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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
the usual verb for "to have," is used with the following meanings: (a) "to hold, in the hand," etc., e.g., Revelation 1:16; 5:8; (b) "to hold fast, keep," Luke 19:20; metaphorically, of the mind and conduct, e.g., Mark 16:8; John 14:21; Romans 1:28; 1—Timothy 3:9; 2—Timothy 1:13; (c) "to hold on, cling to, be next to," e.g., of accompaniment, Hebrews 6:9 , "things that accompany (salvation)," lit., "the things holding themselves of salvation" (RV, marg., "are near to"); of place, Mark 1:38 , "next (towns)," lit., "towns holding nigh;" of time, e.g., Luke 13:33 , "(the day) following," lit., "the holding (day);" Acts 13:44; 20:15; 21:26; (d) "to hold, to count, consider, regard," e.g., Matthew 14:5; 21:46; Mark 11:32; Luke 14:18; Philemon 1:17; (e) "to involve," Hebrews 10:35; James 1:4; 1—John 4:18; (f) "to wear," of clothing, arms, etc., e.g., Matthew 3:4; 22:12; John 18:10; (g) "to be with child," of a woman, Mark 13:17; Romans 9:10 (lit., "having conception"); (h) "to possess," the most frequent use, e.g., Matthew 8:20; 19:22; Acts 9:14; 1—Thessalonians 3:6; (i) of complaints, disputes, Matthew 5:23; Mark 11:25; Acts 24:19; Revelation 2:4,20; (j) of ability, power, e.g., Luke 12:4; Acts 4:14 (lit., "had nothing to say"); (k) of necessity, e.g., Luke 12:50; Acts 23:17-19; (l) "to be in a certain condition," as, of readiness, Acts 21:12 (lit., "I have readily"); of illness, Matthew 4:24 , "all that were sick" (lit., "that had themselves sickly"); Mark 5:23 , "lieth (lit., "hath herself") at the point of death;" Mark 16:18 , "they shall recover" (lit., "shall have themselves well"); John 4:52 , "he began to amend" (lit., "he had himself better"); of evil works, 1—Timothy 5:25 , "they that are otherwise," (lit., "the things having otherwise"); to be so, e.g., Acts 7:1 , "are these things so?" (lit., "have these things thus?"); of time, Acts 24:25 , "for this time" (lit., "the thing having now").
denotes "to have in full, to have received" (apo, "from," and No. 1), Matthew 6:2,5,16 , RV, "have received," for AV, "have;" Luke 6:24 , AV and RV, "have received," but Philippians 4:18 , "I have;" Philemon 1:15 , "(that) thou shouldest have (him)" (AV, "receive"). Deissmann, in Light from the Ancient East, and Moulton and Milligan (Vocab. of Gk. Test.) show that the verb was constantly used "as a technical expression in drawing up a receipt. Consequently in the Sermon on the Mount we are led to understand 'they have received their reward' as 'they have signed the receipt of their reward: their right to receive their reward is realized, precisely as if they had already given a receipt for it.'"
Philemon 1:17 Philemon 1:18,19Abstain.
"to begin to be, come to pass, happen," is rendered "have" in Matthew 18:12; "had" in Acts 15:2; "shall have" in 1—Corinthians 4:5 , lit., "praise shall be," or come to pass. See Become.
"to have," or "get a share of," is rendered "I have (a convenient season)," in Acts 24:25 . See Eat , Partake , Receive , Take.
"to be in existence, to be ready, at hand," is translated by the verb "to have" in Acts 3:6 , lit., "silver and gold is not to me" (in the next clause, "such as I have," echo is used); Acts 4:37 , "having (land)," lit., "(land) being (to him);" Matthew 19:21 , "that (thou) hast," lit., "(things that) are (thine)," i.e., "thy belongings;" similarly Luke 12:33,44; 14:33 . See Being.
lit., "to throw in turn, exchange" (anti. "corresponding to," ballo, "to throw"), hence, metaphorically, "to exchange thoughts," is used in Luke 24:27 , "ye have," i.e., "ye exchange."
"to be, is often used in its various forms with some case of the personal pronoun, to signify "to be to, or of, a person," e.g., Matthew 19:27 , "(what then) shall we have," lit., "what then shall be to us?;" Acts 21:23 , "we have four men," lit., "there are to us, etc."
"to put on," is rendered "having on" in Ephesians 6:14 . See Clothe.
