Vine's Expository Dictionary

Abase signifies "to make low, bring low," (a) of bringing to the ground, making level, reducing to a plain, as in Luk 3:5; (b) metaphorically in the Active Voic…

Abba is an Aramaic word, found in Mar 14:36, Rom 8:15 and Gal 4:6. In the Gemara (a Rabbinical commentary on the Mishna, the traditional teaching of the Jews) i…

Abhor denotes "to shudder" (apo, "from," here used intensively, stugeo, "to hate") hence, "to abhor," Rom 12:9. "to render foul" (from bdeo, "to stink"), "to ca…

Abide, Abode used (a) of place, e.g., Mat 10:11, metaphorically 1Jo 2:19, is said of God, 1Jo 4:15; Christ, Joh 6:56, Joh 15:4, etc.; the Holy Spirit, Joh 1:1-3…

Ability, Able is (a) "power, ability," physical or moral, as residing in a person or thing; (b) "power in action," as, e.g., when put forth in performing miracl…

Aboard "to go upon" (epi, "upon," baino, "to go"), is once translated "we went aboard," Act 21:2, the single verb being short for "going aboard ship." In Act 21…

Abolish lit., "to reduce to inactivity" (kata, "down," argos, "inactive"), is translated "abolish" in Eph 2:15, 2Ti 1:10, in the RV only in 1Co 15:24, 1Co 15:26…

Abominable, Abomination occurs in Act 10:28, "unlawful," and 1Pe 4:3, "abominable" (a, negative, themitos, an adjective from themis, "law"), hence, "unlawful." …

Abomination Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H8441Original Word: tô‘ebâUsage Notes: "abomination; loathsome, detestable thing." Cognates of t…

Abound * For ABOUND see ABUNDANCE

About * Besides prepositions, the following signify "about":- "round about, or all round" (from kuklos, "a circle, cycle"), is found in the Apocalypse only, Rev…

Above * The following adverbs have this meaning (prepositions are omitted here):- denotes "above, in a higher place," Act 2:19 (the opposite to kato, "below"). …

Abroad * For ABROAD, see the verbs with which it is used, DISPERSE, NOISE, SCATTER, SHED, SPREAD.

Absence, Absent lit., "a being away from," is used in Phi 2:12, of the Apostle's absence from Philippi in contrast to his parousia, his presence with the saints…

Abstain, Abstinence "to hold oneself from" (apo, "from," echomai, the Middle Voice of echo, "to have," i.e., to keep oneself from), in the NT, invariably refers…

Abundance, Abundant, Abundantly, Abound which, in 2Co 8:20, in reference to the gifts from the church at Corinth for poor saints in Judea, the RV renders "bount…

Abuse, Abusers lit., "to use overmuch" (kata, "down," intensive, chraomai, "to use"), is found in 1Co 7:31, with reference to the believer's use of the world (m…

Abyss * For ABYSS see BOTTOM

Accept (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7521Original Word: rasâUsage Notes: "to be pleased, be pleased with, accept favorably, satisfy." This is a common t…

Accept, Accepted, Acceptable signifies "to accept," by a deliberate and ready reception of what is offered (cp. No. 4), e.g., 1Th 2:13, RV, "accepted;" 2Co 8:17…

Access lit., "a leading or bringing into the presence of" (pros, "to," ago, "to lead"), denotes "access," with which is associated the thought of freedom to ent…

Accompany lit., "to follow with" (sun, "with," hepomai, "to follow"), hence came to mean simply "to accompany," Act 20:4. chiefly used of "assembling together,"…

Accomplish, Accomplishment "to fit out," (from ek, "out," and a verb derived from artos, "a joint"), means "to furnish completely," 2Ti 3:17, or "to accomplish,…

Accord "of one accord" (from homos, "same," thumos, "mind"), occurs eleven times, ten in the Acts, Act 1:14, Act 2:46, Act 4:24, Act 5:12, Act 7:57, Act 8:6, Ac…

According as from kata, "according to," and hoti, "that," lit., "because that," Luk 1:7, Luk 19:9, Act 2:24, is translated "according as" in Act 2:45; RV (AV, "…

According to * For ACCORDING TO see Note +, p. 9.

