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Discovery Box| (0.62) | (1Ki 1:39) | 1 sn A horn filled with oil. An animal’s horn was used as an oil flask in the anointing ceremony. |
| (0.62) | (Deu 20:19) | 2 tn Heb “you must not destroy its trees by chopping them with an iron” (i.e., an ax). |
| (0.62) | (Gen 29:27) | 1 sn Bridal week. An ancient Hebrew marriage ceremony included an entire week of festivities (cf. Judg 14:12). |
| (0.54) | (Rom 1:24) | 3 tn The genitive articular infinitive τοῦ ἀτιμάζεσθαι (tou atimazesthai, “to dishonor”) has been taken as (1) an infinitive of purpose; (2) an infinitive of result; or (3) an epexegetical (i.e., explanatory) infinitive, expanding the previous clause. |
| (0.54) | (Ecc 8:2) | 3 tn The genitive-construct שְׁבוּעַת אֱלֹהִים (shevuʿat ʾelohim, “an oath of God”) functions as a genitive of location (“an oath before God”) or an adjectival genitive of attribute (“a supreme oath”). |
| (0.54) | (Pro 19:28) | 1 tn Heb “a witness who is worthless and wicked” (עֵד בְּלִיַּעַל, ʿed beliyyaʿal). Cf. KJV “an ungodly witness”; NAB “an unprincipled witness”; NCV “an evil witness”; NASB “a rascally witness.” |
| (0.53) | (Rev 5:5) | 3 tn The present imperative with μή (mē) is used here to command cessation of an action in progress (ExSyn 724 lists this verse as an example). |
| (0.53) | (Rev 2:14) | 3 tn Grk “sons,” but the expression υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραήλ (huioi Israēl) is an idiom for the people of Israel as an ethnic entity (see L&N 11.58). |
| (0.53) | (2Pe 2:6) | 2 tn The perfect participle τεθεικώς (tetheikōs) suggests an antecedent act. More idiomatically, the idea seems to be, “because he had already appointed them to serve as an example.” |
| (0.53) | (Eph 1:18) | 4 tn Grk “of the glory of his inheritance.” Here “inheritance” is taken as an attributed genitive and the head noun, “glory,” is thus translated as an adjective, “glorious inheritance.” |
| (0.53) | (2Co 11:32) | 1 sn The governor was an official called an “ethnarch” who was appointed to rule on behalf of a king over a certain region. |
| (0.53) | (Act 21:27) | 1 tn BDAG 975 s.v. συντελέω 4 has “to come to an end of a duration, come to an end, be over…Ac 21:27.” |
| (0.53) | (Act 13:19) | 4 tn Grk “he gave their land as an inheritance.” The words “his people” are supplied to complete an ellipsis specifying the recipients of the land. |
| (0.53) | (Mat 27:9) | 2 tn Grk “the sons of Israel,” an idiom referring to the people of Israel as an ethnic entity (L&N 11.58). |
| (0.53) | (Hab 2:9) | 2 sn Here the Babylonians are compared to a bird, perhaps an eagle, that builds its nest in an inaccessible high place where predators cannot reach it. |
| (0.53) | (Joe 3:4) | 3 tn Heb “quickly, speedily, I will return your recompense on your head.” This is an idiom for retributive justice and an equitable reversal of situation. |
| (0.53) | (Eze 30:10) | 1 tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more exact spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-uṣur has an “r” rather than an “n.” |
| (0.53) | (Jer 43:10) | 1 sn This is another of those symbolic prophecies of Jeremiah that involved an action and an explanation. Cf. Jer 19 and 27. |
| (0.53) | (Pro 20:10) | 1 tn The construction simply uses repetition to express different kinds of weights and measures: “a stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.” |
| (0.53) | (Pro 17:26) | 1 tn Heb “not good.” This is an example of tapeinosis—an understatement that implies the worst-case scenario: “it is terrible.” |
