Dictionary: Face
Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, profile, features, expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, guise, cast, aspect, impression, grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue, side, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation, dial, display, (outward) appearance, nature, image, front, show, act, false front, facade, exterior, mask, masquerade, pretence, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage, respect, honour, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favour, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to), accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with, beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden, brave, face up to, meet head-on, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, cover, clad, skin, overlay, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
Antonyms: dodge, fear, back, give way, back down, dodge, avoid, throw in the towel, withdraw, cave in, retreat, succumb to, lay down one's arms, throw in the sponge, defer, submit, escape, bashfulness, shun, evade, elude
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Iain W. Provan
... of the disguise? 22:29–36 The reader suspects that it is Micaiah who is speaking the truth. Ahab is therefore predestined to listen to the false prophets; the LORD has decreed it (v. 22). He is also predestined to die, no matter what measures he takes to avoid this fate, for the LORD is intent on judgment, rather than salvation. The donning of disguise is no more than a harbinger of disaster; it recalls the actions of Jeroboam and Saul (1 Sam. 28) just before their own deaths (cf. 1 Kgs. 14:1–18, esp ...
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Iain W. Provan
... . Dependent upon him for guidance, they are led to the Israelite capital, where they too (like the servant) move from “blindness” to “sight,” and discover they have been captured (v. 20, cf. v. 17). Jehoram wants to kill them; is this an attempt to avoid his father’s mistake in 1 Kings 20? The circumstances, however, are not the same. Jehoram would not kill men captured with his own sword or bow, Elisha claims—and these are not even men like that. After a great feast, they are accordingly sent ...
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Iain W. Provan
... new story appears to be 4:13, where Elisha makes her an offer of help. The woman declines, for she has “a home among [her] own people.” In 8:1–6, however, she no longer has such a home; she has followed Elisha’s advice and avoided famine by sojourning in Philistia. While she has been away, someone seems to have taken her land. Perhaps it is even Jehoram himself, showing the same land-grabbing proclivities as his parents (cf. 1 Kgs. 21). Providentially, however, just at the moment she arrives at the ...
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Iain W. Provan
... new story appears to be 4:13, where Elisha makes her an offer of help. The woman declines, for she has “a home among [her] own people.” In 8:1–6, however, she no longer has such a home; she has followed Elisha’s advice and avoided famine by sojourning in Philistia. While she has been away, someone seems to have taken her land. Perhaps it is even Jehoram himself, showing the same land-grabbing proclivities as his parents (cf. 1 Kgs. 21). Providentially, however, just at the moment she arrives at the ...
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Iain W. Provan
... new story appears to be 4:13, where Elisha makes her an offer of help. The woman declines, for she has “a home among [her] own people.” In 8:1–6, however, she no longer has such a home; she has followed Elisha’s advice and avoided famine by sojourning in Philistia. While she has been away, someone seems to have taken her land. Perhaps it is even Jehoram himself, showing the same land-grabbing proclivities as his parents (cf. 1 Kgs. 21). Providentially, however, just at the moment she arrives at the ...
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Iain W. Provan
... made in the NT of the Jesus-Elisha connection. Yet it may be that it is precisely because both Joshua and Elisha are successors to more famous men that this kind of thinking was inhibited. There would have been a natural desire within the church to avoid the suggestion that Jesus was John’s successor in any sense that detracted from his pre-eminence—particularly since this was apparently a live issue in some quarters (note the careful way in which John 1:1–42 addresses the issue). Thus it is not ...
2457. To Noah's Sons
1 Chronicles 1:1-4
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Louis C. Jonker
... . 13–31. 1:4 The attentive reader will notice that a footnote at 1:4 in the NIV indicates that the words the sons of Noah are not in the Hebrew text. The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew, however, contains these words, probably to avoid any confusion at this point. Someone unfamiliar with those names may mistakenly think that these three names in 1:4 are also presented in a linear form. The reading of the Septuagint text draws attention to these three persons actually being the sons of the ...
