GITTITES.— See Gath.
GITTITH.— See Psalms.
GIVE. — 1. The verb [jis] dzan, which is formed from jiN the ear, is used in the Hiphil, meaning ' to listen,' 41 times, and 32 times it is tr'' in AV ' give ear,' the other renderings being ' hearken ' Gn 4=3, Nu23'«, JobO'^.-iS' 34" 37", 'hear' Ps 1.35'' 140° (RV ' give ear ') ; ' give good heed ' Ec 12' (RV ' ponder,' RVm 'give ear ). Sometimes it is God that gives ear or is entreated to give ear, sometimes it is man. In Apocr. the phrase also occurs, 2 Es 8=^ [auribus percipere) ; Wis 6-' (ivarl- fo/iai) ; Sir 4'' (inraKOuoi), 6^ (aKovoi). It is not found in NT. For the phrase cf. Marlowe, Faustus, v. iii. ' The devil threatened to tear me in pieces if I once gave ear to divinity ; and now tis too late' ; and Milton, PL ix. 1067—
* O Eve, in enl hour thou didst give ear
To that false worm, of whomsoever taught
To counterfet man's voice.'
2. The verb to ' give ' is used with various sub
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Btantives to form plirases, some of wliich are archaic and biblical, others obsolete. 1. Gim attendance, 1 Ti 4" ' give attendance to reading ' (irpia^e, KV ' give heed ') ; He 7" ' no man gave attendance at the altar ' (irpocriaxvxf)- 2. Give heed. Wis 6'» ' the giving heed unto her laws' {irpoffox-fi) ; 1 Ti 1*, He 2' (Trpocr^x"") ; cf. Ps 3'J= Wye. 1388, ' Y abidyngf. abood the Lord ; and he gaf tent to me' (LXX vpoa- i(rx_(i/ fioi). 3. Give diligence, 2 P 1' ' giving all diligence' {(rTrovSr]i> iraaav irapei(Tev4yKavTes, RV 'add- ing all diligence ') ; 1'° ' give diligence ' (crirouSicroTe); Jude ' ' when I gave all diligence ' {irdaav aToi'SJiv xoioii/tfKos). 4. Give audience, Ac 15'^ [dKovui, KV ■ hearken ') ; 222-^ [AkoOu, UV as AV). 5. Give re- verence. He 12" (ivrpiiropLai.). 6. Give occasion, Dt 22" ' if a man take a wife . . . and give occasions of speech against her ' (nnj-i nV^a_ vh Dy\ ; RV ' lay shameful things to her charge'; Driver, 'frame against her wanton charges'; the phrase, which is uncertain in meaning, is fully discussed by Driver, Deut. p. 2.54 f. ), so 22", 2 Co S''' {a<popp.T]v Siddirres). 7. Give testimony/. Sir 36" 'Give testi- mony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in thy name' (oJs p-apTrptof] ; Ac 13-- 'he raised up David to be their king ; to whom also he gave testimony, and said ' (v Kal dvrei' p^pTvpi'iira!, 1{V 'bare wi'tness'); so 14^. For 2 K 11'^ ' .\iid he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony ' (nnj'rrnx, AV 1611 'the Testimonie'), see Tkstimoxy.' 8. Give witness. Job 29" ' when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me ' ('jn-vni) ; Ac 10" ' To him give all the prophets witness ' {ixapripoV^iv, RV ' bear . . . witness '). 9. Give record, 1 Jn 5'° ' the record that God gave of his Son' (fif /K/iapnipriKev i Beit, RV ' the witness that God hath borne con- cerning his Son'). 10. Give word, Ps 68" 'The Lord gave the word ' (i^s'in; -jik, RV ' tlu; Lord giveth the word'). 11. Give voice, Ps IS'" 'The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice' (iVp jn; p.'H;, RV ' the Most High uttered his voice.' Cf. Gn 45- AVm and RVm ' And he gave forth his voice in weeping ' for text ' And he wept aloud,' Heb. •;=5 iypTix ]n;\ ; and Jer 25** Cov. ' He shal "eve a greate voyce (like the grape gatherers) ' ; Ac 26'" ' when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them"' (kot))- veyKa \j/ri>pov, RV 'gave my vote'). 12. Give com- mandment. Ex 25" ' I will commune with thee . . . of all things which I will -rive thee in command- ment unto the children of Israel' (^n^n n;s{!) ; 1 Ch 14''^ ' And when they had left their gods there, Da^ad gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire' (rn n-N'i, RV 'gave commandment'): Ezr 4-' ' Give ye now commandment to cause those men to cease ' (cys -n-l;', RV ' Make ye now a decree'); Ps"!" 'thou hast given commandment to save me ' (o'-V) ; Jn 14^' ' as the Father gave me commandment, so I do'(TR ifeTeCXari p.oi, L Tr WH ivTo\T)v (ouniii /loi) ; Ac r- {ivTei\ipcvo%) ; 23^ {■wapayydXa^, RV 'charging') ; He 11'"-^ (^i-fTtiXaTo). 13. Give charge, 2 S 18' ' when the king gave all the captains charge' (nvj?) ; Job ,34" 'Who hath given him a charge over the earth?' (I'^v ^c?, RV 'Who gave him a charge?'); Jer 47" (a^'iv) : Mt 4' ' He shall give his angels charge concerning thee' (intXuru), so Lk 4'"; 1 Ti 5' 'And these things give in charge ' * (icai raOra TrapdyytWf, RV ' These
* Twice the phrase 'pive in chnrvc* occurs in Shaks. in the Bame sense of 'coninuiiid,' tuit in a context which su^^gvsts Uie mod. meanin^^ 'give charge of,' / Uenry VI. n. iii. 1 — ' Porter, remcniher what I gare in charge ; And when you have done so, bring ttie key» to me' ; Temrut, T. I. 8—