Dictionaries :: Behalf

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Behalf:

be-haf':"On the part of" (Ex 27:21, i.e. so far as it affects them); "on the side of" (Job 36:2). For huper, "over," in the sense of furnishing assistance, as in 2Co 5:20, "in the interest of Christ" (2Co 5:21); "for our good," "in his cause" (Php 1:29); also, often in 2 Cor, in general sense of "concerning" (2Co 5:12; 7:4; 8:24; 9:2; 12:5). Huper does not of itself indicate substitution, although one who shelters ("is over") another, suffers "in his stead" (the King James Version 2Co 5:20), as well as "in his behalf."

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Behalf:

"a part," is translated "behalf" in the AV of 2Cr 9:3 (RV, "respect") and 1Pe 4:16; here the most authentic texts have onoma, "a name;" hence RV, "in this name."
See COAST, CRAFT, PART, PIECE, PORTION, RESPECT, SORT.

Behalf:

"on behalf of," is to be distinguished from anti, "instead of."
See †, p. 9

W. E. Vine provided the following footnote on page 9 of his expository dictionary:
In the following pages † indicates that the word referred to (preposition, conjunction, or particle) is not dealt with in this volume.