, Acts 20:16*

, whether in respect of duration or a definite point of its lapse, Mt. 2:7; 25:19 freq.; an epoch, era, marked duration, Acts 1:7; 1 Thess. 5:1

, Mt. 24:48; 25:5; Lk. 1:21; 12:45; Heb. 10:37*

, in NT to anoint, by way of instituting to a dignity, function, or privilege, Lk. 4:18; Acts 4:27; 10:38; 2 Cor. 1:21; Heb. 1:9*

, Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16*

pr. anything which is applied by smearing; ointment; in NT an anointing, in the reception of spiritual privileges, 1 Jn. 2:20, 27*

pr. goodness, kindness, gentleness, Rom. 2:4; 11:22(3x); 2 Cor. 6:6; Gal. 5:22; Col. 3:12; Tit. 3:4; kindness shown, beneficence, Eph. 2:7; goodness, virtue, Rom. 3:12*

, Lk. 5:39; easy, as a yoke, Mt. 11:30; gentle, benign, kind, obliging, gracious, Lk. 6:35; Eph. 4:32; Rom. 2:4; 1 Pet.

, Rom. 16:18*

, 1 Cor. 13:4*