UNWORTHLY un-wur'-thi-li: 1 Corinthians 11:27,29 the King James Version for anaxios. In 11:29, the Revised Version (British and American), on convincing textual evidence, has omitted the word, which is a needless gloss (compare the Revised Version's translation of the whole verse). In 11:27 the American Standard Revised Version has changed "unwort

UNTOWARD un-to'-erd, un-tord' (skolios): Appears only in Acts 2:40, the King James Version "Save yourselves from this untoward generation." It means "perverse," "willful," "crooked," and is so translated in Revised Version: "this crooked generation" (apo tes geneas tes skolias tautes). the King James Version headings to Isaiah 28 and Hosea 6 have

UNPARDONABLE SIN un-par'-dn-a-bl. See BLASPHEMY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'UNPARDONABLE SIN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

UNQUENCHABLE FIRE un-kwench'-a-b'-l, pur asbestos): The phrase occurs in Matthew 3:12 and its parallel Luke 3:17 in the words of the Baptist on the Messianic judgment: "The chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire"; but also on the lips of Christ Himself in Mark 9:43, where the "unquenchable fire" is equated with "Gehenna" (which see). The sam

UNTEMPERED un-tem'-perd (taphel): Used of mortar in Ezekiel 13:10-15; 22:28. Taphel probably refers to mortar made with clay instead of slaked lime. In the interior of Palestine and Syria walls are still commonly built of small stones or mud bricks, and then smeared over with clay mortar. The surface is rubbed smooth and is attractive in appearanc

UNNO un'-o (`unno; the Septuagint omits the name, but in Codex Sinaiticus, a later hand has added Iana; the Qere of the Massoretic Text has `unni, as in 1 Chronicles 15:18, whence the King James Version has "Unni"): A Levite who returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:9). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Or

UNNATURAL VICE un-nat'-u-ral vis. See CRIMES; PUNISHMENTS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'UNNATURAL VICE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

UNNI un'-i (`unni, meaning unknown): (1) One of "the twelve brethren" (so Curtis for the Revised Version (British and American) "brethren of the second degree") appointed as singers (1 Chronicles 15:18,20). (2) In Nehemiah 12:9 (Kethibh `unno) = the Revised Version (British and American) UNNO (which see). Copyright Statement These files are publi

UNLEARNED un-lur'-ned: Acts 4:13 for agrammatos, literally "illiterate." But nothing more than "lacking technical rabbinical instruction" seems to be meant (compare John 7:15). 1 Corinthians 14:16,23,24 for idiotes, "private person," the Revised Version margin "he that is without gifts," correctly expresses the sense ("unbeliever" is hardly in poi

UNLEAVENED un-lev'-'-nd. See LEAVEN; PASSOVER; SACRIFICE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'UNLEAVENED'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

UNITY u'-ni-ti: Psalms 133:1 for (yachadh, "unitedness," and Ephesians 4:3,13 for henotes "oneness." Also Sirach 25:1 the King James Version for homonoia "concord" (so the Revised Version (British and American)). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'UNITY'".

UNKNOWN GOD un-non', (agnostos theos): In Acts 17:23 (St. Paul's speech in Athens) the American Standard Revised Version reads: "I found also an altar with this inscription, To AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you." the King James Version and the English Revised Version margin translate "to the Unknown

UNICORN u'-ni-korn (re'em (Numbers 23:22; 24:8; Deuteronomy 33:17; Job 39:9,10; Psalms 22:21; 29:6; 92:10; Isaiah 34:7)): "Unicorn" occurs in the King James Version in the passages cited, where the Revised Version (British and American) has "wild-ox" (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, Jame

UNFEIGNED un-fand' (anupokritos, "unfeigned," "undisguised"): The Greek word occurs only in the New Testament (1 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 1:5) and is designative of the moral quality of faith as "the mark of transparency and simplicity of soul--the most complete and distinct exponent of a man's character--the natural hypothesis of a pure and good he

UNGODLY un-god'-li (rasha` (Psalms 1:1), "wicked," beliya`al (2 Samuel 22:5), "worthless"; in the New Testament asebes (Romans 5:6), e.g. indicating that the persons so called are both irreverent and impious): Trench says that the idea of active opposition to religion is involved in the word, that it is a deliberate withholding from God of His due

UNDERTAKE un-der-tak': "To take upon one's self," "assume responsibility," and so in Elizabethan English "be surety." In this sense in the King James Version Isaiah 38:14, "O Lord, .... undertake for me" (`arabh, the Revised Version (British and American) "be thou my surety"). Perhaps in the same sense in Sirach 29:19, although the idea is scarcel

UNEQUAL un-e'-kwal: Ezekiel 18:25,29 for lo' thakhan, "not weighed," "illogical." "Unequally" in 2 Corinthians 6:14, in the phrase "unequally yoked," heterozugeo, is used of the yoking together of two animals of different kinds (compare the Septuagint of Leviticus 19:19). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information

UNDERNEATH un-der-neth' (tachath, "the bottom (as depressed)"): "Underneath are the everlasting arms" (Deuteronomy 33:27). In these words Moses sums up the history of Israel and gives expression to his final thought about life and time and all things visible. Underneath all phenomena and all the chances and changes of life and time there is unchan

UNDERSETTER un'-der-set-er (katheph): The word, used in 1 Kings 7:30,34 of supports of the laver, means lit. "shoulder," and is so rendered in the Revised Version margin. See LAVER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'UNDERSETTER'". "International Standard

UNDERGIRDING un-der-gurd'-ing. See SHIPS AND BOATS, III, 2. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'UNDERGIRDING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.