Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 7]
7:8 {The covenant of circumcision} (\diath•k•n peritom•s\). A
covenant marked by (genitive) circumcision (no article) of which
circumcision is the sign (Ro 4:11) as set forth in Ge
17:9-14. In the ancient Greek \diath•k•\ was usually will
(Latin, _testamentum_) and \sunth•k•\ was used for covenant
(\sun\, together, rather than \dia\, between). But the LXX and
the N.T. use \diath•k•\ for covenant (will in Heb 9:15f.) as
Lightfoot on Ga 3:16 says: "The LXX translation and New
Testament writers probably preferred \diath•k•\ as better
expressing the {free grace} of God than \sunth•k•\." {And so}
(\kai hout•s\). After the covenant was made and as a sign and
seal of it.
7:9 {Moved with jealousy} (\z•l•santes\). First aorist active
participle of \z•lo•\, old verb from \z•los\ (Ac 5:17), to burn
or boil with zeal, and then with envy as here (17:5, etc.) and
Ge 37:11.
7:10 {Delivered him out} (\exeilato auton ek\). First aorist
middle indicative of \exaire•\, old verb to take out, snatch out.
Note repetition of \ek\. {Pharaoh King of Egypt} (\Phara•
basile•s Aiguptou\). Pharaoh is not a name, but a title, the
Egyptian _per••_ meaning great house.
7:11 {Found no sustenance} (\ouch h•uriskon chortasmata\).
Imperfect active, kept on not finding. {Chortasmata} is from
{chortaz•}, originally to feed with grass (\chortos\) or herbs.
Old word, but only here in the N.T. and includes food for both
men and animals. In Ge 24:25,32 it is fodder for the cattle, a
first necessity for owners of herds of cattle.
7:12 {That there was corn} (\onta sitia\). Participle (present
active of \eimi\) in indirect discourse, after \akousas\, "heard
of corn being in Egypt." \Sitia\ is diminutive of \sitos\ and
means grain (wheat, barley, not our maize or Indian corn), old
word also for provisions, victuals, here only in the N.T. {The
first time} (\pr•ton\). While Jacob himself remained in Canaan
before he went down to Egypt and died there (verse 15f.).
7:13 {At the second time} (\en t•i deuter•i\). This expression
only here in the N.T. This second visit is recorded in Ge
45:1ff. {Became manifest} (\phaneron egeneto\). In Ge 41:12
the fact that Joseph was a Hebrew had been incidentally mentioned
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