of apology or defence (Gr. diroXoyla) in 1 Co 9" mine %. (RV 'my defence') to them that do examine
7. TheodulluB, Epise. Aurel. Capit. de Presb., cd. Migne, 193 ; Ito CarnotenBis, Uecret. vi. 121. A. MaCALISTEE.
ANON, a contraction for ' in one,' is used in AV for ' in one moment ' (R V ' straightway '). Mt 13™ 'a. with joy receiveth it' ; Mk 1^ 'a. they tell him of her'; Jth 13" 'a. after she went forth' (RV ' after a little whUe she went forth ').
J. Hastings.
ANOS CApus), 1 Es 9".— One of the descendants of Baani, who agreed to put away his ' strange ' wife : corresponding to Vaniah (n;)i), Ezr IC.
ANOTHER. — A. is 'one other,' but sometimes the idea is ' a different one,' of which there is a fine instance in Gal 1' ' I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto a. gospel ' (Gr. (repov, RV ' a different gospel,' but V.' 'which is not a.' Gr. flXXo ; cf. 2 Co 1 1*). In 2 Ch 20^^ ' every one helped to destroy a.'; mod. Eng. would say 'the other'; so RV in Gn W>, Ex 2118 37"' etc., but not in Zee 11».
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ANSWER. — 1. As a subst. a. is used in the sense
me'; 2 Ti 4" 'At my first a. (RV 'defence') no man stood by me ' ; 1 P 3" ' Ready always to give an a. (RV 'give a.') to every man.' Compare the use of a. as a verb in Ac 24'" ' I do tne more cheerfully a. for myself (RV 'I do cheerfully make my defence '), Ac 25'- " 26'- ^ Lk 12" 21". 2. In Ro 11* ' what saith the a. of God unto him ? ' a. means oracle or divine response (Gr. xpv/J^- Ti(r/i6s, the only occurrence of the word in NT, but it is found m 2 Mac 2* xp';A'a"<''Moi' yevriffii>Toi, ' being warned of God ' AV and RV ; see Sanday and Headlam, Homans, pp. 173, 313). 3. In 1 P 3'^ ' the a. of a good conscience toward God,' a. is prob. intended to mean defence, as above ; but the Gr. is not iiroKoyla but eireputr-qiia, and in what precise sense the apostle uses that word is dis- puted ; RV gives ' interrogation,' with two alterna- tives in the marg. 'inquiry' and 'appeal.' See Thayer, N.T. Lex. s.v. 4. As a verb a. is often used when no question has been asked. The most strik- ing instance is Ac 5', where St. Peter 'answers' Sapphira, not only before she had opened her mouth, but by asking her a question. S. In Gal 4*' ' For this Agar is Mt. Sinai in Arabia, and a*"" to Jems.,' a'"" to = corresponds with (Gr. crwo-Toixf ' — lit. ' belongs to the same row or column with'). Answerable occurs in AV only Ex 38" 'a. to the hangings of the court,' i.e. 'correspond- ing to' ; but RV adds Ezk 40'* • a. unto (AV 'over against') the length of the gates,' 45' 48"- '*"». Cf Bunyan, Bolt/ War (Clar. Press ed. p. 92), ' This famous town of Mansoul had five Gates, in at which to come, out at which to go ; and these were made likewise answerable to the Walls.'
J. Hastings. ANT ishr;^ nim&l&h, fiip/xvL formica). The ant is mentioned only twice in the Bible. Once (Pr 6") with reference to the industry of this insect, and again (Pr 30") with reference to its wisdom tkuA foresight. There has never been any dispute as to the industry of the ant. Sir John Lubbock {Ants, Bees, and Wasps, p. 27) says, 'They work all day, and in warm weatner, if need be, at night too. I once watched an ant from six in the morn- ing, and she worked without intermission till a quarter to ten at night. I had put her to a saucer containing larvie, and in this time she had carried off no less than 187 to their nests. I had another ant, which I employed in my experiments under continuous observation several days. Wlien I started for London in the morning, and again when I went to bed at night, I used to put her
into a small bottle, but the moment she was let out she began to work again. On one occasion I was away from home for a week. On my return 1 took her out of the bottle, placing her on a little heap of larvoe, about three feet from her nest. Under these circumstances I certainly did not expect her to return. However, though she had been six days in conlinement, the brave little creature immediately picked up a larva, carried it to her nest, and after half an hour's rest returned for another.'