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Froward

Froward * For FROWARD see CROOKED

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Froward * For FROWARD see CROOKED

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Ward

Ward "a guard," is used of the place where persons are kept under guard (akin to phulax, "a keeper"), and translated "ward" in Act 12:10. See CAGE, HOLD (Noun), IMPRISONMENT, PRISON, WATCH. primarily denotes "...

Fable

Fable primarily signifies "speech, conversation." The first syllable comes from a root mu--, signifying "to close, keep secret, be dumb;" whence, muo, "to close" (eyes, mouth) and musterion, "a secret, a myste...

Face

Face denotes "the countenance," lit., "the part towards the eyes" (from pros, "towards," ops, "the eye"), and is used (a) of the "face," Mat 1:6-17, 2Co 1:3, 2nd part (AV, "countenance"); in 2Co 10:7, in the R...

Faction, Factious

Faction, Factious denotes "ambition, self-seeking, rivalry," self-will being an underlying idea in the word; hence it denotes "party-making." It is derived, not from eris, "strife," but from erithos, "a hireli...

Fade (away)

Fade (away) was used (a) to signify "to quench a fire," and in the Passive Voice, of the "dying out of a fire;" hence (b) in various relations, in the Active Voice, "to quench, waste, wear out;" in the Passive...

Fail

Fail "to leave out" (ek, "out," leipo, "to leave"), used intransitively, means "to leave off, cease, fail;" it is said of the cessation of earthly life, Luk 16:9; of faith, Luk 22:32; of the light of the sun,...

Fain

Fain "to will deliberately, wish, desire, be minded," implying the deliberate exercise of volition (contrast No. 3), is translated "would fain" in Phm 1:13 (in the best mss.). See DISPOSED. "to set one's heart...

Faint

Faint denotes (a) "to loose, release" (ek, "out," luo, "to loose"); (b) "to unloose," as a bow-string, "to relax," and so, "to enfeeble," and is used in the Passive Voice with the significance "to be faint, gr...

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