BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G2639
katalegō — to enrol
κατα-λέγω [in LXX: Deu.19:16 (עָנָה), 2Ma.7:30 R * ;] 1. to lay down; mid. (in Hom.), to lie down. 2. to narrate (LXX, ll. with). 3. to choose out, hence, to enrol (as of soldiers, Hdt., Thuc., a1., see LS, see word): of widows, pass., 1Ti.5:9 (cf. Ellic.; CGT, in l).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →To be treated with kindness (Ex. 22:22; Deut. 14:29; 16:11, 14; 24:17, 19-21; 26:12; 27:19, etc.). In the New Testament the same tender regard for them is inculcated (Acts 6:1-6; 1 Tim. 5:3-16) and exhibited.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
