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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or from time, "honor, price," signifies (a), primarily, "accounted as of great price, precious, costly," 1 Corinthians 3:12; Revelation 17:4; 18:12,16; 21:19 , and in the superlative degree, Revelation 18:12; 21:11; the comparative degree is found in 1 Peter 1:7 (polutimoteros, in the most authentic mss., "much more precious"); (b) in the metaphorical sense, "held in honor, esteemed, very dear," Acts 5:34 , "had in honor," RV (AV, "had in reputation"); so in Hebrews 13:4 , RV, "let marriage be had in honor;" AV, "is honorable;" Acts 20:24 , "dear," negatively of Paul's estimate of his life; James 5:7 , "precious" (of fruit); 1 Peter 1:19 , "precious" (of the blood of Christ); 2 Peter 1:4 (of God's promises). See COSTLY , HONORABLE , REPUTATION , PRECIOUS. Cp. timiotes, preciousness, Revelation 18:19 .
"held in honor" (time, see above), "precious, dear," is found in Luke 7:2 , of the centurion's servant; 14:8, "more honorable;" Philippians 2:29 , "honor" (AV, "reputation"), of devoted servants of Christ; in 1 Peter 2:4,6 , "precious," of stones, metaphorically. See HONORABLE , REPUTATION , PRECIOUS.
from agape, "love," signifies "beloved;" it is rendered "very dear" in 1 Thessalonians 2:8 (AV, "dear"), of the affection of Paul and his fellow workers for the saints at Thessalonica; in Ephesians 5:1; Colossians 1:7 , AV, "dear;" RV, "beloved." See BELOVED.
Note: In Colossians 1:13 , agape is translated "dear" in the AV; the RV, adhering to the noun, has "the Son of His love."These files are public domain.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dear'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/dear.html. 1940.
