Respect (Noun and Verb)
Respect (Noun and Verb)
“a part,” has occasionally the meaning of “a class” or category,” and, used in the dative case with en, “in,” signifies “in respect of,” 2Co 3:10, “in (this) respect;” 2Co 9:3, RV, AV, “in (this) behalf;” Col 2:16, “in respect of (a feast day).”
“to look away from all else at one object” (apo, “from”), hence, “to look steadfastly,” is translated “he had respect” in Heb 11:26, AV (RV, “looked”). See LOOK.
“to look upon” (epi), is translated “have respect” in Jam 2:3 (RV “regard”); see LOOK, No. 6.
Notes: (1) The following prepositions are translated “in respect of:” peri, “concerning,” in Joh 16:8, RV; epi, “upon, over,” in Heb 11:4, RV; marg., “over (his gifts);” kata, “in regard to,” in Phi 4:11. (2) For “respect of persons” and “respecter of persons” see PERSON.