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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Noun Strong's Number: g2094 Greek: etos

Year:

is used

(a) to mark a point of time at or from which events take place, e.g., Luk 3:1 (dates were frequently reckoned from the time when a monarch began to reign); in Gal 3:17 the time of the giving of the Law is stated as 430 "years" after the covenant of promise given to Abraham; there is no real discrepancy between this and Exd 12:40; the Apostle is not concerned with the exact duration of the interval; it certainly was not less than 430 "years;" the point of the argument is that the period was very considerable; Gal 1:18; 2:1 mark events in Paul's life; as to the former the point is that three "years" elapsed before he saw any of the Apostles; in Gal 2:1 the 14 "years" may date either from his conversion or from his visit to Peter mentioned in Gal 1:18; the latter seems the more natural (for a full discussion of the subject see Notes on Galatians by Hogg and Vine, pp. 55 ff.);

(b) to mark a space of time, e.g., Mat 9:20; Luk 12:19; 13:11; Jhn 2:20; Act 7:6, where the 400 "years" mark not merely the time that Israel was in bondage in Egypt, but the time that they sojourned or were strangers there (the RV puts a comma after the word "evil"); the Genevan Version renders Gen 15:13 "thy posterity shall inhabit a strange land for 400 years;" Hbr 3:17; Rev 20:2-7;

(c) to date an event from one's birth, e.g., Mar 5:42; Luk 2:42; 3:23; Jhn 8:57; Act 4:22; 1Ti 5:9;

(d) to mark recurring events, Luk 2:41 (with kata, used distributively); Luk 13:7;

(e) of an unlimited number, Hbr 1:12.

A-2 Noun Strong's Number: g1763 Greek: eniautos

Year:

originally "a cycle of time," is used

(a) of a particular time marked by an event, e.g., Luk 4:19; Jhn 11:49, 51; 18:13; Gal 4:10; Rev 9:15;

(b) to mark a space of time, Act 11:26; 18:11; Jam 4:13; 5:17;

(c) of that which takes place every year, Hbr 9:7; with kata
[cp. (d) above], Hbr 9:25; 10:1, 3.

A-3 Noun Strong's Number: g1333 Greek: dietia

Year:

denotes "a space of two years" (dis, "twice," and No. 1), Act 24:27; 28:30.

A-4 Noun Strong's Number: g5148 Greek: trietia

Year:

denotes "a space of three years" (treis, "three," and No. 1), Act 20:31.

Note: In Luk 1:7, 18, hemera, "a day," is rendered "years."

B-1 Adjective Strong's Number: g1332 Greek: dietes

Year:

akin to A, No. 3, denotes "lasting two years, two years old," Mat 2:16.

B-2 Adjective Strong's Number: g1541 Greek: hekatontaetes

Year:

denotes "a hundred years old," Rom 4:19.

C-1 Adverb Strong's Number: g4070 Greek: perusi

Year:

"last year, a year ago" (from pera, "beyond"), is used with apo, " from 2Cr 8:10; 9:2.

Note: In Hbr 11:24, AV, ginomai, "to become," with megas, "great," is rendered "when he was come to years" (RV, "when he was grown up").

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