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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Weigh, Weight, Weighty, Weightier
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"to weigh down," is so rendered in 2 Corinthians 1:8 , RV; see BURDEN , B, No. 1.
"to cause to stand," is used in Matthew 26:15 , RV, "they weighed (unto)" (of pieces of silver), AV, metaphorically, "covenanted (with)."
akin to A, is rendered "weight" in 2 Corinthians 4:17 . See BURDEN , A, No. 1.
denotes "a bulk or mass;" hence, metaphorically, "an encumbrance, weight," Hebrews 12:1 .
"heavy" (akin to A and B, No. 1), is rendered "weighty" in 2 Corinthians 10:10 , of Paul's letters. The comparative degree is used in the neuter plural in Matthew 23:23 , "(the) weightier matters (of the Law)." See GRIEVOUS , HEAVY.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Weigh, Weight, Weighty, Weightier'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​w/weigh-weight-weighty-weightier.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Weigh, Weight, Weighty, Weightier'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​w/weigh-weight-weighty-weightier.html. 1940.