7. 1 Co 4' ' And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos ' (/t«rfcrx';Mii''i(ra). The Gr. verb tr^ 'in a figure transferred ' elsewhere means to change one's form or appearance (trx^^o) into some other form, 2 Co Il>3-i4- " (AV ' transform,' RV 'fashion into' or ' fashion as ') and Ph 3-' (AV ' change,' RV ' fashion anew'). Here it is the truth stated that is to change its application : applied by the apostle to himself and Apollos, it really applies to the Corinthians.t 8. Sir 49* ' he made mention of the enemies under the fgure of the rain' ((v ifi-Pptf, RV ' he remembered the enemies in storm,' KVm 'in rain ').
RV "ives ' figure ' for AV ' interpretation ' in Pr 1°, nut with ' interpretation ' in marg. (nvV?), elsewhere only Hab 2' (EV ' proverb,' RVm ' riddle') ; and for AV ' fashion,' Ac 7" ti'ttos (see Fashion). RV also introduces tlie verb 'to figure,' not in AV text, Lv 26' (' figured stone ' as AVm, Heb. n'j^o [2n, AV 'image of stone') ; and Nu 33" ( ' figured .■stones,' Heb. n'jro, AV ' pictures '). See Idolatry and Stone. This meaning of the verb (evidently 'adorned with figures or designs') may be illustrated from Shaks. Rich. II. m. iii. 150 — ' I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, . . . Uy figured goblets for a dish of wood.'
J. Hastings. FILL. — Asasubst., meaning a full supply, fill is nscd of food, Lv 25", Dt 23=-' ; of drini; 2 Es 1*, Jth ?■-' ; and metaphorically of love, Pr 7'* ' Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning.' Cf. S. Rutherford, Letfcr.i, xxxv., ' those who livelong, and get a heavy fill of this life ' ; and Shaks. Trail, and Cress. V. viiL 4 —
' Kest, sword ; thou host thy fill of blood and death.'
The verb to fill is fretjuently used by Wyclif (and other early writers) in the sense of execute, accomplish, modern /'»/A7. Tlius tin 27' (13SS) ' he hadde go in to the fceld to fille tlie coiiiaunilinent of the fadir ' (1382 ' that he fulfille the lieest of the fad;r'); Lk 9»' (1380) ' forsothe Moyses and Elye wenn seyn in mageste ; and thei seyden his jjoynge out, which he was t') lillinge in Jeru.-iali'in (l,'!S8 * wliich he sliould fullillo'). Soonce in AV, 2 l';s4'' 'when the number of seeds is filled in you' {im- pletusfuerit ; RV 'fulfilled').
• But the Rhem. NT has a marginal notOj ' That is, in figure and my.stcrio of Christ dead, and aliue agame.' This margin proliably gave AV Iho word ' figure."
f Field {oy, ad loc.) suggests ' by a fiction ' for EV ' In a figure.* In ilhistnition of the Gr. verb he quou-s 1 S 'is** 'Saul di(i>:ui9e<l hinisL'U' (Sym. ft-irtrxi'*^^!'** i»i^o.) ; and 1 K 14^ ' Arise. 1 pray thee, and di-sguiso thyself (Theod. tAirmrx^i'*^^"" ri*vrt*).
To ' fill up ' is to fill to the full, the prep, up, like Gr. Kara, intensifying the verb : as Alt 23*^ ' Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers' {TrXijpw- ffoTf) ; * 1 Th 2'" ' to fill up their sins alway ' (eis ri dpaTXypuiaai) ; Col 1^ 'Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the alliictionsof Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church' {avrai/aTrXTipu?, RV 'till up on my part,' which is Lightfoot's tr.) t ; Mt 9" ' No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse ' {t6 7rXi';pw/ia aiiroO, lit. ' its filling ' ; RV ' that wliich should fill it up') ; so Mk 2-' ; Rev 15' 'in them is filled up the \vrath of God ' [iTcXiae-q, RV 'is finished '). Cf. Shaks. 1 Henry IV. UI. ii. 116— 'To fill the mouth of deep defiance up And shake the peace and safety of our throne.'
J. Hastings.
FILLET.— Two words are tr'' so : (1) o;n hiit, 3eT 52'-' of that which would 'compass' the pillars wliich kin" Solomon had made in the house of the Lord, and which the Chaldu'ans brake to carry the brass away ; AVm ' thread ' ; RV ' line,' which is the translation in 1 K 7" of both AV and RV. See Pillar and Temple. The same word is used for the scarlet 'thread' wliich Rahab placed in her window (Jos 2'*), and for the threefold ' cord ' which cannot be broken of Ec 4'-. (2) [?;:;'.-] hdshi'ik, only found in plu. and with suftixcs. Ex 27''»- " 30 ^« SS'"' "• "■ "■^', of that wliich clasped the pillars in the tabernacle, those of the pillars of the court being overlaid with silver, those of the pillars at the door with gold. See Pillar and Tabernacle. The verb p.;ri hislishak, to furnish with fillets, is tr"* 'fillet' where it occurs. Ex 27" 'the pillars . . . shall be filleted with silver,' 3S'^ 'the pillars . . . were filleted with silver,' SS'-'* '[BezalelJ filleted them' (RV 'made fillets for them').