Past
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"to become, come to pass," is translated "was past" in Luke 9:36 , AV, and RV marg. (RV, "came"), of the voice of God the Father at the Transfiguration; "is past," 2—Timothy 2:18 .
dia, "through," a stronger form than No. 1, used of time, denotes "to intervene, elapse, pass," Mark 16:1 , "was past;" Acts 25:13 , RV, "were passed;" Acts 27:9 , "was spent."
"to happen before" (pro, before, and No. 1), is used in Romans 3:25 , AV, "that are past" (RV, "done aforetime"), of sins committed in times previous to the atoning sacrifice of Christ (see Passing Over )
"once, formerly, sometime," is translated "in time (or times) past," in Romans 11:30; Galatians 1:13; Galatians 1:23 , AV (RV, "once"); Ephesians 2:2,11 (RV, "aforetime"); Ephesians 2:3 (RV, "once"); Philemon 1:11 (RV, "aforetime"); 1—Peter 2:10 .
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [2]
PAST. —‘Let the dead past bury its dead,’ is the unequivocal counsel we derive from the Lord’s reply to a lukewarm disciple ( Matthew 8:22). In Christ no past is irretrievable; Divine forgiveness may blot out what men consider it impossible to forgive ( Luke 18:27). Habit and custom may be burst asunder in a moment, like the rocky tomb that could not imprison the risen Lord. The motto of the Cliffords ( Désormais ) may recall a Christian truth of priceless value: ‘Henceforward’ sin no more ( John 8:11). God gives a fresh start for Christ’s sake to each one who prays for forgiveness in the spirit of forgiveness ( Matthew 6:14). The tyranny of the past led the Galilaeans to ask, ‘Is not this the carpenter?’ ( Mark 6:3); but, as signally in the call of Levi, the disciple of Christ must be ready to throw aside the past altogether for His sake ( Matthew 9:9).—There is a dead past to be forgotten and forgiven, for God is God of the living ( Mark 12:27). And there is a living past to be remembered and commemorated. Thus all generations call her blessed who was the mother of the Lord ( Luke 1:48). The loving gift of a forgiven woman who had been a sinner is still told for a memorial of her ( Mark 14:9). Yet the Christian hope looks ever forward to the brightness of the coming day, when the shadows shall flee away.
W. B. Frankland.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.
(2): ( adv.) By; beyond; as, he ran past.
(3): ( n.) A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
(4): ( prep.) Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
(5): ( prep.) Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
(6): ( prep.) Above; exceeding; more than.
King James Dictionary [4]
P`AST , pp. Gone by done accomplished ended.
1. Enacted having received all the formalities necessary to constitute a law.
