Assault (Hastings' Dictionary)

See Ciumes and Punishments. ASSAY is not found as snbst. As verb it has two general meanings : 1. Test, prove, of which the only example is in the Preface, 1611, ' To a. whether my talent . . may be profitable in any measure to God's Church.' 2. Set on&self to do (more than merely attempt) ; so all the occurrences in 4V : Dt 4" ' Hath God a"" to go and take him a nation ? ' Job 4' ' If we a.

to commune with thee ' (both np j) ; 1 S 17" ' David girded his sword upon his armour (RV apparel), and he a^ to go' (Vn;) ; Ac 9-'' 'he a'^ to join himself to the disciples,' 16' ' they a"" to go into Bithynia,' 2 Mac 2» (all Ttipdfui) ; He 11" ' which the E^j'ptians a^ to do ' [iriXpnv Xa^ovres). RV retains all these, and adds Ac 24" ' who, more- over, a"'' to profane the temple' (Tret/idfu, AV ' who also hath gone about to') ; 26''' 'the Jews ...

a''' to kUl me {reipio/juu, AV ' went about to kill me '). J. Hastings. ASSEMBLE, now almost entirely intrans., is trans., intrans., and reflex, in AV, as Mic 4 ' In that day, saith the Lord, will I a. her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven away ' ; Dn 6" ' Then these men a" (RV ' a"" toi;ether '), and found Daniel ' ; Nu 10" ' all the assembly shall a. them- selves to thee' (RV 'gather tnemselves unto thee'). 'A. together' occurs as tr.

of the same verbs without cliange of meaning ; and even ' a. together with,' Ac 1 'and [Jesus] being a" to- gether with them ' ((rwaXifd^if vos, with aiW-oZi under- stood ; AVm and RVm ' eating with them ' after Vulg. convescem. The reference would then be to Lk 24", Jn 21", where Jesus is spoken of as ' eating with ' the disciples. But this meaning of ffucaXifw, as if derived from i\s, ' salt,' instead of dXTjt, ' ciowded,' is scarcely made out).

In He 10" ' not forsaking the a" of yourselves together,' the Gr. is a noun (^iri<ru>'07aryT)). ' A. into ' is found Jer 21« ' I will a. (RV ' gather ') them into the midst of the city.' J. Hasting.s.