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Betray, Betrayer
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "to betray" (para, "up," didomi, "to give"), lit., "to give over," is used either (a) in the sense of delivering a person or thing to be kept by another, to commend, e.g., Acts 28:16; (b) to deliver to prison or judgment, e.g., Matthew 4:12; 1 Timothy 1:20; (c) to deliver over treacherously by way of "betrayal," Matthew 17:22 (RV, "delivered"); Matthew 26:16; John 6:64 etc.; (d) to hand on, deliver, e.g., 1 Corinthians 11:23; (e) to allow of something being done, said of the ripening of fruit, Mark 4:29 , RV, "is ripe" (marg., "alloweth"). See BRING , Note (4), CAST , COMMIT , DELIVER , GIVE , HAZARD , PUT (in prison), RECOMMEND.
"a betrayer" (akin to A), is translated "betrayers" in Acts 7:52; "traitor," "traitors," in Luke 6:16; 2 Timothy 3:4 . See TRAITOR.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Betray, Betrayer'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/b/betray-betrayer.html. 1940.
