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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
 

Of:

Note:

(1) In addition to the rendering of a number of prepositions, "of" translates the genitive case of nouns, with various shades of meaning. Of these the subjective and objective are mentioned here, which need careful distinction. Thus the phrase "the love of God," e.g., in 1Jo 2:5; 3:16, is subjective, signifying "God's love;" in 1Jo 5:3, it is objective, signifying our love to God. Again, "the witness of God," e.g., 1Jo 5:9, is subjective, signifying the witness which God Himself has given; in Rev 1:2, 9; 19:10, e.g., "the testimony of Jesus" is objective, signifying the testimony borne to Him. In the AV "the faith of" is sometimes ambiguous; with reference to Christ it is objective, i.e., faith in Him, not His own faith, in the following passages in which the RV, "in" gives the correct meaning; Rom 3:22; Gal 2:16 (twice), 20, RV, "I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God;" Gal 3:22; Eph 3:12; Phl 3:9 (cp. Col 2:12, "faith in the working of God"). In Eph 2:20, "the foundation of the apostles and prophets" is subjective, i.e., the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets ("other foundation can no man lay than... Jesus Christ," 1Cr 3:11).

(2) In the AV of Jhn 16:13, "He shall not speak of Himself," the preposition is apo, "from," as in the RV; the Spirit of God often speaks of Himself in Scripture, the Lord's assurance was that the Holy Spirit would not be the source of His utterances. So with regard to Christ's utterances, Jhn 7:17, RV, "I speak from (apo) Myself:" and Jhn 14:10.

(3) In Jhn 6:46; 15:15; 17:7; Act 17:9, the RV, "from" is to be observed, as rightly translating para (AV, "of").

(4) The following are instances in which "of" translates ek, or ex, "out of, from," Mat 21:25 (RV, "from"); 1Cr 1:30; 15:6; 2Cr 5:1 (RV, "from"); Jam 4:1.

(5) In the following, peri, "concerning," is so translated in the RV (for AV, "of"), e.g., Act 5:24; 1Cr 1:11; 1Jo 1:1 (the RV is important); cp. Jhn 16:8.

(6) Epi, "over," is so translated in Mat 18:13, RV; "concerning" in Act 4:9.

(7) Huper, "on behalf of," is so rendered in 2Cr 7:4, RV (AV, "of");

(8) For hupo, "by," see the RV of Mat 1:22; 2:16; 11:27; Luk 9:7; Act 15:4; 1Cr 14:24; 2Cr 8:19; Phl 3:12.

(9) For other prepositions, etc., see †, p. 9.



W. E. Vine provided the following footnote on page 9 of his expository dictionary:
In the following pages † indicates that the word referred to (preposition, conjunction, or particle) is not dealt with in this volume.

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