Garnish
Garnish
, tsaphah’, in Piel, to overlay (as usually rendered), e.g. with stones, 2Ch 3:6; in a similar sense, , to adorn, Rev 21:19, which is used of decking with garlands, Mat 23:29; or of a furnished apartment, Mat 12:44; Luk 11:25). In Job 23:16, the term is peculiar, , shiphrah’, which Gesenius regards as a noun denoting brightness, with which the heavens are clothed; although Fiirst, with many others, pointing , regards it as a Piel form of , in the sense of arch, referring to the vaulted form of the sky. SEE ASTRONOMY.
Garrettson Freeborn,
a distinguished pioneer preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Maryland August 15, 1752, was converted in 1775, and entered the Conference in the same year. In December, 1784, he was ordained elder by Dr. Coke, and volunteered as missionary to Nova Scotia. In 1788, with twelve young ministers, he opened the work of evangelizing Eastern New York and Western New England. From 1818 to his death, September 26, 1827, he mostly had the relation of Conference missionary. Mr. Garrettson was a very widely-useful minister. “He was among the earliest Methodist preachers of American birth, and, being active and zealous from the commencement of his ministerial career, his life and labors are intimately connected with the rise and progress of Methodism in this country.” He preached in almost all the Eastern States, from Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico, and on all his appointments many souls were converted and many churches built up. Although not a man of great learning, Mr. Garrettson was a man of vigorous mind and powerful character. He was imbued with fervor and zeal; and during fifty-two years he was one of the most laborious and efficient evangelists of the age. He died greatly honored and lamented. Minutes of Conferences, 1:574;, Bangs, Life of F. Garrettson (N.Y. 12mo); Stevens, Memorials of Methodism, volume 1; Methodist Magazine, March, 1828; Stevens, History of the Methodist Episcipol Church. (G.L.T.)
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Garnish
overlay with stones (2 Chr. 3:6), adorn (Rev. 21:19), deck with garlands (Matt. 23:29), furnish (12:44).
In Job 26:13 (Heb. shiphrah, meaning “brightness”), “By his spirit the heavens are brightness” i.e., are bright, splendid, beautiful.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Garnish
garnish (, cippah, , shiphrah; , kosmeo): The word is used twice in the Old Testament. In 2Ch 3:6, cippah means to overlay, or to plate. Thus, he garnished the house or overlaid it, studded it, with precious stones, and thus adorned and beautified it. In Job 26:13, shiphrah is a feminine noun meaning fairness, beauty, brilliancy. By his Spirit the heavens are garnished, i.e. the clouds are driven off by the wind or breath of Yahweh, and the sky made bright and clear.
In the New Testament (Mat 12:44; Mat 23:29) the word kosmeo means set in order, make ready, adorn, etc. In Mat 25:7 it is translated trimmed, and in Rev 21:19 adorned.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Garnish
is translated by the verb “to garnish” in Mat 12:44; Mat 23:29; Luk 11:25; and in the AV of Rev 21:19. See ADORN.
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Garnish
Job 26:13 (a) This word is used to describe the beautiful and artistic decorations of the heavens in the arrangement of the stars, constellations, sun and moon.
Mat 12:44 (b) This type describes the professing Christian who “goes forward,” joins the church, but who does not know the Saviour personally. He gets rid of the evil things in his life and takes on some of the lovely things of the church. He becomes an usher or he sings in the choir. He participates in the activities and gives of his money. As he puts on all these things, the Saviour calls it garnish. The evil spirit comes back to such a man because he is empty – CHRIST has not entered; the Holy Spirit has not come into his life. (See also Luk 11:25).
Mat 23:29 (b) This is a description of the flowery words used by the Pharisees to describe the virtues of the dead prophets while they themselves rejected the teachings of those same prophets.