Vine's Expository Dictionary

Baal Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1167Original Word: ba‘alUsage Notes: "master; baal." In Akkadian, the noun belu ("lord") gave rise to the verb belu ("to r…

Babbler, Babblings "a babbler," is used in Act 17:18. Primarily an adjective, it came to be used as a noun signifying a crow, or some other bird, picking up see…

Babe denotes (a) "an unborn child," as in Luk 1:41, Luk 1:44; (b) "a newborn child, or an infant still older," Luk 2:12, Luk 2:16, Luk 18:15, Act 7:19, 2Ti 3:15…

Back (Adverb), Backside, Backward connected with hepomai, "to follow," is used adverbially, of place, with the meaning "back," "backward," in the phrase eis ta …

Back (Noun) "the back," is derived from a root no-, signifying "to bend, curve." It is used in Rom 11:10.

Backbiter, Backbiting a "backbiter," and katalalia (2636), "backbiting," are formed from kata, "against," and laleo, "to speak." Katalalos is used in Rom 1:30. …

Bad indicates the lack in a person or thing of those qualities which should be possessed; it means "bad in character" (a) morally, by way of thinking, feeling o…

Bade * For BADE see BID

Bag from glossa, "a tongue," and komeo, "to tend," was, firstly, "a case" in which to keep the mouthpiece of wind instruments; secondly, "a small box" for any p…

Baggage "to furnish with things necessary;" in the Middle Voice, "to furnish for oneself;" it was used of equipping baggage animals for a journey; in Act 21:15,…

Balance "a yoke," also has the meaning of "a pair of scales," Rev 6:5. So the Sept. of Lev 19:36, Isa 40:12. See YOKE.

Band Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1416Original Word: gedûdUsage Notes: "band (of raiders); marauding band; raiding party; army; units (of an army); troops; …

Banded Act 23:12, of the Jews who "banded together" with the intention of killing Paul, consists of the verb poieo, "to make," and the noun sustrophe, primarily…

Bank, Bankers primarily "a table," denotes (a) an eating-table, e.g., Mat 15:27; (b) food, etc. placed on "a table," Act 6:2, Act 16:34; (c) "a feast, a banquet…

Banqueting * For BANQUETING see CAROUSINGS

Baptism, Baptist, Baptize "baptism," consisting of the processes of immersion, submersion and emergence (from bapto, "to dip"), is used (a) of John's "baptism,"…

Barbarian, Barbarous properly meant "one whose speech is rude, or harsh;" the word is onomatopoeic, indicating in the sound the uncouth character represented by…

Bare (Adjective) "naked," is once translated "bare," 1Co 15:37, where, used of grain, the meaning is made clearer by translating the phrase by "a bare grain," R…

Bare (Verb) * For BARE (Verb) see BEAR

Barley "barley," is used in the plural in Rev 6:6. signifies "made of barley," Joh 6:9, Joh 6:13.

Barn lit., "a place where anything is stored" (Eng., "apothecary"), hence denoted a garner, granary, barn, Mat 3:12, Mat 6:26, Mat 13:30, Luk 3:17, Luk 12:18, L…

Barren from a root ster- meaning "hard, firm" (hence Eng., "sterile"), signifies "barren, not bearing children," and is used with the natural significance three…

Base, Baser "of low birth" (a, negative, genos, "family, race"), hence denoted "that which is of no reputation, of no account," 1Co 1:28, "the base things of th…

Basket, Basketful was "a wicker basket," originally containing a certain measure of capacity, Mat 14:20, Mat 16:9, Mar 6:43 (RV, "basketfuls"); Mar 8:19, Luk 9:…

Bason the vessel into which the Lord poured water to wash the disciples' feet, was "a large ewer," Joh 13:5. The word is connected with the verb nipto, "to wash…

Bastard denotes "an illegitimate child, one born out of lawful wedlock," Heb 12:8.

Bathed signifies "to bathe or to wash." In Joh 13:10 the RV "bathed" is necessary to distinguish the act from the washing of feet. See WASH.

Battle "a war," is incorrectly rendered "battle" in the AV of 1Co 14:8, Rev 9:7, Rev 9:9, Rev 16:14, Rev 20:8; RV, invariably, "war."

Bay translated "bay" in the RV of Act 27:39, is wider than a "creek" (AV). Eng., "gulf," is connected. See BOSOM.

Be * For BE see BEING

Be (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1961Original Word: hayâUsage Notes: "to become, occur, come to pass, be." This verb occurs only in Hebrew and Aramaic. …

Be A Harlot Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2181Original Word: zanâUsage Notes: "to go a whoring, commit fornication, be a harlot, serve other gods." This is t…

Be Merciful Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7355Original Word: rahamUsage Notes: "to have compassion, be merciful, pity." The words from th…

Be Weak Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3782Original Word: kashalUsage Notes: "to stumble, stagger, totter, be thrown down." As in biblical Hebrew, this word i…

Be Willing Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H14Original Word: ’abâUsage Notes: "to will, be willing, consent." Common throughout the history of the Hebrew langua…

Beach translated "shore" in the AV in each place where it is used, Mat 13:2, Mat 13:48, Joh 21:4, Act 21:5, Act 1:27-40, is always in the RV translated "beach."…

Beam "a beam," is perhaps etymologically connected with the root dek--, seen in the word dechomai, "to receive," "beams" being received at their ends into walls…

Bear * (in the sense of "carrying, supporting") For the verb "to bear" in the sense of "begetting," see BEGET. signifies "to support as a burden." It is used wi…

Bear (animal) "a bear," occurs in Rev 13:2.

Bear (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3205Original Word: yaladUsage Notes: "to bear, bring forth, beget, be delivered." This verb occur…

Beast Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H929Original Word: behemâUsage Notes: "beast; animal; domesticated animal; cattle; riding beast; wild beast." A cognate of…

Beat from a root der--, "skin" (derma, "a skin," cp. Eng., "dermatology"), primarily "to flay," then "to beat, thrash or smite," is used of the treatment of the…

Beautiful describes "that which is seasonable, produced at the right time," as of the prime of life, or the time when anything is at its loveliest and best (fro…

Became * For BECAME see BECOME

Because * For BECAUSE see Note + p. 9.

Beckon lit., "to give a nod, to signify by a nod," is used in Joh 13:24, of Peter's beckoning to John to ask the Lord of whom He had been speaking; in Act 24:10…

Become (to be fitting) "to be conspicuous among a number, to be eminent, distinguished by a thing," hence, "to be becoming seemly, fit." The adornment of good w…

Bed akin to klino, "to lean" (Eng., "recline, incline" etc.), "a bed," e.g., Mar 7:30, also denotes a "couch" for reclining at meals, Mar 4:21, or a "couch" for…

Befall Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7122Original Word: qara’Usage Notes: "to encounter, befall." Qara’ represents an intentional confrontation, whereby one …

Befit, Befitting is translated "befit" in Tit 2:1, RV (AV, "become"). See BECOME. primarily, "to have arrived at, reached to, pertained to," came to denote "wha…