Vincent Word Studies - 1 Thessalonians 2:17 - 2:17

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Vincent Word Studies - 1 Thessalonians 2:17 - 2:17


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Being taken from you (ἀπορφανισθέντες)

N.T.o. olxx. Rev. better, being bereaved of you. From ὀρφανός bereft. See Mar 12:40, Joh 14:18; Jam 1:27. The word suggests the intimate personal fellowship of the writer with his readers. The separation was like that between parents and children. Comp. 1Th 2:7, 1Th 2:8.

For a short time (πρὸς καιρὸν ὥρας)

N.T.o. Lit. for the season of an hour. Comp. Lat. horae momentum. Stronger than the usual phrase πρὸς ὥραν for an hour: see 2Co 7:8; Gal 2:5; Phm 1:15. Comp. πρὸς καιρὸν for a season, Luk 8:13; 1Co 7:5.

The more abundantly (περισσοτέρως)

Rev. the more exceedingly. Paul uses this adverb very freely, and outside of his letters it appears only Heb 2:1; Heb 13:19. He is much given to the use of comparatives, and sometimes heaps them together: see Rom 8:37; 2Co 7:13; 2Co 4:17; Eph 3:20; Phi 1:23.