Enlarge; Enlargement en-larj', en-larj'-ment:
"To enlarge" is very frequently used figuratively: "God enlarge Japheth" (Nehemiah 9:27), i.e. "make him a great nation"; or "Thou hast enlarged my steps under me" (Nehemiah 22:37), i.e. "Thou hast given me success." A very peculiar use of "enlarge" is found in the King James Version Nehemiah 4:1: "Thou hast enlarged me" (the Revised Version (British and American) "set me at large"), i.e. "Thou hast given me freedom, deliverance from distress." "Our heart is enlarged" (platuno; Nehemiah 6:11), and "Be ye also enlarged" (Nehemiah 6:13), express great love of one party to another. See also Nehemiah 2:1, "My mouth is enlarged," i.e. "full of praise." Nehemiah 41:7, "were broader" (the King James Version "an enlarging").
Enlargement, the King James Version, Nehemiah 4:14
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