Topic
Affect; Affection
21 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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- 1 Chronicles 29:3ISBE
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
- Lamentations 3:51ISBE
Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 13:11ISBE
Affect not to be made equal unto him in talk, and believe not his many words: for with much communication will he tempt thee, and smiling upon thee will get out thy secrets:
- 2 Maccabees 4:21ISBE
Now when Apollonius the son of Menestheus was sent into Egypt for the coronation of king Ptolemeus Philometor, Antiochus, understanding him not to be well affected to his affairs, provided for his own safety: whereupon he came to Joppa, and from thence to…
- 2 Maccabees 13:26ISBE
Lysias went up to the judgment seat, said as much as could be in defence of the cause, persuaded, pacified, made them well affected, returned to Antioch. Thus it went touching the king’s coming and departing.
- Acts 14:2ISBE
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
- Romans 1:26ISBE
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
- Romans 1:31ISBE
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
- Romans 12:10ISBE
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
- 1 Corinthians 12:31ISBE
But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
- 1 Corinthians 14:1ISBE
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
- 1 Corinthians 14:39ISBE
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
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- 2 Corinthians 6:12 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 7:15 ISBE
- Galatians 4:17 ISBE
- Galatians 4:18 ISBE
- Galatians 5:24 ISBE
- Colossians 3:2 ISBE
- Colossians 3:5 ISBE
- 1 Thessalonians 2:8 ISBE
- 2 Timothy 3:3 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 21 references
a-fekt', a-fek'-shun: The literal meaning of "affect" is to act upon (Latin ad, "to," "upon," facio, "to do"). It has various shades of meaning, and occurs in the following senses in the English Bible:
(1) In its literal sense: La 3:51, "Mine eye affecteth my soul"
(2) In the sense of "to endeavor after," "desire," "court": Ga 4:17, "They zealously affect (the Revised Version (British and American) "seek") you .... that ye may affect (the Revised Version (British and American) "seek") them," i.e. they earnestly court your favor, that you may court theirs. Paul means that the proselytizing zeal of the Judaizers was rooted in personal ambition. The past part. "affected" (the Revised Version (British and American) "sought") has the same meaning in Ga 4:18. The same Greek word (zeloo) is translated "desire earnestly" in the Revised Version (British and American) (1Co 12:31; 14:1,39). "Affect" has a similar meaning in Ecclesiasticus 13:11.
(3) In the passive, it occurs in the sense of "to be disposed," in a neutral sense, with an adverb to characterize the nature of the disposition: Ac 14:2, "evil affected against the brethren" So also 2 Macc 4:21; 13:26.
"Affection" occurs in the following senses:
(1) In the literal sense: the state of having one's feelings acted upon or affected in some way; bent or disposition of mind, in a neutral sense (the nature of the affection, whether good or bad, needing further description in the context). So Col 3:2, "Set your affection (the Revised Version (British and American) "mind") on things above"; Col 3:5, "inordinate affection" (here "affection" by itself is neutral; the addition of the adjective makes it equivalent to "passion" in an evil sense, as in the Revised Version (British and American)).
(2) In a good sense: tender feeling, warm attachment, good will; the word in itself carrying a good meaning apart from the context. 1Ch 29:3, "because I have set my affection on the house of my God"; Ro 1:31; 2Ti 3:3, "without natural affection", 2Co 6:12 "Ye are straitened in your own affections" (lit. "bowels," regarded as the seat of kindly feelings, compare Eng "heart") So 2Co 7:15.
(3) In an evil sense in the plural = passions. Ga 5:24, the flesh, with the affections (the Revised Version (British and American) "passions") and "lusts"; Ro 1:26, "God gave them unto vile affections" (the Revised Version (British and American) "passions").
"Affectioned" occurs once, in a neutral sense: Ro 12:10, "affectioned (i.e. "disposed") one to another" In 1Th 2:8, we have "affectionately," in a good sense.
D. Miall Edwards
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.