Topic
Fare
25 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 30:29ISBE
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
- 1 Samuel 17:18ISBE
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
- 2 Samuel 11:7ISBE
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
- Jonah 1:3ISBE
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 3:26ISBE
A stubborn heart shall fare evil at the last; and he that loveth danger shall perish therein.
- 2 Maccabees 9:20ISBE
If ye and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven.
- 2 Maccabees 11:21ISBE
Fare ye well. The hundred and eight and fortieth year, the four and twentieth day of the month Dioscorinthius.
- 2 Maccabees 11:28ISBE
If ye fare well, we have our desire; we are also in good health.
- Luke 12:19ISBE
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
- Luke 15:14ISBE
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
- Luke 15:23ISBE
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
- Luke 15:29ISBE
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
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- Luke 15:32 ISBE
- Luke 16:19 ISBE
- Acts 2:26 ISBE
- Acts 7:41 ISBE
- Acts 15:29 ISBE
- Acts 15:36 ISBE
- Acts 23:30 ISBE
- Romans 15:10 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 2:2 ISBE
- Galatians 4:27 ISBE
- Revelation 11:10 ISBE
- Revelation 12:12 ISBE
- Revelation 18:20 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 29 references
far: Occurs twice in the Old Testament as the translation of two Hebrew words, shalom, "peace," "prosperity," "completeness" (1Sa 17:18), found in the section on David's family history omitted by the Septuagint translators, and sakhar, "hire," "reward," Septuagint naulon, "passage-money," "fare" (Jon 1:3). In Hebrew both words are substantives; in English the former is a verb meaning "to go," or "get on as to circumstances" (Century Dict.), the latter, a substantive meaning the price which Jonah paid for a sea-voyage to Tarshish.
In Apocrypha the English verb "fare" helps in the translation of three Greek words, kakoo, "fare evil" (the Revised Version (British and American) "fare ill"), Sirach 3:26; elattoo, "fare worse" (the Revised Version (British and American) "suffer loss"), 32:24; rhonnumi, "be strong," "prosper," in 2 pers. (singular) imperat. (err(h)oso) or plural (err(h)osthe) as a farewell salutation, or at the close of a letter, or to describe the welfare (usually physical or social) of a friend (2 Macc 9:20; 11:21,28, etc.). Compare Ac 15:29; 23:30 margin.
In the New Testament the English verb "fare," in addition to its occurrence in the word "farewell" (which see), occurs only once (Lu 16:19), where it is said that the rich man "fared sumptuously every day" (the Revised Version, margin "living in mirth and splendor every day").
The Greek is euphrainomai, "be merry," and occurs 14 times in the New Testament, 10 in a good sense (Lu 15:23,14,29,32, all referring to the merry-making over the return of the lost son; Ac 2:26, translation of Hebrew samach, "be glad"; Ro 15:10, translation of Hebrew ranah, "to sing"; 2Co 2:2; Ga 4:27, translation of Hebrew ranah, "to sing"; Re 12:12; 18:20); 4 in a bad, or less favorable, sense (Lu 12:19; 16:19; Ac 7:41; Re 11:10). The Greek word is variously translated in the New Testament, "be merry," "make merry," "be glad," "rejoice," "make glad," and only once "fare" (Lu 16:19). In the last passage it means the general physical and material welfare of the rich man (so the Geneva (1560), the Bishops' and Rhemish Bibles, the Revised Version (British and American) (1881), and not simply partaking of rich food so Vulgate, Wyclif, Coverdale, Cranmer, Geneva (1557) and the King James Version). Luther translates Lu 16:19, "lebte alle Tage herrlich und in Freuden"; Weizsacker, "genoss sein Leben alle Tage in Glanze"; Ostervald, "se traitoit bien et magnifiquement"; Oltremare, "faisait brillante chere"; Segond, "menait joyeuse et brillante vie"; Weymouth, "enjoyed a splendid banquet every day," all of which virtually agree with the view taken by us as to meaning of "fare." The lampros, "sumptuously," shows that the rich man's manner of living was "brilliant," "magnificent." the Revised Version (British and American) has "fare" for "do" (Ac 15:36), "fared" for "did" (2Sa 11:7), "hath fared" for "was" (Ge 30:29).
Charles B. Williams
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.