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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51150" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51150" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> GNAT </strong> ( Matthew 23:24 ). Various members of the <em> CulicidÅ“ </em> , mosquitoes and true gnats, are found in Palestine; of the former, four species are known which are fever-bearing. These and such small insects are very apt to fall into food or liquid, and require to be ‘strained <em> out </em> ’ (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ), especially in connexion with Leviticus 11:22; Leviticus 11:24 . An [[Arab]] proverb well illustrates the ideas of Matthew 23:24 : ‘He eats an elephant and is suffocated by a gnat.’ In the RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] of Isaiah 51:6 ‘like gnats’ is suggested for ‘in like manner.’ </p> <p> E. W. G. Masterman. </p> | ||
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77870" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77870" /> == | ||
<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, Matthew 23:24 , where the | <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, Matthew 23:24 , where the AV, "strain at" is corrected to "strain out," in the RV. </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80773" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80773" /> == | ||
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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16214" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16214" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A small winged stinging insect, a mosquito, spoken of in the proverbial expression, Matthew 23:24 , "Ye strain at a gnat, and swallow in a camel," which should read, as it did in the first English translations, "Ye strain out a gnat," etc. The expression alludes to the [[Jewish]] custom of filtering wine, for fear of swallowing any insect forbidden by the law as unclean, Leviticus 11:23; and is applied to those who are superstitiously anxious in avoiding small faults, yet do not scruple to commit great sins. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60456" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60456" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> GNAT, n. nat. A small insect, or rather a genus of insects, the Culex, whose long cylindric body is composed of eight rings. They have six legs and their mouth is formed by a flexible sheath, inclosing bristles pointed like stings. The sting is a tube containing five or six spicula of exquisite fineness, dentated or edged. The most troublesome of this genus is the musketoe. </p> 1. Any thing proverbially small. <p> Ye blind guides, who strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Matthew 23 </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35511" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35511" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56023" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56023" /> == | ||
<p> <b> | <p> <b> GNAT. </b> —See Animals, p. 67a. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3962" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3962" /> == | ||
