Temper
TEMPER
The disposition of the mind, whether natural or acquired. The word is seldom used by good writers without an epithet, as a good or bad temper. Temper must be distinguished from passion. The passions are quick and strong emotions which by degrees subside. Temper is the disposition which remains after these emotions are past, and which forms the habitual propensity of the soul.
See Dr. Evans’s Practical Discourses on the Christian Temper; and the various articles, LOVE, PATIENCE, HUMILITY, FORTITUDE, &c. in this work.
Fuente: Theological Dictionary
Temper
the disposition of the mind, the sum of our inclinations and tendencies, whether natural or acquired. The word is seldom used by good writers without an epithet, as a good or a bad temper. Temper must be distinguished from passion. The. passions are quick and strong emotions, which by degrees subside. Temper is the disposition which remains after these emotions are past, and which forms the habitual propensity of the soul. See Evans, Practical Discourses on the Christian Temper; and the various articles SEE FORTITUDE, SEE HUMILITY, SEE LOVE, SEE PATIENCE, etc. Temperance (, self-restraint), that virtue which a man is said to possess who moderates and restrains his sensual appetite. It is often, however, used in a much more general sense, as synonymous with moderation, and is then applied indiscriminately to all the passions. Temperance, says Addison, has those particular advantages above all other means of health, that it, may be practiced by all ranks and conditions at any season or in any place. It is a kind of regimen into which every man may put himself without interruption to business, expense of money, or loss of time. Physic, for the most part, is nothing else but the substitute of exercise or temperance. In order to obtain and practice this virtue, we should consider it,
1. As a divine command (Php 4:5; Luk 21:34; Pro 23:1-3);
2. As conducive to health;
3. As advantageous to the powers of the mind;
4. As a defense against injustice, lust, imprudence, detraction, poverty, etc.;
5. The example of Christ should be a most powerful stimulus to it. e . z
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Temper
temper: The word is used in the King James Version to render different Hebrew words. In Eze 46:14 for temper (, rasas) the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes moisten. In Song (Eze 5:2) a noun from the same stem means dew-drops. In Exo 29:2 the King James Version we read cakes unleavened, tempered (, balal, literally, mixed) with oil, the Revised Version (British and American) mingled. The word denotes rough-and-ready mixing. In the recipe for the making of incense given in Ex (Exo 30:35) occur the words tempered together, , malah (literally, salted; hence, the Revised Version (British and American) seasoned with salt). The word occurs in two interesting connections in The Wisdom of Solomon 15:7 (the Revised Version (British and American) knead) and 16:21. In 1Co 12:24 it occurs in English Versions of the Bible as a rendering of the Greek word , sugkerannumi, which meant to mix together. Paul is arguing in favor of the unity of the church and of cooperation on the part of individual members, and uses as an illustration the human body which consists of various organs with various functions. It is God, argues the apostle, who has tempered, compounded or blended, the body. Each member has its place and function and must contribute to the welfare of the whole frame. The same Greek word occurs in Heb 4:2. The author urges the necessity of faith in regard to the gospel. The unbelieving Israelites had derived no benefit from their hearing of the gospel because their hearing of it was not mixed with faith.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Temper
See Anger; Malice; Self-control
Anger; Malice; Self-control