Dictionaries :: While, Whiles, Whilst

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

While, Whiles, Whilst:

Notes:

(1) See LITTLE, B, No. 1.

(2) In Mat 13:21, proskairos estin, lit., "is for a season," is rendered "dureth (RV, endureth) for a while."

(3) Chronos, "time," is rendered "while" in Luk 18:4; Jhn 7:33; 12:35 (1st part); 1Cr 16:7; kairos, "a season," "a while," Luk 8:13; in Act 19:22, RV, "while" (AV, "season"); for the different meanings of these words see SEASON.

(4) In Act 18:18, AV, "a good while," is, lit., "sufficient days," RV, "many days."

(5) In Act 28:6, AV, epi polu, lit., "upon much," is rendered "a great while" (RV, "long").

(6) For Mar 1:35 see DAY, B.

(7) In Mar 15:44 palai, "long ago," is rendered "any while."

(8) In Act 27:33; Hbr 3:13 achri (or achris) followed by hou, the genitive case of the relative pronoun hos, lit., "until which," is rendered "while;" cp. en ho, in Mar 2:19; Luk 5:34; Jhn 5:7; en to, in Luk 1:21, RV, "while;" in Hbr 3:15, "while it is said," is, lit., "in the being said" (en, with the article and the pres. infin., Passive of lego); so, e.g., in Mat 13:25

(9) In Hbr 10:33, AV., "whilst ye were made," partly translating the present participle of theatrizomai, "to become a gazing-stock," RV, "being made;" in the 2nd part, ginomai, "to become," is translated "whilst ye became," AV (RV, "becoming").

(10) The conjunction heos, "until," etc., has the meaning "while" in Mat 14:22; Mar 6:45; 14:32; in some texts, Jhn 9:4; 12:35, 36; with hotou, "whatever" (an oblique case, neuter, of hostis, "whoever"), "whiles," Mat 5:25.

(11) In Act 20:11 hikanos, "sufficient," is rendered "a long while."

(12) Hos, as, "while" in Luk 24:32 (twice); Jhn 12:35, 36; Act 1:10; 10:17.

(13) Hotan, "when," is rendered "while" in 1Cr 3:4, AV (RV, "when").

(14) Hote, "when," is rendered "while" in Jhn 17:12; Hbr 9:17.

(15) In Jhn 4:31 metaxu, "between," used with en to, "in the," is rendered "meanwhile;" in Rom 2:15 metaxu is itself rendered "the mean while" (RV, "between").

(16) In Act 18:18, RV, hikanos is rendered "many" (AV, "good").

(17) In 1Pe 1:6, RV, oligon, "a little," is rendered "for a little while" (AV, "for a season").