Dictionaries :: Aim

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Aim:

am: In The Wisdom of Solomon 13:9. Lit. translation by the King James Version of Greek stochasasthai, which commonly means "to shoot at." This is Interpreted and explained by the Revised Version (British and American) as "explore," with a hint as to the nature of the process, and may be paraphrased: "If they be able to conjecture the mysteries of the universe."

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Aim:

lit., "to be fond of honor" (phileo, "to love," time, "honor"), and so, actuated by this motive, "to strive to bring something to pass;" hence, "to be ambitious, to make it one's aim," Rom 15:20, of Paul's "aim" in Gospel pioneering, RV (AV, "strive"); 2Cr 5:9, of the "aim" of believers "to be well-pleasing" unto the Lord, RV (AV, "labor"); in 1Th 4:11, of the "aim" of believers to be quiet, do their own business and work with their own hands; both versions translate it "study." Some would render it, "strive restlessly;" perhaps "strive earnestly" is nearer the mark, but "make it one's aim" is a good translation in all three places.
See LABOR, STRIVE, STUDY.