Vine's Expository Dictionary

Aught * Aught: See +, page 9 (footnote). It is wrongly spelled "ought" in the AV in some places, e.g., in Joh 4:33, "ought to eat" (there is no word in the orig…

Austere akin to auo, "to dry up" (Eng., "austere"), primarily denotes "stringent to the taste," like new wine not matured by age, unripe fruit, etc; hence, "har…

Author an adjective (cp. aitia, a cause), denotes "that which causes something." This and No. 2 are both translated "author" in Hebrews. Aitios, in Heb 5:9, des…

Authority denotes "authority" (from the impersonal verb exesti, "it is lawful"). From the meaning of "leave or permission," or liberty of doing as one pleases, …

Autumn an adjective signifying autumnal (from phthinoporon, "late autumn," from phthino, "to waste away," or "wane," and opora, "autumn"), is used in Jud 1:12, …

Avail signifies (a) "to be strong in body, to be robust, in sound health," Mat 9:12, Mar 2:17; (b) "to have power," as of the Gospel, Act 19:20; to prevail agai…

Avenge (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5358Original Word: naqamUsage Notes: "to avenge, take vengeance, punish." This root and its der…

Avenge, Avenger ek, "from," dike, "justice," i.e., that which proceeds from justice, means (a) "to vindicate a person's right," (b) "to avenge a thing." With th…

Avoid "to turn away from, to turn aside," lit., "to bend out of" (ek, "out," klino, "to bend"), is used in Rom 3:12, of the sinful condition of mankind, AV, gon…

Await * For AWAIT (AV of Act 9:24, Act 20:3, Act 20:19, Act 23:30) see PLOT

Awake is used, (a) in the Active Voice, of "arousing a person from sleep;" in Mat 8:25 of the act of the disciples in awaking the Lord; in Act 12:7, of the awak…

Awake (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5782Original Word: ‘ûrUsage Notes: "to awake, stir up, rouse oneself, rouse." This word is found in both ancient and…

Aware * For AWARE see KNOW, A, No. 1, end of 1st par.

Away * Note: This word is to be taken in connection with various verbs. The verb airo, "to seize, to lift up, take away," is translated "away with," in Luk 23:1…

Awe "awe," is so rendered in Heb 12:28, RV; the previous word "reverence" represents the inferior reading aidos (see SHAMEFASTNESS).

Axe "an axe," akin to agnumi, "to break," is found in Mat 3:10, and Luk 3:9.