Vine's Expository Dictionary

Build (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H1129Original Word: banâUsage Notes: "to build, establish, construct, rebuild." This root appears…

Build, Builder, Building lit., "to build a house" (oikos, "a house," domeo, "to build"), hence, to build anything, e.g., Mat 7:24, Luk 4:29, Luk 6:48, RV, "well…

Bull * For BULL see OX

Bullock Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6499Original Word: parUsage Notes: "bullock." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac, and Arabic. Pa…

Bundle from deo, "to bind" (similarly, Eng. "bundle" is akin to "bind"), is used in Mat 13:30. "a great number" (akin to pleo, "to fill"), is the word for the "…

Burden, Burdened, Burdensome denotes "a weight, anything pressing on one physically," Mat 20:12, or "that makes a demand on one's resources," whether material, …

Burial, Bury, Burying lit., "an entombing" (from en, "in," taphos, "a tomb"), "burying," occurs in Mar 14:8, Joh 12:7. Cp. B.1. "a burial" (cp. No. 1, and Eng.,…

Burn (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H8313Original Word: sarapUsage Notes: "to burn." A common Semitic term, this word is found in anci…

Burn Incense (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6999Original Word: qatarUsage Notes: "to burn incense, cause to rise up in smoke." The pr…

Burn, Burning "to set fire to, to light;" in the Passive Voice, "to be lighted, to burn," Mat 5:15, Joh 15:6, Heb 12:18, Rev 4:5, Rev 8:8, Rev 8:10, Rev 19:20, …

Burning Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2734Original Word: harâUsage Notes: to get angry, be angry." This verb appears in the Bible 92 time…

Burnished see BRASS.

Burnt (offering) denotes "a whole burnt offering" (holos, "whole," kautos, for kaustos, a verbal adjective from kaio, "to burn"), i.e., "a victim," the whole of…

Burst (asunder) see BREAK, A. No. 6. primarily, "to crack, or crash," denotes "to burst asunder with a crack, crack open" (always of making a noise), is used in…

Bury * For BURY see BURIAL

Bury (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6912Original Word: qabarUsage Notes: "to bury." This verb is found in most Semitic languages incl…

Bush denotes "a bramble bush," as in Luk 6:44. In Mar 12:26, Luk 20:37 the phrase "in the place concerning the Bush" signifies in that part of the book of Exodu…

Bushel was a dry measure containing about a peck, Mat 5:15, Mar 4:21, Luk 11:33.

Business translated "business" in Act 6:3, of the distribution of funds, signifies "a necessity, a need," and is used in this place concerning duty or business.…

Busybody lit., "to be working round about, instead of at one's own business" (peri, "around," ergon, "work"), signifies to take more pains than enough about a t…

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

Buy, Bought primarily, "to frequent the market-place," the agora, hence "to do business there, to buy or sell," is used lit., e.g., in Mat 14:15. Figuratively C…

By * For BY See Note +, p. 9. Note: The phrase "by and by" in the AV is in several places misleading. The three words exautes, Mar 6:25, euthus, Mat 13:21, and …