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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904) · Public Domain

Consider (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

To c. is either to look carefully at or think carefully about. The former sense is now obsol. or archaic : I'r 31" ' She c""" a field and buyetli it'; Lv 13" 'the priest shall c' (i.e. examine the lejier, nx-;, RV 'look'); Sir SS^* 'The smith also Hitting by the anvil, and c""' the iron work ' ; He 13' ' c"« the end of their conversation ' (ara0(iji- poOi/Tfs) ; Gal 6' 'c. thyself, lest thou also be tempted ' (aKoiriw, RV ' looking to '). So Cover- dale s tr.

of Neh 2" ' Then wente I on in the nighte . . and considered the wall' (AV 'viewed'). ' Consider of ' is now rare : Jg 19* ' c. of it, take advice, and speak ' ; Ts 64" ; Pref. to AV ' [they] set them forth openly to be c'' of and perused by all.' J. Hastings.

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