2458. The Japhethites
1 Chronicles 1:5-7
Understanding Series
Louis C. Jonker
... . 13–31. 1:4 The attentive reader will notice that a footnote at 1:4 in the NIV indicates that the words the sons of Noah are not in the Hebrew text. The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew, however, contains these words, probably to avoid any confusion at this point. Someone unfamiliar with those names may mistakenly think that these three names in 1:4 are also presented in a linear form. The reading of the Septuagint text draws attention to these three persons actually being the sons of the ...
2459. The Hamites
1 Chronicles 1:8-16
Understanding Series
Louis C. Jonker
... . 13–31. 1:4 The attentive reader will notice that a footnote at 1:4 in the NIV indicates that the words the sons of Noah are not in the Hebrew text. The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew, however, contains these words, probably to avoid any confusion at this point. Someone unfamiliar with those names may mistakenly think that these three names in 1:4 are also presented in a linear form. The reading of the Septuagint text draws attention to these three persons actually being the sons of the ...
2460. The Semites
1 Chronicles 1:17-27
Understanding Series
Louis C. Jonker
... . 13–31. 1:4 The attentive reader will notice that a footnote at 1:4 in the NIV indicates that the words the sons of Noah are not in the Hebrew text. The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew, however, contains these words, probably to avoid any confusion at this point. Someone unfamiliar with those names may mistakenly think that these three names in 1:4 are also presented in a linear form. The reading of the Septuagint text draws attention to these three persons actually being the sons of the ...
2461. Gad
1 Chronicles 5:11-22
Understanding Series
Louis C. Jonker
... reference remarkable is that the Chronicler eliminated all correlating dates from his version of the divided kingdom in 2 Chronicles 10–36. Whereas the Deuteronomistic History often correlates the reigns of southern and northern kings, the Chronicler avoids this practice in order to emphasize the Judahite perspective. Here, however, the correlating temporal indication is preserved—probably because this genealogical section deals with eastern tribes, who belonged to the northern kingdom. 5:18–22 This ...
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Louis C. Jonker
... reference remarkable is that the Chronicler eliminated all correlating dates from his version of the divided kingdom in 2 Chronicles 10–36. Whereas the Deuteronomistic History often correlates the reigns of southern and northern kings, the Chronicler avoids this practice in order to emphasize the Judahite perspective. Here, however, the correlating temporal indication is preserved—probably because this genealogical section deals with eastern tribes, who belonged to the northern kingdom. 5:18–22 This ...
2463. David's Prayer
1 Chronicles 17:16-27
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Louis C. Jonker
... 7:11 says, “I will also give you rest from all your enemies,” the Chronicler’s version in 1 Chronicles 17:10 has I will also subdue all your enemies. The Chronicler changed the Hebrew verb from “give rest” to “subdue” in order to avoid again (as in 17:1) any indication that David experienced rest. This again contrasts David and Solomon. And it also anticipates the war narratives that will follow in 1 Chronicles 19–20 and indicates that David’s victories will not be because of his own ...
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Louis C. Jonker
... the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, then I will . . . reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name (7:19–20). McKenzie is probably right in remarking: “It is difficult to avoid the impression that the Chronicler here warns those in the Second Temple period by recalling the destruction of the first temple brought on by apostasy” (1–2 Chronicles, p. 250). Because Solomon’s temple was regarded as the earthly dwelling place of Yahweh in ...
Understanding Series
Louis C. Jonker
... the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, then I will . . . reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name (7:19–20). McKenzie is probably right in remarking: “It is difficult to avoid the impression that the Chronicler here warns those in the Second Temple period by recalling the destruction of the first temple brought on by apostasy” (1–2 Chronicles, p. 250). Because Solomon’s temple was regarded as the earthly dwelling place of Yahweh in ...
Understanding Series
Louis C. Jonker
... was also made. The negative evaluation of the king is repeated from the source text, although the words “just as his fathers had done” were omitted, because that would have placed a blemish on Josiah’s reputation (something that the Chronicler wanted to avoid). The tussle between Babylon and Egypt also influenced this king’s reign (ca. 609/608–598/597 B.C.). The source text (in 2 Kgs. 23:1–4) describes how Jehoiakim was made subservient to Babylon and how he was punished by Nebuchadnezzar for ...
