Affect, affection (Hastings' Dictionary)
In its literal sense of ' t-o act upon,' aii'ect occurs once. La 3" ' mine eye ali'ecteth mine heart.' In Sir 13" the meaning is tx) aspire, 'Affect not to be made equal unto him in talk.' Besides these, observe Gal 4"* '", where the meaning is to have aliection for, be fond of. Gal 4" ' They zealously a. you, but not well (Or. fjjXoOiru' viiat ov koXui, RV 'They zealously seek you in no good way'); yea, they would exclude you, that ye might a. them' (RV ' seek them '). Cf. Bingham, Xenoph.
' Alwaies soure and cruell, so that Souldiers allected him as children doe their Schoolemaster. ' Besides these, a. occurs only Ac 14''' ' made them evil a'^ ' (/caK6w) ; 2 Mac4»» 'not well a""' {aXUrpios), RV 'ill a"".'); 13=» 'well a«" {edfutnjs). Affection in old Eng. is any bent or disposition of the mind, good or bad, as Col 3" 'set your a. (Gr. (fipopeire, RV ' set your mind ') on things above.' Hence, to tr. wido! and the like, some adj. is added, as Col 3' 'inordinate a.' (Gr.
jrdflot, RV 'passion'); Ro 1" ' without natural a.' (Gr. icropyot). But in the plu. affections means passions, as Gal 5" ' the flesh with the a. (Gr. TriB-ripia, RV ' pa-ssions') and lusts ' ; Ro 1* 'God gave them up unto vile a.' (Gr. irdflij ari/ifof, RV 'vile pa-ssions'). Cf. the difference between 'passion' and 'passions.' RV gives 'affec- tions' in a good {i.e. the mod.) sense at 2 Co G" (AV 'bowels,' which see). Affectioned is found in the neutral sense of 'disposed' in Ko 12"' 'kindly a.
(Gr. (piKtKTTopyot, RV 'tenderly a.') one to another.' Cf. Vii\lei,Abel Jied. 'He (Luther) was very lovingly affectioned towards his children.' J. Hastings.
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Affect, affection
Affect; Affection a-fekt', a-fek'-shun: The literal meaning of "affect" is to act upon (Latin ad, "to," "upon," facio, "to do"). It has various shades of meaning, and occurs in the following senses in the English Bible: (1) In its literal sense: La 3:51, "Mine eye affecteth my soul" (2) In the sense of "to endeavor after" desire," "court": Ga 4:17, "They zealously affect (the Revised Version (British and American) "seek") you .... that ye may affect (the Revised Version (British and American) "seek") them," i.e. they earnestly court your favor, that you may court theirs. Paul means that the proselytizing zeal of the Judaizers was rooted in personal ambition. The past part. "affected" (the Revised Version (British and American) "sought") has the same meaning in Ga 4:18. The same Greek word (zeloo) is translated "desire earnestly" in the Revised Version (British and American) (1Co 12:31; 14:1,39). "Affect" has a similar meaning in Ecclesiasticus 13:11. (3) In the passive, it occurs in the sense of "to be disposed," in a neutral sense, with an adverb to characterize the nature of the di…
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