Discovery Box| (0.44) | (Num 6:9) | 3 sn The expression is figurative for the vow that he took; the figure is the metonymy because the reference to the head is a reference to the long hair that symbolizes the oath. |
| (0.44) | (Phi 3:2) | 1 sn Dogs is a figurative reference to false teachers whom Paul regards as just as filthy as dogs. |
| (0.44) | (Gal 2:9) | 3 sn Pillars is figurative here for those like James, Peter, and John who were leaders in the Jerusalem church. |
| (0.44) | (1Co 9:4) | 1 tn Grk “the right to eat and drink.” In the context this is a figurative reference to financial support. |
| (0.44) | (Rom 16:5) | 2 tn Grk “firstfruit.” This is a figurative use referring to Epenetus as the first Christian convert in the region. |
| (0.44) | (Act 15:24) | 2 tn BDAG 71 s.v. ἀνασκευάζω describes this verb with a figurative meaning: “to cause inward distress, upset, unsettle.” |
| (0.44) | (Act 12:12) | 2 sn John Mark becomes a key figure in Acts 12:25; 13:5, 13; 15:37-39. |
| (0.44) | (Act 7:51) | 3 tn Or “You stubborn and obstinate people!” (The phrase “uncircumcised hearts and ears” is another figure for stubbornness.) |
| (0.44) | (Luk 14:26) | 1 tn This figurative use operates on a relative scale. God is to be loved more than family or self. |
| (0.44) | (Mat 2:3) | 2 tn Here the city (Jerusalem) is put by metonymy for its inhabitants (see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 579). |
| (0.44) | (Nah 1:6) | 3 tn Heb “Who can rise up against…?” The verb יָקוּם (yaqum, “arise”) is here a figurative expression connoting resistance. |
| (0.44) | (Joe 2:13) | 1 sn The figurative language calls for genuine repentance and not merely external ritual that goes through the motions. |
| (0.44) | (Eze 7:2) | 1 tn Or “earth.” Elsewhere the expression “four corners of the earth” figuratively refers to the whole earth (Isa 11:12). |
| (0.44) | (Lam 2:3) | 5 tn Heb “from the presence of the enemy.” This figurative expression refers to the approach of the attacking army. |
| (0.44) | (Jer 27:11) | 1 tn Heb “put their necks in the yoke of.” See the study note on v. 2 for the figure. |
| (0.44) | (Jer 27:12) | 3 tn Heb “put their necks in the yoke of.” See the study note on v. 2 for the figure. |
| (0.44) | (Jer 27:8) | 1 tn Heb “put their necks in the yoke of.” See the study note on v. 2 for the figure. |
| (0.44) | (Jer 4:31) | 3 tn Heb “spreading out her hands.” The idea of asking or pleading for help is implicit in the figure. |
| (0.44) | (Pro 16:2) | 3 tn Heb “in his eyes.” Physical sight is used figuratively for insight, or one’s intellectual point of view. |
| (0.44) | (Pro 15:12) | 1 sn This is an understatement, the opposite being intended (a figure called tapeinosis). A scorner rejects any efforts to reform him. |