John 5:4 Mark 12:22 Acts 25:16 Hebrews 11:36 Matthew 27:19 Mark 5:7 Luke 8:28 John 2:4 Matthew 8:29 Mark 1:24 Luke 4:34 Hebrews 4:13 Hebrews 13:5 Mark 5:26 Luke 15:31Rv. Luke 11:41Within
King James Dictionary [2]
HAVE, hav. pret. and pp. had. Present, I have, thou hast, he has we, ye, they, have. L. habeo.
1. To possess to hold in possession or power.
How many loaves have ye? Matthew 15
He that gathered much had nothing over. Exodus 16
I have no Levite to my priest. Judges 17 .
To have and to hold, terms in a deed of conveyance.
2. To possess, as something that is connected with, or belongs to one.
Have ye a father? Have ye another brother? Gen.43, and 44.
--Sheep that have no shepherd. 50Kings 22.
3. To marry to take for a wife or husband.
In the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Matthew 22
4. To hold to regard. Thus, to have in honor, is to hold in esteem to esteem to honor.
To have in derision or contempt, to hold in derision or contempt to deride to despise.
5. To maintain to hold in opinion.
Sometimes they will have them to be the natural heat sometimes they will have them to be the qualities of the tangible parts.
6. To be urged by necessity or obligation to be under necessity, or impelled by duty.
I have to visit twenty patients every day.
We have to strive against temptations.
We have to encounter strong prejudices.
The nation has to pay the interest of an immense debt.
7. To seize and hold to catch. The hound has him. The original, but now a vulgar use of the word. 8. To contain. The work has many beauties and many faults. 9. To gain to procure to receive to obtain to purchase. I had this cloth very cheap.
He has a guinea a month.
He has high wages for his services.
Had rather, denotes wish or preference.
I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness. Psalms 84
Is not this phrase a corruption of would rather?
To have after, to pursue. Not much used, nor elegant.
To have away, to remove to take away.
To have at, to encounter to assail as, to have at him to have at you. Legitimate, but vulgar.
To enter into competition with to make trial with.
Dryden uses in a like sense, have with you but these uses are inelegant.
To have in, to contain.
To have on, to wear to carry as raiment or weapons.
He saw a man who had not on a wedding garment. Matthew 22
To have out, to cause to depart. 2 Samuel 13
To have a care, to take care to be on the guard, or to guard.
To have pleasure,to enjoy.
To have pain, to suffer.
To have sorrow, to be grieved or afflicted.
With would and should.
He would have, he desires to have, or he requires.
He should have, he ought to have.
But the various uses of have in such phrases,and its uses as an auxiliary verb, are fully explained in grammars. As an auxiliary, it assists in forming the perfect tense, as I have formed, thou hast formed, he hath or has formed, we have formed, and the prior-past tense, as I had seen, thou hadst seen, he had seen.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. t.) To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.
(2): ( v. t.) To accept possession of; to take or accept.
(3): ( v. t.) To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one.
(4): ( v. t.) To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.
(5): ( v. t.) To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
(6): ( v. t.) To hold, regard, or esteem.
(7): ( v. t.) To get possession of; to obtain; to get.
(8): ( v. t.) To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; - used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion.
(9): ( v. t.) To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
(10): ( v. t.) To understand.
(11): ( v. t.) To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him.
(12): ( v. t.) To cause or force to go; to take.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
hav : "To have" is to own or possess; its various uses may be resolved into this, its proper meaning.
A few of the many changes in the Revised Version (British and American) are, for "a man that hath friends" ( Proverbs 18:24 ), "maketh many friends," margin (Hebrew) "a man of friends"; for "all that I have" ( Luke 15:31 ), "all that is mine"; for "we have peace with God" ( Romans 5:1 ) the English Revised Version has "let us have," margin "some authorities read we have," the American Standard Revised Version as the King James Version margin "many ancient authorities read let us have"; for "what great conflict I have" ( Colossians 2:1 ), "how greatly I strive"; for "will have" ( Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7 ), "desire"; Matthew 27:43 , "desireth"; for "would have" ( Mark 6:19; Acts 10:10 ), "desired"; Acts 16:27 , "was about"; Acts 19:30 , "was minded to"; Acts 23:28 "desiring"; Hebrews 12:17 , "desired to"; for "ye have" ( Hebrews 10:34 ), the English Revised Version has "ye yourselves have," margin "ye have your ownselves," the American Standard Revised Version "ye have for yourselves," margin "many ancient authorities read, ye have your own selves for a better possession" (compare Luke 9:25; Luke 21:19 ); "having heard" for "after that ye heard" ( Ephesians 1:13 ); "having suffered before," for "even after that we had suffered" ( 1 Thessalonians 2:2 ); "and thus, having," for "so after he had" ( Hebrews 6:15 ).
