Awe (Hastings' Dictionary)
Besides He 1^ RV (for AV ' reverence,' Gr. J^os), only in the phrase 'stand in awe.' AV gives Ps 4* (in), 3,r {tr.), and 119"' {ir.p). RV re- tains these, changin" also ' fear ' into ' stand in awe ' in Ps 22» (k->.;), Is 29-=' (p;;) ; and ' was afraid ' into 'stood in awe of in 1 S 18" {-oi), Mai 2' (a^rr). Ruskiu {Mud. Painters, II. in. i.
14, § 26) says that awe is the contemplation of dreadfulnesa from a position of safety, as a stormy sea from the shore ; while fear is the contemplation of dreadf Illness when one is obnoxious to danger from it. Perhaps it was \vith a feeling for some dis- tinction of this kind that RV made those changes ; but in old Eng. awe stood for fear or dread even of an acute kind, and no such distinction can be discovered in AV either from the Heb. or the English words. Cf. Shaks. J. C. I. ii.
95 — ' 1 had aa lief not be as live to be In awe of such a tbiujf as I myself. ' J. Hastings. AWL (yyij).- An instrument mentioned in Ex 21' and Dt 15" in connexion with the boring of the ear of a slave. In Syria the awl is used only by shoemakers and other workers in leather. It la straight, and tapers to a sharp poinit. W. Carslaw. AX, AXE (in most modem editions of AV spell ax, although the edition of 1011 had axe through- out) is EV tr. of seven Heb.
words, the distinction between which cannot always be discovered. 1. ii-^; (probably 'pick-axe') Dt 19» 20", 1 K 6', Is 10'". 2. D-jn (properly 'sword') Ezk 26". 3. Va'3 (KV •hatchet") Ps 74*. 4. -niij 2 S 12". The sanii' word should be read in the parallel passajrc 1 Ch 2u"' for 8. t);?, which means 'saw' (cf. :f and 2 S 12>"). 6. irjp Is 44" ( A V ' tongs '), Jer 10^. 7. ci-;5 .Ig 9«, 1 S 13 »■»', Ps 74», Jer 46-^ In NT axe occurs twice (Mt 3'", Lk 3») as tr.
ol iiirri- See also the following article. J. A. Sgldik. 206 4.XE AZARIAH
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Awe
Awe o: Fear mingled with reverence and wonder, a state of mind inspired by something terrible or sublime. In the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) it occurs in Ps 4:4: "Stand in awe, and sin not" (where the Revised Version, margin has, "Be ye angry," so Septuagint; compare Eph 4:26); Ps 33:8; 119:161. In the following passages the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "stand in awe for the King James Version "fear": Ps 22:23 phoboumenoi; Isa 29:23; 1Sa 18:15; Mal 2:5; and in Heb 12:28 it substitutes "awe" for the King James Version "reverence" (deos here only in New Testament). In all these passages, except 1Sa 18:15 (eulabeito, where it describes Saul's feeling toward David), the word stands for man's attitude of reverential fear toward God. This is the characteristic attitude of the pious soul toward God in the Scriptures, especially in the Old Testament. It arises from a consciousness of the infinite power, sublimity and holiness of God, which fills the mind with the "fear of the Lord," and a dread of violating His law. ⇒See the definit…
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