The second word here is different from 1000, but the way Gesenius lists it
makes it look as if it is still part of definition 1000. His typesetting
style is to list the word number or some kind of note in the margin next to
each new entry. In this case, no such note exists. And aside from
this curious typographical omission, words in immediate vicinity in
Alphabetics studies count for a strong connection.
As another example of this, the number 876 is immediately next to 877,
which is the third toll-free telephone prefix in America, after 1-800 and
1-888.
Word 876 and 877 are the only two words on page 303 of Zodhiates'
NT lexicon. The telephone area code where I grew up in Boulder,
Colorado, was/is 303. The zip code was/is 80303.
The meaning of word 877 is "folly, foolishness, lack of sense,"
which is nearly the same definition as word 801, "foolish," which is
Wasatch Front Utah's telephone area code [home of many foolish (and some wise)
"virgins," to use parable language]. See Mormons
and 801.
Ironically the ones who are blind refer to those who are watchful as being
"foolish" -- "apostate" in modern LDS vernacular.
Zodhiates devotes half of page 303 to discussing this variation in reference
to Paul's statement, "Let no man think me a fool," but that his
boasting was a result of his "confidence" in the Lord and was not
boasting but glorifying God, whose servant he was.
There are 1340 pages in James Strong's
Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Word 1340 in the Greek NT means:
1340 diischurizomai (from 1223), ischurizomai,
to corroborate, confirm, affirm, which is from ischuros (2478),
firm, strong.) To affirm or
assert strongly or vehemently.
The very name of "Strong" is in the word definition, along with
the idea of the "confirming" value of these word code studies.
Word 1340 in the OT Hebrew lexicon is the very last word
of the "B" or beth section. This brings to mind the
word ab or "Father," which is spelled with the first two
letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The very word, ab is
synonymous with "alphabet," which
is fitting inasmuch as the concordance is an exhaustive alphabetical listing
of all the words in the Bible.
Page 1340 in Zodhiates' NT lexicon includes word
4899, suneklektos, which means "Chosen." Word 4899 in
Hebrew, Mashiyach, means "anointed" and is pronounced
"Messiah" in English.
Six of the words on the page begin
with 489x, which was the phone prefix in Mapleton mentioned above.
All of the words begin with the suffix sun, which transliteration
brings to mind the glory of the Celestial.
The four words prior to word 4899 carry the notion of Immanuel or
"God with us."
4895 suneimi To be with. [Immanuel]
4896 suneimi To gather together, convene, bring
together; to perceive, understand. [By pulling together the relevant
information.]
4897 suneiserchomai To go or come in with
someone, to enter with. [Condescension of God.]
4898 sunekdemos A fellow traveler in foreign
countries. ["the earth is my footstool."]
The word following 4899 conveys the idea of the mission of Jacob's son,
Joseph as given in Deuteronomy 33:17, that they "shall push the people
together to the ends of the earth."
4990 sunelauno To drive together into one
place, of wild beasts or persons. Figuratively, to impel or persuade
together.
Another scripture that comes to mind in this context of Messiah Immanuel
and gathering is Ezekiel 34:11-13
"For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my
sheep, and seek them out . . . of all places where they have been scattered
in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the people, and
gather them from the countries. . . ."
The first definition on page 1340 of Zodhiates, which spills over from the
previous page, is rather interesting to consider in this context of these word
studies and setting forth these correlations.
4893 suneidesis Conscience, to be one's own
witness, one's own conscience coming forward as witness.
(I) Particularly, a knowing of oneself, consciousness.
(II) Used metonymically meaning a person (2 Cor. 4:2, to commend oneself to
every man). Thought not a synonym, the related term sunesis (4907),
perception, understanding, the ability to understand concepts and see
relationships between them, should be distinguished from suneidesis.
Sunesis is the moral awareness which generally precedes action. Suneidesis
... is a moral awareness that springs from and is conditioned by one's
knowledge of God and his duties to Him. Accordingly it has the duty of
confirming the truth of divine saving revelation designed to meet and
satisfy man's religious need. Thus conscience is the testimony of the Spirit
in man's heart concerning his obligation to God.
