Secure

As tised in AV 'secure' means 'con- fident,' 'trustful,' 'not anticipating danger.' It is always in OT the tr. of n;; to trust, confide, or gome of its derivatives. In NT it occurs only as a verb, and only in Mt 28''' 'And if this come to the governor's ears, we will jjcrsuade him, and secure you,' where the Or. is v^ids d^epiiipovs iroii)- eofjifv, i.e. ' make you free from care,' which corre- sponds e.\actly with the derivation of the Eng. word (Lat. securiis, i.e.

se 'free from,' and cura ' care '). Cf. Jg 18' ' they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure.' How greatly the word has changed its meaning may be seen from Jg 8" ' Gideon . . smote the host: for the host was secure.' Davies (Bible Eng. p. 103) quotes from Sandys (p. 210), 'There is no where any place wherein it is safe to be secure.' Securely (I'r 3=», Mic 2', Sir 4'") has the same meaning.

And so also security in 2 Es 7°*, Sir 5' ; biit in Ac 17' ' when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go,' this word is used in its modem sense (Gr. rb Inaviv). J. Hastings. 8EDEKIAS (Ze««(as, AV Zedechias), 1 Es !«• (LXX "), Zcdckiah king of Judah.