But his countenance fell

(ο δε στυγνασας). In the LXX and Polybius once and in Matthew 16:3 (passage bracketed by Westcott and Hort). The verb is from στυγνος, sombre, gloomy, like a lowering cloud. See on Matthew 19:22 for discussion of "sorrowful" (λυπουμενος).

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Old Testament