Vine's Expository Dictionary

Bound (Noun) "the fixing of a boundary," rather than the boundary itself (from horos, "a boundary," and tithemi, "to place"), is used in Act 17:26, "bounds."

Bound (to be) * (a) of obligation: "to owe, whether of a debt or any obligation," is translated "we are bound," in 2Th 1:3, 2Th 2:13 (the Apostle expressing his…

Boundary Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1366Original Word: gebûlUsage Notes: "boundary; limit; territory; closed area." This word has cognates in Phoenician a…

Bounty, Bountifully "a blessing," has the meaning of "bounty" in 2Co 9:5, of the offering sent by the church at Corinth to their needy brethren in Judea. Note: …

Bow (Noun) "a bow," is used in Rev 6:2. Cp. Hab 1:3-9. The instrument is frequently mentioned in the Sept., especially in the Psalms.

Bow (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3766Original Word: kara‘Usage Notes: "to bow, bow down, bend the knee." This term is found in both ancient and modern …

Bow, Bowed (Verb) "to bend," is used especially of bending the knees in religious veneration, Rom 11:4, Rom 14:11, Eph 3:14, Phi 2:10. signifies "to bend comple…

Bowels always in the plural, properly denotes "the physical organs of the intestines," and is once used in this respect, Act 1:18 (for the use by Greeks and Heb…

Bowl (Eng., "phial") denotes "a bowl;" so the RV, for AV, "vial," in Rev 5:8, Rev 15:7, Rev 1:16-4, Rev 16:8, Rev 16:10, Rev 16:12, Rev 16:17, Rev 17:1, Rev 21:…

Box "an alabaster vessel," is translated in the AV of Mat 26:7, Mar 14:3, Luk 7:37, "box," RV, "cruse." The breaking refers to the seal, not to the box or cruse…

Boy denotes "a boy" (in contrast to paidion, a diminutive of pais, and to teknon, "a child"). With reference to Christ, instead of the AV "child," the RV suitab…

Braided (AV, Broided) signifies "what is woven" (from pleko, "to weave, plait"), whether a net or basket (Josephus uses it of the ark of bulrushes in which the …

Brake * For BRAKE see BREAK

Bramble bush * For BRAMBLE BUSH see BUSH

Branch from klao, "to break" (cp. klasma, "a broken piece"), properly a young tender shoot, "broken off" for grafting, is used for any kind of branch, Mat 13:32…

Branded "to burn in with a brading iron" (cp. Eng., "caustic"), is found, in the best mss., in 1Ti 4:2, RV "branded." Others have kauteriazo (from kauterion, "a…

Brass, Brazen primarily, "copper," became used for metals in general, later was applied to bronze, a mixture of copper and tin, then, by metonymy, to any articl…

Brawler an adjective, lit., "tarrying at wine" (para, "at," oinos, "wine"), "given to wine," 1Ti 3:3, Tit 1:7, AV, probably has the secondary sense, of the effe…

Bread Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3899Original Word: lehemUsage Notes: "bread; meal; food; fruit." This word has cognates in Ugaritic, Syriac, Aramaic, Pho…

Bread (loaf) "bread" (perhaps derived from aro, "to fit together," or from a root ar--, "the earth"), signifies (a) "a small loaf or cake," composed of flour an…

Breadth Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7341Original Word: rohabUsage Notes: "breadth; width; expanse." The noun rohab appears 101 times and in all periods of …

Break (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7665Original Word: shabarUsage Notes: "to break, shatter, smash, crush." This word is frequently used in ancient Akk…

Break, Breaker, Breaking, Brake "to break, to break off pieces," is used of "breaking bread," (a) of the Lord's act in providing for people, Mat 14:19, Mat 15:3…

Breast connected with histemi, "to stand," i.e., that which stands out, is used of mourners in smiting the "breast," Luk 18:13, Luk 23:48; of John in reclining …

Breastplate primarily, "the breast," denotes "a breastplate or corselet," consisting of two parts and protecting the body on both sides, from the neck to the mi…

Breath Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1892Original Word: hebelUsage Notes: "breath; vanity; idol." Cognates of this noun occur in Syriac, late Aramaic, and Ar…

Breath, Breathe akin to pneo, "to blow," lit., "a blowing," signifies (a) "breath, the breath of life," Act 17:25; (b) "wind," Act 2:2. See WIND. "spirit," also…

Bride, Bridechamber, Bridegroom (Eng. "nymph") "a bride, or young wife," Joh 3:29, Rev 18:23, Rev 21:2, Rev 21:9, Rev 22:17, is probably connected with the Lati…

Bridle "a bridle," is used in Jam 3:3 (AV, "bits"), and Rev 14:20. "The primitive bridle was simply a loop on the halter-cord passed round the lower jaw of the …

Briefly

Brier * For BRIER see THISTLE

Bright, Brightness "bright" (from phos, "light"), is said of a cloud, Mat 17:5; metaphorically of the body, Mat 6:22, "full of light;" Luk 11:34, Luk 11:36. See…

Brim "above, on high, in a higher place," in Joh 2:7 is used to denote the "brim" of a waterpot, lit., "up to above," i.e., "up to the higher parts," i.e., "the…

Brimstone originally denoted "fire from heaven." It is connected with sulphur. Places touched by lightning were called theia, and, as lightning leaves a sulphur…

Bring, Bringing, Brought "to bear, or carry," is used also of "bearing or bringing forth fruit," Mar 4:8, Joh 15:5, etc. To bring is the most frequent meaning. …

Broad, Breadth from eurus, "broad," and chora, "a place," signifies, lit., "(with) a broad place," i.e., "broad, spacious," Mat 7:13. connected with plak, "a fl…

Broided * For BROIDED see BRAIDED

Broiled "broiled" (from optao, "to cook, roast"), is said of food prepared by fire, Luk 24:42.

Broken * For BROKEN see BREAK

Brokenhearted * For BROKENHEARTED see BREAK, A, No. 5

Brood primarily, "a nest," denotes "a brood," Luk 13:34. Some texts have nossion in the plural, as Mat 23:37, "chicken."

Brook lit., "winter-flowing" (from cheima, "winter," and rheo, "to flow"), a stream which runs only in winter or when swollen with rains, a "brook," Joh 18:1.

Brother Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H251Original Word: ’ahUsage Notes: "brother." This word has cognates in Ugaritic and most other Semitic languages. Bibli…

Brother, Brethren, Brotherhood, Brotherly denotes "a brother, or near kinsman;" in the plural, "a community based on identity of origin or life." It is used of:…

Brought * For BROUGHT see BRING

Brow "an eyebrow," stands for "the brow of a hill," Luk 4:29, from the resemblance to an eyebrow, i.e., a ridge with an overhanging bank.

Bruise see BREAK, A, No. 5. "to smite through, shatter," is used in Luk 4:18, "them that are bruised," i.e., broken by calamity.

Brute translated "brute" in the AV of 2Pe 2:12, Jud 1:10, signifies "without reason," RV, though, as J. Hastings points out, "brute beasts" is not at all unsuit…

Bud "to bud," is said of Aaron's rod, Heb 9:14; "spring up," Mat 13:26, Mar 4:27; elsewhere, in Jam 5:18. See BRING, No. 26, SPRING, No. 6.

Buffet signifies "to strike with clenched hands, to buffet with the fist" (kolaphos, "a fist"), Mat 26:67, Mar 14:65, 1Co 4:11, 2Co 12:7, 1Pe 2:20. lit., "to st…