Dictionaries :: Violence, Violent, Violently

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Violence, Violent, Violently:

denotes "force, violence," said of men, Act 5:26; 21:35; 24:7; of waves, 27:41.

Violence, Violent, Violently:

"a rush" (akin to hormao, "to urge on, to rush"), is used of the fall of Babylon, Rev 18:21, AV, "violence," RV, "mighty fall."

Violence, Violent, Violently:

"a forceful or violent man," is used in Mat 11:12.
See FORCE, B, No. 1, Note.

Note: In Hbr 11:34, AV, dunamis, "power" (RV), is rendered "violence."

Violence, Violent, Violently:

"to shake violently," is used in Luk 3:14, "do violence," including intimidation. In the Sept., Job 4:14.

Violence, Violent, Violently:

in the Passive Voice, is rendered "suffereth violence" in Mat 11:12; see FORCE, B, Nos. 1 and 2. Some, e.g., Cremer (Lexicon) and Dalman (Words of Jesus, pp. 139, ff.), hold that the reference is to the antagonism of the enemies of the kingdom, but Luk 16:16 (Middle Voice: RV, "entereth violently") indicates the meaning as referring to those who make an effort to enter the kingdom in spite of violent opposition: see PRESS, A, No. 3.

Note: For hormao, rendered "ran violently," in Mat 8:32 and parallels, see RUN, RUSH.