Lit. “for distance”, i.e. to take away or steal; The word is the translation of nosphizomai, “to take away for themselves,” “to separate,” “to steal,” a word appropriate to those who are in the position of slaves in the service of a master (Titus 2:10, “not to steal”). “Exhort servants to obey their own masters and please them in all things; Don`t answer again; Not stolen, but all show good loyalty; that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in all things” (Titus 2:9–10). What exactly is “theft”? 1. Literally, take for yourself or take away; therefore fly; to be taken by flight. The word Purloin appears in the title of a famous story by Edgar Allan Poe in the past tense: “The Purloined Letter” was included in Poe`s stories of 1845 and involves the search for a letter stolen by a cabinet minister and now used to blackmail the rightful owner, an anonymous royal woman. When Poe chose Âpurloin for his history, he used a term used since the 15th century meaning “to set aside; to be taken or used inappropriately. The word was once used, now obsolete, meaning “to set aside; to render ineffective or ineffective”, a meaning that more clearly joins the Anglo-French origin of the word: purluigner means “to lengthen, to postpone, to set aside” and comes from pur-, which means “forward”, and luin, loing, which means “at a distance”.
Its ultimate root is the Latin longus, long, meaning “long”. According to The Oxford English Dictionary, “pourloin” is the formal term for “to steal”. Another English dictionary states: “to appropriate illegally and often by breach of trust”. When used in relation to “servants” and “masters” (as in Titus), it feels like stealing from the employer or boss. The legal term is “embezzlement” (misuse of money or property entrusted to it). (The English word comes from the French purloigner “put away”, from pur- “forth” + loign “far.”) What`s most painful is the identity of the flight – it`s usually the most reliable member of the team! PURLOIN`ING, ppr. Theft; commit literary theft. Middle English, set aside, diverted, from Anglo-French purluigner to extend, report, set aside, from pure-forward + luin, loing at a distance, from Latin longe, from long long – more at the purchase entrance 1, long 2. being taken by plagiarism; steal books or manuscripts. Experts tell us that workplace theft causes American companies to lose about $50 billion a year! Whether you`re stealing parts from inventory, taking money from cash registers, using business equipment and accounts for personal use, checking for fraud, slipping as much as ink pens and pencils, it`s expensive for the business. For many years, a worker can gradually skim and withdraw the merchandise or money.
It`s hard to notice. The average age for theft in the workplace is in the late 40s (men and women). Women are more often to blame. Joshua Stamper`s 2006©theme music New Jerusalem Music/ASCAP Instead of stealing the company, the Christian worker should “show good fidelity to everyone.” Faithfulness or reliability must be demonstrated “so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.” The purpose of a Christian`s honesty in the workplace is to make God`s teaching appealing. If the Christian employee talks about how Satan lies and Jesus Christ is “the truth,” but then steals his business, he will lose both his job and his testimony! Instead of being attractive, the Bible will be abominable to the eyes of the lost. They will not bother to hear about hypocrites saying one thing and doing another. We should always keep this in mind at work! Bibliographic information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. Editor-in-Chief. “Mention for `PURLOINING`”. “International Standard Bible Encyclopedia”. 1915.