Boundary

"boundary; limit; territory; closed area." This word has cognates in Phoenician and Arabic. It occurs about 240 times in biblical Hebrew and in all pe…

Flesh

"flesh; meat; male sex organ." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic, Arabic, and Aramaic. Biblical Hebrew attests it about 270 times and in all pe…

Hero

"hero." This word appears 159 times in the Old Testament. The first occurrence of gibbôr is in Gen 6:4: "There were giants in the earth in those days;…

High

"high; exalted." This adjective occurs about 24 times. The root seen in this adjective, in the verb gabah and in the noun gobah, occurs in every perio…

Lord

or ’adonayUsage Number: 2Strong's Number: H136Usage Notes: "lord; master; Lord." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic and Phoenician. The form ’ad…

Maiden

"maiden, virgin." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic and Akkadian. Its 50 biblical occurrences are distributed throughout every period of Old Te…

Man

"man; mankind; people; someone (indefinite); Adam (the first man)." This noun appears in Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Punic. A word with the same radical…

Might

"might." This noun is found 61 times in the Hebrew Old Testament, predominantly in poetic books and in Isaiah and Jeremiah. The first occurrence is in…

Pride

"to be proud, be exalted." This verb appears 7 times in biblical Hebrew. The word appears in Exod 15:1 in the sense of "to be exalted": "I will sing t…

Redeem (To)

"to redeem, deliver, avenge, act as a kinsman." This word group is used 90 times, chiefly in the Pentateuch, Psalms, Isaiah, and Ruth. The root appear…

Shame

"to be ashamed, feel ashamed." This verb, which occurs 129 times in biblical Hebrew, has cognates in Ugaritic, Akkadian, and Arabic. The word has over…

Virgin

"maiden, virgin." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic and Akkadian. Its 50 biblical occurrences are distributed throughout every period of Old Te…