Vine's Expository Dictionary

Concerning * For CONCERNING see Note +, p. 9.

Concision lit., "a cutting off" (kata, "down," temno, "to cut"), "a mutilation," is a term found in Phi 3:2, there used by the Apostle, by a paranomasia, contem…

Conclude lit., "to make to come together," is translated "concluding" in Act 16:10, RV, for the AV, "assuredly gathering." See COMPACTED, INSTRUCT, KNIT, PROVE.…

Concord lit., "a sounding together" (sun, "with," phone, "a sound;" Eng., "symphony"), is found in 2Co 6:15, in the rhetorical question "what concord hath Chris…

Concourse "a turning together" (sun, "with," trepo, "to turn"), signifies (a) that which is rolled together; hence (b) a dense mass of people, concourse, Act 19…

Concupiscence * For CONCUPISCENCE (AV of Rom 7:8, Col 3:5, 1Th 4:5) see COVET, DESIRE, LUST.

Condemn, Condemnation "to know something against" (kata, "against," ginosko, "to know by experience"), hence, "to think ill of, to condemn," is said, in Gal 2:1…

Condescend see CARRY, No. 7.

Conditions * Note: This translates the phrase ta pros in Luk 14:32, lit., "the (things) towards," i.e., the things relating to, or conditions of, (peace).

Conduct from ago, "to lead," properly denotes "a teaching;" then, figuratively, "a training, discipline," and so, the life led, a way or course of life, conduct…

Confer, Conference lit., "to put before" (pros, "towards," ana, "up," and tithemi, "to put"), i.e., "to lay a matter before others so as to obtain counsel or in…

Confess (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3034Original Word: yadâUsage Notes: "to confess, praise, give thanks." The root, translated "confess" or "confessi…

Confess, Confession lit., "to speak the same thing" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), "to assent, accord, agree with," denotes, (a) "to confess, declare, admit…

akin to peitho, B, No. 1 below, denotes "persuasion, assurance, confidence," 2Co 1:15, 2Co 3:4, AV, "trust;" 2Co 8:22, 2Co 10:2, Eph 3:12, Phi 3:4. See TRUST. l…

Confirm, Confirmation "to make firm, establish, make secure" (the connected adjective bebaios signifies "stable, fast, firm"), is used of "confirming" a word, M…

Conflict (Noun) from ago, "to lead," signifies (a) "a place of assembly," especially the place where the Greeks assembled for the Olympic and Pythian games; (b)…

Conformed, Conformable "to make of like form with another person or thing, to render like" (sun, "with," morphe, "a form"), is found in Phi 3:10 (in the Passive…

Confound, Confuse, Confusion "instability," (a, negative, kata, "down," stasis, "a standing"), denotes "a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion, tumult," 1C…

Confront (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6923Original Word: qadamUsage Notes: "to meet, confront, go before, be before," This verb occurs 27 times and in …

Confute "to confute powerfully," is an intensive form of elencho, "to convict" (dia, "through," kata, "down," both intensive), Act 18:28, implying that "he met …

Congregation Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5712Original Word: ‘edâUsage Notes: "congregation." This word may have etymologically signified a "company assembl…

Conquer, Conqueror "to overcome" (its usual meaning), is translated "conquering" and "to conquer" in Rev 6:2. See OVERCOME, PREVAIL, VICTORY. "to be more than c…

Conscience lit., "a knowing with" (sun, "with," oida, "to know"), i.e., "a co-knowledge (with oneself), the witness borne to one's conduct by conscience, that f…

Consecrate * Note: In Heb 7:28 the verb teleioo is translated "perfected" in the RV, for AV, "consecrated;" so in Heb 9:18, Heb 10:20, enkainizo, RV, "dedicated…

Consent "to agree openly, to acknowledge outwardly, or fully" (ex, for ek, "out," intensive), is translated "consented" in the RV of Luk 22:6 (AV, "promised"). …

Consider used as the aorist tense of horao, "to see," is translated "to consider" in Act 15:6, of the gathering of the Apostles and elders regarding the questio…

Consist "to be," is rendered "consist" (lit., "is") in Luk 12:15. sun, "with," histemi, "to stand," denotes, in its intransitive sense, "to stand with or fall t…

Consolation, Console is translated "consolation," in both AV and RV, in Luk 2:25, Luk 6:24, Act 15:31; in 1Co 14:3, AV, "exhortation," RV, "comfort;" in the fol…

Consort (with) lit., "to assign by lot" (pros, "to," kleros, "a lot"), "to allot," is found in Act 17:4, "consorted with," imparting to the Passive Voice (the f…

Conspiracy denotes, lit., "a swearing together" (sun, "with," omnumi, "to swear"), a "being leagued by oath, and so a conspiracy," Act 23:13.

Constantly * For CONSTANTLY see AFFIRM

Constrain, Constraint see COMPEL, No. 1. primarily denotes "to employ force contray to nature and right, to compel by using force" (para, "alongside," intensive…

Consult, Consultation used in the Middle Voice, means (a) "to consult," Luk 14:31; (b) "to resolve," Joh 12:10, AV, "consulted;" RV, "took counsel." See COUNSEL…

Consume "to use up, spend up, especially in a bad sense, to destroy," is said of the destruction of persons, (a) literally, Luk 9:54 and the RV marg. of 2Th 2:8…

Consume (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3615Original Word: kalâUsage Notes: "to cease, be finished, perish, be completed." This verb o…

Consumed (To Be) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H8552Original Word: tamamUsage Notes: "to be complete, finished, perfect, spent, sound, use…

Contain signifies (a), lit., "to give space, make room" (chora, "a place"); hence, transitively, "to have space or room for a thing, to contain," said of the wa…

Contemptible * For CONTEMPTIBLE see ACCOUNT No. 6

Contend (-ing) "to engage in a contest" (cp. Eng., "athlete"), "to contend in public games," is used in 2Ti 2:5, RV, "contend in the games," for the AV, "strive…

Content (to be), Contentment primarily signifies "to be sufficient, to be possessed of sufficient strength, to be strong, to be enough for a thing;" hence, "to …

Contention, Contentious "strife, quarrel," especially "rivalry, contention, wrangling," as in the church in Corinth, 1Co 1:11, is translated "contentions" in Ti…

Continency en, "in," kratos, "power, strength," lit., "to have power over oneself," is rendered "(if) they have (not) continency" (i.e., are lacking in self-con…

Continual, Continually (see also Continue) lit., "unto (the) end," signifies "continual," in Luk 18:5, of the importunate widow's applications to the unrighteou…

Continually Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: AdverbStrong's Number: H8548Original Word: tamîdUsage Notes: "always; continually; regularly." This word comes from a…

Continue, Continuance signifies (a) "to begin to be" (suggesting origin); (b) "to become" (suggesting entrance on a new state); (c) "to come to pass" (suggestin…

Continuity Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H8548Original Word: tamîdUsage Notes: "continuity." Tamîd is often used as a noun. In Num 4:7, th…

Contradict, Contradiction lit., "to speak against" (anti, "against," lego, "to speak"), is translated "contradict" in Act 13:45. See ANSWER, GAINSAY, SPEAK (aga…

Contrariwise

Contrary "to be contrary" (anti, "against," keimai, "to lie"), Gal 5:17, 1Ti 1:10. See ADVERSARY. "beside," has the meaning "contrary to" in Act 18:13, Rom 11:2…

Contribution is twice rendered "contribution," Rom 15:26, 2Co 9:13, RV, (AV, "distribution"). See COMMUNION.