Eat (To)

"to eat, feed, consume, devour." This verb occurs in all Semitic languages (except Ethiopic) and in all periods, from the early Akkadian to the latest…

Know (To)

"to know, regard, recognize, pay attention to, be acquainted with." This verb, which is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew, occurs approximately …

Magnify (To)

"to become strong, grow up, be great or wealthy, evidence oneself as great (magnified), be powerful, significant, or valuable." This verb occurs elsew…

Measure (To)

"to measure, measure off, extend." Found in both ancient and modern Hebrew, in modern usage this word has the nuance of "to survey." The word has cogn…

Security

"the act of confiding; the object of confidence; the state of confidence or security." This word occurs 15 times. The word refers to "the act of confi…

Suburbs

"suburbs; pasture land; open land." This noun occurs about 100 times, mainly in Joshua an First Chronicles. It denotes the untilled ground outside a c…

Tower

"tower; small fortress; watchtower; podium." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac, and Akkadian. The word occurs about 50 times i…