Concision (Hastings' Dictionary)

See Circumcision. CONCLUDE.- 1. In the sense of 'shut up,' 'en- close,' mod. include, Ro 11' 'God hath c'-'tlicm all in unbelief,' and Gal 3" ' the Scripture hath C^ all under sin' (RV 'shut up,' Gr. av-iK\tLw, u.sed lit. in Lk 5' 'they tm-Zoierf a great multitude of lishos' ; and fig. as al>ove from Ps 78" LXX, ' Ucgnve his peojile over unto the sword ' — used with the pregnant sen.se of giving over so that there can be no escape — Sanday and Headlam). 2.

To come to a conclusion by reasoning, infer, Ro 3^ 'Therefore we c. that a man is justified by faith' {'hcryi^liiuOa, RV 'we reckon') ; and in RV, Ac W ' c"" that (iod had called us ' (tvn^i^aiovrts, AV ' assuredly gather- ing '). 3. To decide, Ac 21^ ' we have written and c''' that they observe no such thing' (Kplvairrei, RV 'giving judgment'); and with direct object= 'determine upon,' Jth 2- ' Nebuch. . c"^ the alliicting of the whole earth ' (aweriXfaev, cf.

1 S 20' 'evil is determined by him,' LXX awTfTiXecrm), J. Hastings.