void: The uses of “void” in English Versions of the Bible are all modern, except for the phrase “void place” in the King James Version 1 Kings 22:10 parallel 2 Chronicles 18:9 (the Revised Version “open”); 2 Maccabees 14:44 (so the King James Version and the Revised Version margin). On the Old Testament passages see OPEN PLACE. In 2 Maccabees the Greek word is κενεών, keneṓn, which may mean either “an open place,” in general, or, specifically, “the hollow between the ribs and the hip,” whence the Revised Version “his side.” Moffatt in Charles’ Apocrypha translates “the open street.”
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Author: International Std. Bible Encyclopedia
Keywords: Void
Source: James Orr (editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5 volume set.
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