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Notable

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

nō´ta - b ' 50 ( חזוּת , ḥāzūth ; γνωστός , gnōstós ): "Notable" is the translation of ḥāzūth , "conspicuous" ( ḥāzāh , "to see"), e.g. Daniel 8:5 , "a notable horn," i.e. "conspicuous," the King James Version margin "a horn of sight"; Daniel 8:8 , "notable (horns)"; of gnōstos , "known" "knowledge" (Acts 4:16 ); of epı́semōs , "noted," "notable" (Matthew 27:16; in Romans 16:7 "of note" of epiphanḗs , "very manifest," "illustrious" (compare "Antiochus Epiphanes"); Acts 2:20 , "that great and notable day," quoted from Joel 2:31; Septuagint for yārē' , "to be feared," the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "terrible" (compare Malachi 4:5 ); "notable" occurs also in 2 Macc 3:26 (ekprepḗs ); 2 Macc 14:33, the Revised Version (British and American) "for all to see"; 2 Macc 6:28 (gennaı́os ), "a notable example," the Revised Version (British and American) "noble"; notably , only in 2 Macc 14:31 (gennaı́os ), "notably prevented," the Revised Version (British and American) "bravely," margin "nobly."