Succeed, Success
Succeed, Success
suk-sed, suk-ses (, yarash, , sakhal; , euemera): To succeed means, (1) and originally, to follow after; (2) mostly in modern English, to prosper; in the King James Version, with one exception, the word has a qualifying adjective. (1) In the first sense it is the translation of yarash, to seize or to take possession (Deu 2:12; Deu 12:29, the American Standard Revised Version dispossessest, the English Revised Version possessest); of kum, to rise up (Deu 25:6, shall succeed in the name of his brother); of diadechomai (Ecclesiasticus 48:8, prophets to succeed after him). (2) In the sense of prospering, success is the translation of sakhal, to be wise, to prosper (Jos 1:8, Thou shalt have good success, the King James Version margin do wisely, the Revised Version margin deal wisely; compare the King James Version margin Job 22:2; Psa 111:10; Pro 3:4); good success occurs in Tobit 7:12, euodosei ta kallista; The Wisdom of Solomon 13:19, epitucha; Ecclesiasticus 20:9, euoda, the Revised Version (British and American) prosperity, There is a prosperity that a man findeth in misfortunes; and there is a gain that turneth to loss; Ecclesiasticus 38:13, euoda (so Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Ephraemi – this word = sweet savior, fragrance; compare Phi 4:18; Eph 5:2; 2Co 2:15). See further EUODIA. the Revised Version (British and American) the issue for good 1 Macc 4:55, euodoo; 8:23, kalos, etc. Success, simply (as prosperity, euemeria), 2 Macc 10:28, a pledge of success and victory; successor occurs (Ecclesiasticus 46:1, Joshua … was the successor diadochos of Moses; 2 Macc 9:23; 14:26).