CRIME.In 1611 the word crime had not lost its early meaning of accusation, whence Act_25:16 the crime laid against him (RV [Note: Revised Version.] matter, but in Act_23:29 the same Gr. word is translated charge in both AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] ). It is possible, that in Job_31:11 crime is used in the more modern sense; elsewhere it means charge.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Crime
(מַשְׁפָּט, judgment, Eze_7:23; זַמָּה, zimmah', mischief, heinous crime, Job_31:11; αἰτία, Act_25:27; ἔγκλημα, Act_25:16). SEE LAW; SEE JUDGE; SEE PUNISHMENT.
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