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Homologia profession or confession, has six N.T. references, three by Paul and three
in Hebrews (II Cor. 9: 13; I Tim. 6: 12, 13; Heb. 3: 1; 4: 14; 10: 23). The essence of
the three passages in Hebrews is condensed in I Tim. 6: 12, 13:
"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold of eternal life, whereunto thou art also called,
and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. I give thee charge in the
sight of God, Who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, Who before Pontius
Pilate witnessed a good confession . . . . ."
Oneidismos reproach, occurs five times in the N.T. (Rom. 15: 3; I Tim. 3: 7;
Heb. 10: 33; 11: 26; 13: 13). In Rom. 15: 3, we have: "For even Christ pleased not
Himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached Thee fell on Me",
and in Heb. 13: 13, "Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp, bearing His
reproach".
Timoreo and timoria, to punish and punishment, have only three N.T. references.
Luke in reporting Paul's speeches uses the former twice: "I . . . . . went to Damascus, to
bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished" (Acts 22: 5) and
in 26: 11, ". . . . . I punished them oft in every synagogue . . . . ." The third occurs in
Heb. 10: 29 ". . . . . of how much sorer punishment (timoria) suppose ye . . . . ."
Philoxenia hospitality, has only two N.T. occurrences which are quite parallel.
Rom. 12: 13 ". . . . . Distributing to the necessity of the saints; given to hospitality", and
Heb. 13: 2 "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained
angels unawares".
Phrasso to stop (the mouth), is another word having only three N.T. references,
namely, Rom. 3: 19, II Cor. 11: 10 and Heb. 11: 33. Rom. 3: 19 deals with the
mouths of men being stopped, and Heb. 11: 33 the mouth of lions.
Megas great, is only applied to Christ in the N.T. (Luke 1: 32; 7: 16; Heb. 4: 14;
10: 21). In Titus 2: 13, "Our great God and Saviour", and Heb. 13: 20, ". . . . . that
great Shepherd of the sheep".
Katargeo, occurs 27 times in the N.T. Luke uses it once in a non-doctrinal and
primitive sense (Luke 13: 7). Paul's epistles have 25 references and Hebrews one. It is
peculiarly a Pauline word and the one reference in Heb. 2: 14 is used in the Apostle's
manner:
"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood. He also Himself
likewise took part of the same, that through death He might destroy him that had the
power of death, that is, the devil."
"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death" (I Cor. 15: 26).
". . . . . Jesus Christ, Who hath abolished death . . . . ." (II Tim. 1: 10).
Perissoteron and perissoteros, more abundantly and more exceedingly, with the
exception of Mark 7: 36 and 15: 14, are limited to Paul's epistles and Hebrews; the
former in I Cor. 15: 10; Heb. 6: 17; 7: 15, and the latter ten times in the epistles of
Paul and twice in Hebrews. These are peculiarly Pauline words, as is also the word