Notable

NOTABLE no'-ta-b'-l (chazuth; gnostos):

"Notable" is the translation of chazuth, "conspicuous" (chazah, "to see"), e.g. Daniel 8:5, "a notable horn," i.e. "conspicuous," the King James Version margin "a horn of sight"; Daniel 8:8, "notable (horns)"; of gnostos, "known" "knowledge" (Acts 4:16); of episemos, "noted," "notable" (Matthew 27:16; in Romans 16:7 "of note" of epiphanes, "very manifest," "illustrious" (compare "Antiochus Epiphanes"); Acts 2:20, "that great and notable day," quoted from Joel 2:31; Septuagint for yare', "to be feared," the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "terrible" (compare Malachi 4:5); "notable" occurs also in 2 Macc 3:26 (ekprepes); 2 Macc 14:33, the Revised Version (British and American) "for all to see"; 2 Macc 6:28 (gennaios), "a notable example," the Revised Version (British and American) "noble"; notably, only in 2 Macc 14:31 (gennaios), "notably prevented," the Revised Version (British and American) "bravely," margin "nobly."

W. L. Walker

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NOTABLE'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.