Avenge (To)

"to avenge, take vengeance, punish." This root and its derivatives occur 87 times in the Old Testament, most frequently in the Pentateuch, Isaiah, and…

Believe (To)

"to be firm, endure, be faithful, be true, stand fast, trust, have belief, believe." Outside of Hebrew, this word appears in Aramaic (infrequently), A…

Depart

"to remove, depart, carry away." This verb occurs in all Semitic languages including biblical Aramaic and in all periods of Hebrew. The Bible attests …

Faithfulness

"faithfulness." This word occurs in Punic as emanethi ("certainty"). In the Hebrew Old Testament, the noun occurs 49 times, mainly in the Book of Psal…

Guard

"to watch, to guard, to keep." Common to both ancient and modern Hebrew, this verb is found also in ancient Ugaritic. It occurs some 60 times in the H…

Guiltless (To Be)

"to be pure, innocent." Only in Hebrew does this verb mean being "innocent." In Aramaic and Arabic it occurs with the meaning of being "clean." The ve…

Keep (To)

"to keep, oversee, have charge over." The word appears as "to set forward" in the sense of "to overSee or to lead" in 1Chr 23:4, 2Chr 34:12, Ezra 3:8,…

Keep (To) (1)

"to watch, to guard, to keep." Common to both ancient and modern Hebrew, this verb is found also in ancient Ugaritic. It occurs some 60 times in the H…

Life

"soul; self; life; person; heart." This is a very common term in both ancient and modern Semitic languages. It occurs over 780 times in the Old Testam…

Oversee

"to keep, oversee, have charge over." The word appears as "to set forward" in the sense of "to overSee or to lead" in 1Chr 23:4, 2Chr 34:12, Ezra 3:8,…

Overtake (To)

"to reach, overtake, attain." This verb is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew. It is used in the text of the Hebrew Old Testament approximately 5…

Prince

"prince; chief; leader." This noun appears 129 times in biblical Hebrew. An early occurrence of nasî’ is in Gen 23:6: "Hear us, my lord: thou art a mi…

Remove (To)

"to remove, depart, carry away." This verb occurs in all Semitic languages including biblical Aramaic and in all periods of Hebrew. The Bible attests …

Self

"soul; self; life; person; heart." This is a very common term in both ancient and modern Semitic languages. It occurs over 780 times in the Old Testam…

Soul

"soul; self; life; person; heart." This is a very common term in both ancient and modern Semitic languages. It occurs over 780 times in the Old Testam…

Stand (To)

"to stand, station, set up, erect." Found in both ancient and modern Hebrew, this word goes back at least to ancient Ugaritic. It is found approximate…

Watch (1)

"to watch, to guard, to keep." Common to both ancient and modern Hebrew, this verb is found also in ancient Ugaritic. It occurs some 60 times in the H…