2467. Jehoiachin King of Judah
2 Chronicles 36:9-10
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Louis C. Jonker
... was also made. The negative evaluation of the king is repeated from the source text, although the words “just as his fathers had done” were omitted, because that would have placed a blemish on Josiah’s reputation (something that the Chronicler wanted to avoid). The tussle between Babylon and Egypt also influenced this king’s reign (ca. 609/608–598/597 B.C.). The source text (in 2 Kgs. 23:1–4) describes how Jehoiakim was made subservient to Babylon and how he was punished by Nebuchadnezzar for ...
2468. Zedekiah King of Judah
2 Chronicles 36:11-14
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Louis C. Jonker
... was also made. The negative evaluation of the king is repeated from the source text, although the words “just as his fathers had done” were omitted, because that would have placed a blemish on Josiah’s reputation (something that the Chronicler wanted to avoid). The tussle between Babylon and Egypt also influenced this king’s reign (ca. 609/608–598/597 B.C.). The source text (in 2 Kgs. 23:1–4) describes how Jehoiakim was made subservient to Babylon and how he was punished by Nebuchadnezzar for ...
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Leslie C. Allen
... memoirs. The requirements of verse 19 applied not only to the priestly group but also to the rest; there was no reason to single out one group. References to these requirements must have been dropped in other sections for stylistic reasons to avoid repetition. There were offending members from the four priestly clans mentioned in the oldest provincial list in Nehemiah 7:39–42 (= Ezra 2:36–39), including the high priestly clan, here traced through the well-known Jeshua. Seventeen priests were offenders ...
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Leslie C. Allen
... a corruption of “Binnui” (REB, NJB), which appears in v. 8. See BHS and the note on Ezra 2:40. Who stood opposite them appears to take the first named Levites as singers, which is not in accord with 11:16 or 7:43. Verses 8–9 avoid this implication. One section responding to the other should be, rather, “in shifts” (NJPS) or “turn by turn” (REB). For the traditional attribution to David, compare v. 36 and also Ezra 3:10. The Chronicler developed it: see 1 Chr. 16; 25. 12:25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah ...
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John Goldingay
... and closes with address, but this address is directed to the people. The commands give them little room to maneuver. They are to hide from Yahweh (see further vv. 19–21) and to stop trusting in human beings with their feebleness (see v. 22). If they are to avoid God and humanity, who is left? As in his prayer in verses 6–9, Isaiah seeks to drive people into a corner. Of course he wants actually not to make them hide from Yahweh but to make them seek Yahweh. Prophets cannot always (usually?) be taken at ...
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John Goldingay
... 40:7). In seeking to stand on high as Yahweh does (2:10–22), people evade any need for other security. This security is therefore removed and they have to seek some other hiding place (not least from Yahweh). In assembling for worship people avoid righting their lives in society, so that assembling is resented (1:12). Now Yahweh provides Zion and its assembled worshipers with a comprehensive security and hiding place: cloud of smoke and glow of flaming fire as at the exodus, and canopy to be both umbrella ...
Understanding Series
John Goldingay
... of the Assyrians’ closer advance, which actually took place from the south when it happened—unless this describes an incident of which we are not otherwise aware. It is a canny route for an army to take for the last fifteen miles of an attack from the north, avoiding the main road and the cities it would have to confront there. In part it follows a line to the east of the main road along the ridge, via Ai. Near Michmash it involves negotiating a deep wadi (NIV pass; see 1 Sam. 14) and therefore leaving ...
Understanding Series
John Goldingay
... the chapters have been described as a “Little Apocalypse.” “Apocalypse” is another word for a vision or a revelation with an “eschatological” character. The words “eschatological” and “apocalyptic” are used in such varying and often ill-defined ways that they are best avoided. As a form of writing, apocalypses flourished in Israel much later than Isaiah’s day. Many come from the period after the last of the OT writings (“apocalypsis” is the Greek word in the title of the NT book of ...
Understanding Series
John Goldingay
... the chapters have been described as a “Little Apocalypse.” “Apocalypse” is another word for a vision or a revelation with an “eschatological” character. The words “eschatological” and “apocalyptic” are used in such varying and often ill-defined ways that they are best avoided. As a form of writing, apocalypses flourished in Israel much later than Isaiah’s day. Many come from the period after the last of the OT writings (“apocalypsis” is the Greek word in the title of the NT book of ...
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