used (a) transitively, means “to carry through” or “about” (dia, “through,” phero, “to carry”), Mar 11:16<\/span> (“carry … through”); Act 13:49<\/span>; Act 27:27<\/span> (“driven to and fro”); (b) intransitively, (1) “to differ,” Rom 2:18<\/span>; Gal 2:6<\/span>; Phi 1:10<\/span>; (2) “to excel, be better,” e.g., Mat 6:26<\/span>; Mat 10:31<\/span> (“of more value”); Mat 12:12<\/span>; Luk 12:7<\/span>, Luk 12:24<\/span>; 1Co 15:41<\/span>; Gal 4:1<\/span>; some would put Rom 2:18<\/span> and Phi 1:10<\/span> here (see marg.). See CARRY, DIFFER, DRIVE, EXCELLENT, MATTER (make), PUBLISH. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to be over or above (a number), to be more than enough, to be pre-eminent, superior,” Mat 5:20<\/span>, is translated “are we the better,” in 1Co 8:8<\/span> (cp. 1Co 15:58<\/span>; Rom 15:13<\/span>; 2Co 3:9<\/span>; 2Co 8:7<\/span>; Phi 1:9<\/span>; Col 2:7<\/span>; 1Th 4:1<\/span>, 1Th 4:10<\/span>). See ABOUND. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n signifies “to indemnify, pay expenses, pay taxes” (from luo, “to loose,” telos, “toll, custom”); hence, “to be useful, advantageous, to be better,” Luk 17:2<\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n lit. means “to hold or have above” (huper, “above,” echo, “to hold”); hence, metaphorically, to be superior to, to be better than, Phi 2:3<\/span>; 1Pe 2:13<\/span>, “supreme,” in reference to kings; in Rom 13:1<\/span>, “higher;” Phi 3:8<\/span>, “excellency,” more strictly “the surpassing thing, (namely, the knowledge of Christ);” in Phi 4:7<\/span> “passeth.” See EXCELLENCY, HIGHER, PASS, SUPREME. <\/p>\n Notes: (1) In Rom 3:9<\/span> the RV rightly translates proecho (which there is used in the Passive Voice, not the Middle) “are we in worse case than …?,” i.e., “are we surpassed?” “are we at a disadvantage?” The question is, are the Jews, so far from being better off than the Gentiles, in such a position that their very privileges bring them into a greater disadvantage or condemnation than the Gentiles? The AV “are we better” does not convey the meaning. <\/p>\n (2) Sumphero, in Mat 18:6<\/span>, AV, is translated “it were better for him,” RV, “profitable.” See Mat 5:29-30<\/span> etc. See BRING, EXPEDIENT, GOOD, D, Note (2), PROFITABLE. <\/p>\n Better (be) used (a) transitively, means “to carry through” or “about” (dia, “through,” phero, “to carry”), Mar 11:16 (“carry … through”); Act 13:49; Act 27:27 (“driven to and fro”); (b) intransitively, (1) “to differ,” Rom 2:18; Gal 2:6; Phi 1:10; (2) “to excel, be better,” e.g., Mat 6:26; Mat 10:31 (“of more value”); Mat 12:12; … Continue reading “Better (be)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"