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Définitions du dictionnaire biblique pour : "Rather"
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Rather
<A-1,Adverb,3123,mallon> the comparative degree of mala, "very, very much," is frequently translated "rather," e.g., Matt. 10:6,28; 1 Cor. 14:1,5; sometimes followed by "than," with a connecting particle, e.g., Matt. 18:13 ("more than"); or without, e.g., John 3:19; Acts 4:19, RV (AV, "more"); in 1 Cor. 9:12, AV, "rather" (RV, "yet more"); 1 Cor. 12:22, RV, "rather" (AV, "more"); 2 Cor. 3:9 (ditto); Philem. 1:16 (ditto); in 2 Pet. 1:10, AV, "the rather" (RV, "the more"). See MORE.
<B-1,Verb,2309,thelo> "to will, wish," is translated "I had rather" in 1 Cor. 14:19. See DESIRE, B, No. 6.
<C-1,Preposition,3844,para> "beyond, in comparison with," is translated "rather than" in Rom. 1:25, RV (AV, "more than;" marg., "rather").
<D-1,Conjunction,235,alla> "but, on the contrary," is translated "and rather" in Luke 17:8.
Notes: (1) In Heb. 13:19, AV, perissoteros, "the more exceedingly" (RV), is translated "the rather." (2) In Luke 11:41; 12:31, AV, plen, an adverb signifying "yet, howbeit," is translated "rather" (RV, "howbeit"). (3) In Rom. 3:8, AV, the negative particle me, "not," is translated with "rather" in italics (RV, "why not"). (4) In Luke 10:20, AV, "rather rejoice," there is no word in the original for "rather" (see the RV).