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 absolute is most frequently used in this way, corresponding to the infinitive of command in Greek, &c. :—

(α) For an emphatic imperative, e.g. (thou shalt, ye shall), observe ;  (thou shalt) remember,,  (the full form occurs in  ; 7:18 ); , , , , , , , followed by a ; , , ,  (parallel with an ; in  three imperatives follow). But  may be only an incorrect spelling of  imperative.

(β) For the jussive,, , , ; cf. also (let it rather meet).

(γ) For the cohortative, b (the exclamation of the mocker);, , 46; perhaps also.

(δ) For the imperfect in emphatic promises, e.g. ye shall eat and leave thereof; 19:29, ; also in indignant questions,  shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? (on the addition of the subject cf. the Rem. below);  and thinkest thou to return again to me?  ff. (six infinitives, continued by means of the ; cf. ).

(ε) For any historical tense (like the Latin historic infinitive) in lively narration (or enumeration) and description, even of what is still taking place in present time, e.g. swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery (in these they are busied); 10:4 (after a );, , , , ; cf. further, .—In , , , and 25:4, the infinitive absolute is best rendered by the passive.