Present
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
signifies (a) "to be by, at hand or present," of persons, e.g., Luke 13:1; Acts 10:33; 24:19; 1—Corinthians 5:3; 2—Corinthians 10:2,11; Galatians 4:18,20; of things, John 7:6 , of a particular season in the Lord's life on earth, "is (not yet) come," or "is not yet at hand;" Hebrews 12:11 , of chastening "(for the) present" (the neuter of the present participle, used as a noun); in Hebrews 13:5 "such things as ye have" is, lit., "the things that are present;" 2—Peter 1:12 , of the truth "(which) is with (you)" (not as AV, "the present truth," as if of special doctrines applicable to a particular time); in 2—Peter 1:9 "he that lacketh" is lit., "to whom are not present;" (b) "to have arrived or come," Matthew 26:50 , "thou art come," RV; John 11:28; Acts 10:21; Colossians 1:6 .
"to set in," or, in the Middle Voice and perfect tense of the Active Voice, "to stand in, be present," is used of the present in contrast with the past, Hebrews 9:9 , where the RV correctly has "(for the time) now present" (for the incorrect AV, "then present"); in contrast to the future, Romans 8:38; 1—Corinthians 3:22; Galatians 1:4 , "present;" 1—Corinthians 7:26 , where "the present distress" is set in contrast to both the past and the future; 2—Thessalonians 2:2 , where the RV, "is now present" gives the correct meaning (AV, incorrectly, "is at hand"); the saints at Thessalonica, owing to their heavy afflictions, were possessed of the idea that "the day of the Lord," RV (not as AV, "the day of Christ"), had begun; this mistake the Apostle corrects; 2—Timothy 3:1 , "shall come." See Come , No. 26.
"to set over, stand over," is translated "present" in Acts 28:2 . See Assault , A, Come , No. 27.
"to be beside" (para, "by," ginomai, "to become"), is translated "were present" in Acts 21:18 . See Come , No. 13.
"to lie beside" (para, and keimai, "to lie"), "to be near," is translated "is present" in Romans 7:18,21 .
"to be present with" (sun, with, and No. 1), is used in Acts 25:24 .
"just, just now, this moment," is rendered "(this) present (hour)" in 1—Corinthians 4:11; in 1—Corinthians 15:6 , RV, "now" (AV, "this present"). See Now.
"now," is translated "present," with reference to this age or period ("world"), in Romans 8:18; 11:5; 2—Timothy 4:10; Titus 2:12 . See Henceforth , Now.
2—Corinthians 5:6 2—Corinthians 5:8,9Home. John 14:25 Luke 5:17
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.
(2): ( a.) To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment.
(3): ( a.) To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.
(4): ( v. i.) To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; - said of a part of an infant during labor.
(5): ( n.) Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present.
(6): ( a.) To bring an indictment against .
(7): ( a.) Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
(8): ( a.) To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer.
(9): ( a.) To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over.
(10): ( a.) To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.
(11): ( a.) To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior.
(12): ( a.) To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances, or whatever they think to be public injuries.
(13): ( a.) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .
(14): ( a.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
(15): ( a.) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney, or other writing; as in the phrase, " Know all men by these presents," that is, by the writing itself, " per has literas praesentes; " - in this sense, rarely used in the singular.
(16): ( a.) Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
(17): ( a.) Favorably attentive; propitious.
(18): ( a.) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
(19): ( a.) Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.
(20): ( a.) To present; to personate.
(21): ( a.) Now existing, or in process; begun but not ended; now in view, or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance.
(22): ( a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
(23): ( a.) Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; - opposed to absent.
King James Dictionary [3]
PRES'ENT, a. s as z. L. proesens proe and sum, esse, to be.
1. Being in a certain place opposed to absent. 2. Being before the face or near being in company. Inquire of some of the gentlemen present.
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. John 14 .
3. Being now in view or under consideration. In the present instance, facts will not warrant the conclusion. The present question must be decided on different principles. 4. Now existing, or being at this time not past or future as the present session of congress. The court is in session at the present time. We say, a present good,the present year or age. 5. Ready at hand quick in emergency as present wit.
'Tis a high point of philosophy and virtue for a man to be present to himself.
6. Favorably attentive not heedless propitious.
Nor could I hope in any place but there
To find a god so present to my prayer.
7. Not absent of mind not abstracted attentive.
The present, an elliptical expression for the present time.
At present, elliptically for, at the present time.
Present tense, in grammar, the tense or form of a verb which expresses action or being in the present time, as I am writing or something that exists at all times, as virtue is always to be preferred to vice or it expresses habits or general truths, as plants spring from the earth fishes swim reptiles creep birds fly some animals subsist on herbage, others are carnivorous.
PRES'ENT, n. That which is presented or given a gift a donative something given or offered to another gratuitously a word of general application. Genesis 32
Presents' in the plural, is used in law for a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney or other writing as in the phrase, "Know all men by these presents," that is, by the writing itself, per presentes. In this sense, it is rarely used in the singular.