Account (-ed) (Verbs and Noun) primarily, "to be of opinion, think, suppose," also signifies "to seem, be accounted, reputed," translated "accounted" in Mar 10:…

Accurately is correctly translated in the RV of Luk 1:3, "having traced the course of all things accurately" (AV, "having had perfect understanding"). It is use…

Accursed * For ACCURSED see CURSE, A, No.3

Accusation, Accuse probably has the primary meaning of "a cause, especially an occasion of something evil, hence a charge, an accusation." It is used in a foren…

Accuser "an accuser" (cp. ACCUSE, B, No. 1), is used 34 times as a title of Satan, the Devil (the English word is derived from the Greek); once of Judas, Joh 6:…

Acknowledge (-ment) signifies (a) "to know thoroughly" (epi, "intensive," ginosko, "to know"); (b) "to recognize a thing to be what it really is, to acknowledge…

Acquaintance from ginosko, "to know," signifies "known, or knowable;" hence, "one's acquaintance;" it is used in this sense, in the plural, in Luk 2:44, Luk 23:…

Acquire Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7069Original Word: qanâUsage Notes: "to get, acquire, create, buy." A common Semitic word, qanâ is found in ancient and…

Across * For ACROSS (Act 27:5, RV) see Note + p. 9

Act primarily signifies "caught in the act of theft" (epi, "upon," intensive, autos, "self," phor, "a thief"); then, "caught in the act" of any other crime, Joh…

Active lit., "in work" (cp. Eng., "energetic"), is used (a) of the Word of God, Heb 4:12 (RV, "active," AV, "powerful"); (b) of a door for the Gospel, 1Co 16:9,…

Actually from holos, "all, whole," is translated "actually" in 1Co 5:1, RV ("it is actually reported"); the AV "commonly" does not convey the meaning. In 1Co 6:…

Add lit., "to put upon" (epi, "upon," tithemi, "to put"), has a secondary and somewhat infrequent meaning, "to add to," and is found in this sense in Mar 1:3-17…

Add (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3254Original Word: yasapUsage Notes: "to add, continue, do again, increase, surpass." This verb occurs in the northwes…

Addicted * For ADDICTED (AV, of 1Co 16:15) see SET, No. 10

Adjure "to cause to swear, to lay under the obligation of an oath" (horkos, Mar 5:7, Act 19:13), is connected with the Heb. word for a thigh, cp. Gen 24:2, Gen …

Administer, Administration (AV) * For the AV ADMINISTER and ADMINISTRATION see MINISTER and MINISTRATION, SERVE, and SERVICE.

Admiration, Admire (AV) * For the AV ADMIRATION and ADMIRE see WONDER and MARVEL.

Admonition, Admonish lit., "a putting in mind" (nous, "mind," tithemi, "to put"), is used in 1Co 10:11, of the purpose of the Scriptures; in Eph 6:4, of that wh…

Ado "to make an uproar, to throw into confusion, or to wail tumultuously," is rendered "make...ado," in Mar 5:39; elsewhere in Mat 9:23, Act 17:5, Act 20:10. Se…

Adoption from huios, "a son," and thesis, "a placing," akin to tithemi, "to place," signifies the place and condition of a son given to one to whom it does not …

Adorn, Adorning primarily "to arrange, to put in order" (Eng., "cosmetic"), is used of furnishing a room, Mat 12:44, Luk 11:25, and of trimming lamps, Mat 25:7.…

Adulterer (-ess), Adulterous, Adultery denotes one "who has unlawful intercourse with the spouse of another," Luk 18:11, 1Co 6:9, Heb 13:4. As to Jam 4:4, see b…

Advance lit., "to strike forward, cut forward a way," i.e., to make progress, is translated "advanced" in Luk 2:52, RV, of the Lord Jesus (AV, "increased"); in …