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Countenance
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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only Revelation 1:16 has "countenance." See APPEARANCE.
is translated "countenance" in Luke 9:29; Acts 2:28 , and in the AV of 2 Corinthians 3:7 (RV, "face"). See APPEARANCE.
akin to eidon, "to see:" see APPEARANCE.
Notes: (1) In Acts 13:24 prosopon is translated "before" (lit., "before the presence of His coming"). (2) Skuthropos, "of a sad countenance" (skuthros, "gloomy, sad," ops, "an eye"), is used in Matthew 6:16; Luke 24:17 , "sad." (3) Stugnazo, "to be or become hateful, gloomy, in aspect," is translated "his countenance fell," Mark 10:22 , RV (AV, "he was sad"). It is used of the heaven or sky in Matthew 16:3 , "lowring." See LOWRING.Copyright Statement
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Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Countenance'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/c/countenance.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Countenance'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/c/countenance.html. 1940.
