Violence, Violent, Violently
Violence, Violent, Violently
denotes “force, violence,” said of men, Act 5:26; Act 21:35; Act 24:7; of waves, Act 27:41.
“a rush” (akin to hormao, “to urge on, to rush”), is used of the fall of Babylon, Rev 18:21, AV, “violence,” RV, “mighty fall.”
“a forceful or violent man,” is used in Mat 11:12. See FORCE, B, No. 1, Note.
Note: In Heb 11:34, AV, dunamis, “power” (RV), is rendered “violence.”
“to shake violently,” is used in Luk 3:14, “do violence,” including intimidation. In the Sept., Job 4:14.
in the Passive Voice, is rendered “suffereth violence” in Mat 11:12; see FORCE, B, Nos. 1 and 2. Some, e.g., Cremer (Lexicon) and Dalman (Words of Jesus, pp. 139,ff.), hold that the reference is to the antagonism of the enemies of the kingdom, but Luk 16:16 (Middle Voice: RV, “entereth violently”) indicates the meaning as referring to those who make an effort to enter the kingdom in spite of violent opposition: see PRESS, A, No. 3.
Note: For hormao, rendered “ran violently,” in Mat 8:32 and parallels, see RUN, RUSH.