 the Apostle uses it in repudiation of idea that he and fellow-servants of God are so self-sufficient as to "account anything" (RV) as from themselves (AV, "think"), i.e., as to attribute anything to themselves. Cp. 2—Corinthians 12:6 . In 2—Timothy 4:16 it is used of laying to a person's "account" (RV) as a charge against him (AV, "charge").
Philippians 4:8ConcludeCountChargeEsteemImputeNumberReasonReckonSupposeThink.
denotes "to account worthy" (kata, "intensive," axios, "worthy"), "to judge worthy," Luke 20:35; some mss. have it in Luke 21:36 (so the AV); the most authentic mss. have the verb katischuo, "to prevail;" Acts 5:41 , "were counted worthy;" so 2—Thessalonians 1:5 .
"to make of no account," frequently signifies "to despise." In 1—Corinthians 6:4 , it is used, not in a contemptuous sense, but of gentile judges, before whom the saints are not to go to law with one another, such magistrates having no place, and therefore being "of no account" (RV), in the church. The Apostle is not speaking of any believers as "least esteemed" (AV). In 2—Corinthians 10:10 , for AV, "contemptible," the RV suitably has "of no account." See Despise.
"a word or saying," also means "an account which one gives by word of mouth" (cp. No. 4), Matthew 12:36; Matthew 18:23 , RV, "reckoning;" Matthew 16:2; Acts 19:40; 20:24 (AV, "count"); Romans 14:12; Philippians 4:17; Hebrews 13:17; 1—Peter 4:5 . See Cause , Communication , Do , Doctrine , Fame , Intent , Matter , Mouth , Preaching , Question , Reason , Reckoning , Rumor , Saying , Shew , Speech , Talk , Thing , Tidings , Treatise , Utterance , Word , Work.
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [2]
It will be sufficient merely to mention the use of the verb ‘account’ (λογίζομαι) in the sense of ‘reckon,’ ‘deem,’ ‘consider’ ( Romans 8:36, 1 Corinthians 4:1, Hebrews 11:19, 2 Peter 3:15). Simple uses of the nonn are found in Acts 19:40, when the ‘town-clerk’ ( q.v. [Note: quod vide, which see.] ) of Ephesus warns his fellow-citizens of the difficulty of giving ‘account (λόγος) of this concourse’; and in Philippians 4:17 ‘the fruit that increaseth to your account.’ The only significant passages where the word is found are those dealing with the Judgment.
The declaration in Romans 14:12, ‘Each one of us shall give account of himself to God,’ must be studied in the light of the paragraph ( Romans 14:7-12) of which it is the conclusion. Those who are themselves liable to judgment must not set themselves up as judges of one another, either to make light of sincere scruples or to reprove laxity. For one man to judge another is to usurp the prerogative of God, to whom alone (as universal sovereign and object of worship) man is answerable. The passage should be compared with 2 Corinthians 5:10, where the ‘judgment-seat’ is called Christ’s; see also 1 Corinthians 4:5. St. Paul applies this doctrine, which is found in the Synoptic Gospels and was an integral part of primitive Christian teaching, to Jew and Gentile, to himself and his converts, to those who have died before the Parousia and those who are alive at it. The life in the body provides the opportunity for moral action, and by the use they have made of it men are sentenced (cf. Galatians 6:8). A. Menzies ( Com. on 2 Cor. ) calls attention ( a ) to this aspect of the Judgment in contrast with that which represents the saints as judging the world and angels ( 1 Corinthians 6:2 f.; cf. Matthew 19:28); ( b ) to the inconsistency between the doctrine of justification by faith alone, and the doctrine of final judgment of men according to their actions. There is, however, in the present writer’s opinion, no inconsistency here. The NT generally represents the saved as judged as well as the unsaved. The judgment of the latter, however, is retributory and involves rejection; that of the former is for a place, higher or lower, within the heavenly Kingdom; and this place is in accordance with the faithfulness and quality of their service while in the body. St. Paul, as the above references prove, is emphatic as to the fact and nature of this judgment (cf. 1 Corinthians 3:12-15), and shows that, however true it is that salvation is by grace, there will be gradations in standing and in reward in the after-life. This is in harmony with the teaching of our Lord in the Synoptics, especially in the parables of service and reward ( Luke 19:18-20 etc.; cf. Mark 10:40). Cf. also, as to the fact of the saints having to give an account of their earthly stewardship, Hebrews 13:17, 1 Peter 4:5 : ‘[evildoers and slanderers of Christians] shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead’ (in 1 Peter 1:17 to the Father, in 1 Peter 1:13 and 1 Peter 5:4 to Christ). These may be regarded as special instances of the General Judgment already referred to. The expression ἀποδιδόναι λόγον generally implies that defence is not easy.
Literature.-See lit.[Note: literally, literature.]on articleJudgment; the Comm. in locc. ; W. N. Clarke, An Outline of Christian Theol. , 1898, p. 459 ff.
E. Griffith-Jones.
King James Dictionary [3]
ACCOUNT', n.
1. A sum stated on paper a registry of a debt or credit of debts and credits, or charges an entry in a book or on paper of things bought or sold, of payments, services &c., including the names of the parties to the transaction, date, and price or value of the thing.
Account signifies a single entry or charge, or a statement of a number of particular debts and credits, in a book or on a separate paper and in the plural, is used for the books containing such entries.
2. A computation of debts and credits, or a general statement of particular sums as, the account stands thus let him exhibit his account. 3. A computation or mode of reckoning applied to other things, than money or trade as the Julian account of time. 4. Narrative relation statement of facts recital of particular transactions and events, verbal or written as an account of the revolution in France. Hence, 5. An assignment of reasons explanation by a recital of particular transactions, given by a person in an employment, or to a superior, often implying responsibility.
Give an account of thy stewardship. Luke 16.
Without responsibility or obligation.
He giveth not account of his matters. Job 33.
6. Reason or consideration, as a motive as on all accounts, on every account. 7. Value importance estimation that is, such a state of persons or things, as renders them worthy of more or less estimation as men of account of him. Psalms 144 . 8. Profit advantage that is, a result or production worthy of estimation. To find our account in a pursuit to turn to account. 9. Regard behalf sake a sense deduced from charges on book as on account of public affairs.
Put that to mine account. Philippians 18 .
To make account, that is, to have a pervious opinion or expectation, is a sense now obsolete.
A writ of account, in law, is a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant should render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary call also an action of account.
Webster's Dictionary [4]
(1): (n.) Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.
(2): (n.) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.
(3): (n.) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
(4): (n.) An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
(5): (n.) A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
(6): (v. t.) To reckon; to compute; to count.
(7): (v. t.) To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
(8): (v. t.) To recount; to relate.
(9): (v. i.) To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
(10): (v. i.) To render an account; to answer in judgment; - with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
(11): (v. i.) To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; - with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
(12): (n.) A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.
(13): (v. t.) To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; - with to.
(14): (n.) A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.
