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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
is used (a) to mark a point of time at or from which events take place, e.g., Luke 3:1 (dates were frequently reckoned from the time when a monarch began to reign); in Galatians 3:17 the time of the giving of the Law is stated as 430 "years" after the covenant of promise given to Abraham; there is no real discrepancy between this and Exodus 12:40; the Apostle is not concerned with the exact duration of the interval; it certainly was not less than 430 "years;" the point of the argument is that the period was very considerable; Galatians 1:18; 2:1 mark events in Paul's life; as to the former the point is that three "years" elapsed before he saw any of the Apostles; in Galatians 2:1 the 14 "years" may date either from his conversion or from his visit to Peter mentioned in Galatians 1:18; the latter seems the more natural (for a full discussion of the subject see Notes on Galatians by Hogg and Vine, pp. 55ff.); (b) to mark a space of time, e.g., Matthew 9:20; Luke 12:19; 13:11; John 2:20; Acts 7:6 , where the 400 "years" mark not merely the time that Israel was in bondage in Egypt, but the time that they sojourned or were strangers there (the RV puts a comma after the word "evil"); the Genevan Version renders Genesis 15:13 "thy posterity shall inhabit a strange land for 400 years;" Hebrews 3:17; Revelation 20:2-7; (c) to date an event from one's birth, e.g., Mark 5:42; Luke 2:42; 3:23; John 8:57; Acts 4:22; 1 Timothy 5:9; (d) to mark recurring events, Luke 2:41 (with kata, used distributively); 13:7; (e) of an unlimited number, Hebrews 1:12 .
originally "a cycle of time," is used (a) of a particular time marked by an event, e.g., Luke 4:19; John 11:49,51; 18:13; Galatians 4:10; Revelation 9:15; (b) to mark a space of time, Acts 11:26; 18:11; James 4:13; 5:17; (c) of that which takes place every year, Hebrews 9:7; with kata [cp. (d) above], Hebrews 9:25; 10:1,3 .
denotes "a space of two years" (dis, "twice," and No. 1), Acts 24:27; 28:30 .
denotes "a space of three years" (treis, "three," and No. 1), Acts 20:31 .
Note: In Luke 1:7,18 , hemera, "a day," is rendered "years."akin to A, No. 3, denotes "lasting two years, two years old," Matthew 2:16 .
denotes "a hundred years old," Romans 4:19 .
"last year, a year ago" (from pera, "beyond"), is used with apo, "from 2 Corinthians 8:10; 9:2 .
Note: In Hebrews 11:24 , AV, ginomai, "to become," with megas, "great," is rendered "when he was come to years" (RV, "when he was grown up").These files are public domain.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Year'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​y/year.html. 1940.