Difference between revisions of "Gnat"

<div> '''1: κώνωψ ''' (Strong'S #2971 — Noun Masculine — konops — ko'-nopes ) </div> <p> denotes "the winegnat or midge," which breeds in fermenting or evaporating wine, &nbsp;Matthew 23:24 , where the AV, "strain at" is corrected to "strain out," in the RV. </p>

<p> κωνωψ , &nbsp;Matthew 23:24 , a small-winged insect, comprehending a genus of the order of <em> diptera. </em> In those hot countries, as Servius remarks, speaking of the east, gnats and flies are very apt to fail into wine, if it be not carefully covered; and passing the liquor through a strainer, that no gnat or part of one might remain, became a proverb for exactness about little matters. This may help us to understand that passage, &nbsp; Matthew 23:24 , where the proverbial expression of carefully straining out a little fly from the liquor to be drunk, and yet swallowing a camel, intimates, that the scribes and [[Pharisees]] affected to scruple little things, and yet disregarded those of the greatest moment. </p>

<p> ''''' nat ''''' (in English [[Versions]] of the Bible, only in &nbsp; Matthew 23:24 , κώνωψ , <i> '''''kō̇nōps''''' </i> ̌ . In &nbsp;Exodus 8:16 , for English Versions of the [[Bible]] "lice," one of the plagues of Egypt, כּנּם , <i> '''''kinnim''''' </i> , כּנּים ,minni , <i> '''''kinnı̄m''''' </i> , or כּנּם , <i> '''''kinnām''''' </i> , we find in the Revised Version, margin "sand flies" or "fleas" (Gesenius "gnat"; Mandelkern "culex"). For <i> '''''kemō kēn''''' </i> (&nbsp;Isaiah 51:6 ), English Versions of the Bible "in like manner," [[Septuagint]] ὡσπερ ταῦτα , <i> '''''hō̇sper taúta''''' </i> , [[Vulgate]] (Jerome's <i> Latin Bible </i> , 390-405 ad) <i> sicut haec </i> , the Revised Version, margin has "like gnats" since כּן , <i> '''''kēn''''' </i> , elsewhere "thus," may here be taken to be a singular of the form כּנּים , <i> '''''kinnı̄m''''' </i> , which occurs in Ex 8): In the New [[Testament]] passage, the difference between the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) should be noted. "Strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel" is changed to "strain out the gnat and swallow the camel," the reference being to the inconsistency of the Jewish religious leaders in taking extraordinary pains in some things, as in the preparation of food, while leaving weightier matters unattended to. </p> <p> In &nbsp;Isaiah 51:6 , the suggestion of the Revised Version, margin, "They that dwell therein shall die like gnats," seems a decided improvement on the "shall die in like manner" of English Versions of the Bible, especially as <i> '''''kēn''''' </i> , "thus" (see <i> supra </i> ), is a repetition of <i> '''''kemō''''' </i> , whose meaning is practically the same, "in like manner" being the rendering in English Versions of the Bible of <i> '''''kemō kēn''''' </i> ̌ . </p> <p> As to the creatures, <i> ''''' kinnı̄m ''''' </i> , of the [[Egyptian]] plague, there is little choice between "lice" of English Versions of the Bible and the others suggested, except as we may be influenced by the Septuagint rendering, <i> ''''' sknı́phes ''''' </i> , which may mean "gnats" or "mosquitoes." See [[Flea]]; [[Lice]] . </p>

<p> '''Bibliography Information''' McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Gnat'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/g/gnat.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p>