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Due
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "one's own," is applied to kairos, "a season," in Galatians 6:9 , "in due season," i.e., in the season Divinely appointed for the reaping. So in 1 Timothy 2:6 , "the testimony to be borne in its own (AV, 'due') times (seasons);" 1 Timothy 6:15 , "in its own (idios) times (seasons);" similarly in Titus 1:3 . See BUSINESS , B.
Note: For axios, "the due reward," see REWARD , Note (1).signifies "to owe, to be indebted," especially financially, Matthew 18:30 , RV, "that which was due;" Matthew 18:34 , "all that was due." See BEHOVE , BOUND (to be).
an impersonal verb signifying "it is necessary," is translated "was due" in Romans 1:27 , RV (AV, "was meet"). See BEHOVE.
akin to B, No. 1, is rendered "dues" in Romans 13:7 . In 1 Corinthians 7:3 , RV, it is translated "her due" (the AV, "due benevolence" follows another reading).
Notes: (1) In the phrases "in due season" in Matthew 24:45; Luke 12:42; Romans 5:6 (lit., "according to time"), and "in due time," 1 Peter 5:6 , there is no word representing "due" in the original, and the phrases are, lit., "in season," "in time." (2) For the phrase "born out of due time," in 1 Corinthians 15:8 , see BEGET , B, No. 2.These files are public domain.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Due'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/due.html. 1940.
