Vine's Expository Dictionary

Advantage primarily, "what is above and over, super-added," hence came to denote "what is superior and advantageous," Rom 3:1, in a comparison between Jew and G…

Adventure "to give," is once used of giving oneself to go into a place, "to adventure" into, Act 19:31, of Paul's thought of going into the midst of the mob in …

Adversary firstly, "an opponent in a lawsuit," Mat 5:25 (twice); Luk 12:58, Luk 18:3, is also used to denote "an adversary or an enemy," without reference to le…

Adversity * For ADVERSITY, in Heb 13:3, where the verb kakoucheomai is translated in the AV, "suffer adversity," see SUFFER, (b), No. 6.

Advice, Advise connected with ginosko, "to know, perceive," firstly means "the faculty or knowledge, reason;" then, "that which is thought or known, one's mind.…

Advocate * For ADVOCATE see COMFORTER

Afar from makros, "far," Mat 8:20 (AV, "a good way;" RV, "afar"), "a long way off," is used with eis, "unto," in Act 2:39, "afar off." With the article, in Eph …

Affair (-s) or pragmateia, from pragma, "a deed," denotes "a business, occupation, the prosecution of any affair;" in the plural, "pursuits, affairs (of life),"…

Affect from kakos, "evil, to treat badly, to hurt," also means "to make evil affected, to embitter," Act 14:2. See EVIL, HARM, HURT. Note: Zeloo, akin to zeo, "…

Affection (-s), Affected from pascho, "to suffer," primarily denotes whatever one suffers or experiences in any way; hence, "an affection of the mind, a passion…

Affirm Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5002Original Word: ne’umUsage Notes: "to say, utter an affirmation, speak." The word is a verbal for…

Afflict (-ed), Affliction is translated "afflict," in Act 12:1, RV (AV, "vex"). See AFFECT. from kakos, "evil," and echo, "to have," signifies, in the Passive V…

Afflicted Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6031Original Word: ‘anâUsage Notes: "to be afflicted, be bowed down, be humbled, be meek." This w…

Affrighted lit., "in fear" (en, "in," phobos, "fear"), means "affrighted," Luk 24:5, RV (AV, "afraid"); Luk 24:37, Act 10:4, RV (AV, "afraid"); Rev 11:13. The R…

Afoot * For AFOOT see FOOT, B, No. 2

Afore, Aforehand * The Greek words with these meanings consists of prefixes to verbs, signifying "to come, prepare, promise, write afore," etc. See these words.

Aforepromised "to promise before" (pro, "before," epangellomai, "to promise"), is translated by the one word "aforepromised," in the RV of 2Co 9:5; in Rom 1:2, …

Aforetime signifies "once, at some time," Joh 9:13 (cp. proteron, in Joh 9:8); Eph 2:2, Eph 2:11, Col 3:7, Tit 3:3, Phm 1:11, 1Pe 3:5, 1Pe 3:20. In all these th…

Afraid * For AFRAID see AFFRIGHTED, A, FEAR, A, No. 2, B, No, D, SORE

Afresh * For AFRESH see CROSS, CRUCIFY, B

After, Afterward (-s) * The following are adverbs only. For prepositions and conjunctions see Note + p. 9. "thence," is once used to signify "afterwards," in th…

Again the ordinary numeral adverb signifying twice, is rendered "again" in Phi 4:16, "ye sent once and again unto my need," and in 1Th 2:18, where Paul states t…

Against * For AGAINST see Note +, p. 9.

Age "an age, era" (to be connected with aei, "ever," rather than with ao, "to breathe"), signifies a period of indefinite duration, or time viewed in relation t…

Aged Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2204, Original Word: zaqenUsage Notes: "old man; old woman; elder; old." Zaqen occurs 174 times in the Hebrew Old Testamen…

Ago * For AGO see LONG, A, No. 5, and in combination with other words

Agony Eng., "agony," was used among the Greeks as an alternative to agon, "a place of assembly;" then for the contests or games which took place there, and then…

Agree, Agreement lit., "to sound together" (sun, "together," phone, "a sound"), i.e., "to be in accord, primarily of musical instruments," is used in the NT of …

Aground * For AGROUND see RUN, No. 11

an interjection of derision and insult, is translated "Ha!" in Mar 15:29, RV. an interjection of surprise, fear and anger, was the ejaculation of the man with t…

Aim lit., "to be fond of honor" (phileo, "to love," time, "honor"), and so, actuated by this motive, "to strive to bring something to pass;" hence, "to be ambit…

Air Eng., "air," signifies "the atmosphere," certainly in five of the seven occurrences, Act 22:23, 1Co 9:26, 1Co 14:9, Rev 9:2, Rev 16:17, and almost certainly…

Alabaster * For ALABASTER see CRUSE

* For ALAS! see WOE

Albeit a conjunction, meaning "that," and so rendered in Phm 1:19, RV, for AV, "albeit."

Alien primarily, "belonging to another" (the opposite to idios, "one's own"), came to mean "foreign, strange, not of one's own family, alien, an enemy;" "aliens…

Alienate consists of apo, "from," and the above; it signifies "to be rendered an alien, to be alienated." In Eph 2:12 the RV corrects to the verbal from "aliena…

Alike * Note: In Rom 14:5, this word is in italics. This addition is not needed in the translation.

Alive * For ALIVE see LIFE, C, LIVE, No.6

All Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H3605Original Word: kolUsage Notes: "all; the whole." The noun kol, derived from kalal, has cognates in …

Allege "to place beside or to set before" (para, "beside," tithemi, "to put"), while often used in its literal sense of material things, as well as in its more …

Allegory translated in Gal 4:24 "contain an allegory" (AV, "are an allegory"), formed from allos, "other," and agoreuo, "to speak in a place of assembly" (agora…

Alleluia * For ALLELUIA (which has been robbed of its initial aspirate) see HALLELUJAH.

Alloted * For ALLOTTED see CHARGE, A (b), No. 4

Allow "to prove with a view to approving," is twice translated by the verb "to allow" in the AV; the RV corrects to "approveth" in Rom 14:22, and "have been app…

Allure * For ALLURE see BEGUILE, No. 4, ENTICE.

Almighty "almighty, or ruler of all" (pas, "all," krateo, "to hold, or to have strength"), is used of God only, and is found, in the Epistles, only in 2Co 6:18,…

Almost is used either (a) of locality, Act 19:26, or (b) of degree, Act 13:44, Heb 9:22. "to be about to do anything, or to delay," is used in connection with a…

Alms, Almsdeeds connected with eleemon, "merciful," signifies (a) "mercy, pity, particularly in giving alms," Mat 1:6-4, Act 10:2, Act 24:17; (b) the benefactio…

Aloes "an aromatic tree," the soft, bitter wood of which was used by Orientals for the purposes of fumigation and embalming, Joh 19:39 (see also Num 24:6, Psa 4…