Beguile (Hastings' Dictionary)

'To beguile' is to act with guile, to deceive ; but (like ' amuse,' which originally meant ' to bewilder ') it is mostly employed now in the sense of ' to charm away ' (care or time). This meaning, though as old as 1611, does not occur in AV, where on the contrary we find the word signifying directly to cheat, as Col 2'* ' Let no man b. you of your reward' (Gr. Karapfa^evu, from Ppa^ilov 'a prize,' RV 'rob you of your prize.' See the criticism of this tr. by T. S. Evans in Lot. and Gr.

Verse, p. ilix). J. Hastings. BEHALF (by his half, i.e. on his side, then as a prep, with a direct object, bihalf him) is used only in prepositional phrases ' in or on (his) belialf,' and (now almost entirely) ' in or on behalf of. ' * Until recently a clear distinction was pre- served between 'on behalf of and 'in behalf of,' the former signifying ' in reference to ' or ' on account of,' the latter only ' in the interest of,' ' for the sake of. ' t This distinction is preserved in AV.

Tims, Ex 27=', ' it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel ' (that is, the beaten oU shall be a perpetual gift from or on the part of, rx?, the children of Israel) ; 1 Co 1* ' I thank my God always on your behalf ' (ircpl iiiiOm, RV ' concerning you ').

But 2 Ch 16' ' the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong m the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him ' ; Ph 1^ ' in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to sutler for his sake' (RV 'in his behalf). But ' in this behalf,' or ' on this behalf,' inditlerently, as 2 Co 9" ' in this behalf,' 1 P 4" ' on this behalf ' (both (v TV liipei TovTip, TR, but in 1 P 4" editors prefer 6vbiJLaTi, whence RV ' in his name '). J.

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