Dictionaries :: Respect (Noun and Verb)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Respect (Noun and Verb):

"a part," has occasionally the meaning of "a class or category," and, used in the dative case with en, "in," signifies "in respect of," 2Cr 3:10, "in (this) respect;" 2Cr 9:3, RV, AV, "in (this) behalf;" Col 2:16, "in respect of (a feast day)."

Respect (Noun and Verb):

"to look away from all else at one object" (apo, "from"), hence, "to look steadfastly," is translated "he had respect" in Hbr 11:26, AV (RV, "looked").
See LOOK.

Respect (Noun and Verb):

"to look upon" (epi), is translated "have respect" in Jam 2:3 (RV "regard"); see LOOK, No. 6.

Notes:

(1) The following prepositions are translated "in respect of:" peri, "concerning," in Jhn 16:8, RV; epi, "upon, over," in Hbr 11:4, RV; marg., "over (his gifts);" kata, "in regard to," in Phl 4:11.

(2) For "respect of persons" and "respecter of persons" see PERSON.