Dictionaries :: Unawares

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Unawares:

Notes:

(1) In Hbr 13:2, lanthano, "to escape notice," is used with the aorist participle of xenizo, "to entertain," signifying "entertained... unawares" (an idiomatic usage common in classical Greek).

(2) For aiphnidios, "unawares," in Luk 21:34, AV, see SUDDENLY.

(3) In Gal 2:4, pareisaktos, "brought in secretly," is rendered "unawares brought in."
See PRIVILY, Note: cp. BRING, No. 17.

(4) In Jud 1:4, AV, pareisduno, "to slip in secretly," is rendered "crept in unawares."
See CREEP, A, No. 2.