Vine's Expository Dictionary

Daily (Adjective) is found in Mat 6:11, Luk 11:3. Some would derive the word from epi, "upon," and eimi, "to be," as if to signify "(bread) present," i.e., suff…

Dainty properly signifies "oily, or anointed with oil" (from lipos, "grease," connected with aleipho, "to anoint"); it is said of things which pertain to delica…

Damage * For DAMAGE see LOSS

Damnable, Damnation, and Damned * For DAMNABLE, DAMNATION, and DAMNED see CONDEMNATION, DESTRUCTION, JUDGE, JUDGMENT

Damsel a diminutive of kore, "a girl," denotes "a little girl" (properly a colloquial word, often used disparagingly, but not so in later writers); in the NT it…

Dance (cp. Eng., "orchestra") probably originally signified "to lift up," as of the feet; hence, "to leap with regularity of motion." It is always used in the M…

Dancing Eng., "chorus", primarily denoted "an enclosure for dancing;" hence, "a company of dancers and singers." The supposition that the word is connected with…

Danger, Dangerous properly signifies "to run a risk, face danger," but is used in the NT in the sense of "being in danger, jeopardy," Act 19:27, Act 19:40. It i…

Dare, Daring, Durst signifies "to dare," (a) in the sense of not dreading or shunning through fear, Mat 22:46, Mar 12:34, Mar 15:43, "boldly," lit., "having dar…

Dark, Darken, Darkly, Darkness "full of darkness, or covered with darkness," is translated "dark" in Luk 11:36; "full of darkness," in Mat 6:23, Luk 11:34, wher…

Dart akin to ballo, "to throw," denotes "a missile, an arrow, javelin, dart, etc.," Eph 6:16 (see FIERY). Cp. bole, "a stone's throw or cast," Luk 22:41; bolizo…

Dash denotes "to beat upon or against, to strike against, dash against" (pros, "to or against," kopto, "to strike, beat"); hence, of the foot, to stumble, "dash…

Daughter, Daughter-in-law "a daughter," (etymologically, Eng., "daughter" is connected), is used of (a) the natural relationship (frequent in the Gospels); (b) …

Dawn "to shine," is used metaphorically of the light of dawn, in 2Co 4:4 (some texts have kataugazo). Cp. auge, "brightness or break of day," Act 20:11. The wor…

Day Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3117Original Word: yômUsage Notes: "daylight; day; time; moment; year." This word also appears in Ugaritic, extrabiblical H…

Day-star (Eng., "phosphorus," lit., "light-bearing" phos, "light," phero, "to bear"), is used of the morning star, as the light-bringer, 2Pe 1:19, where it indi…

Daybreak * For DAYBREAK (RV, in Act 5:21) see DAWN, B

Dayspring lit., "a rising up" (cp. anatello, "to cause to rise"), is used of the rising of the sun and stars; it chiefly means the east, as in Mat 2:1, etc.; re…

Dazzling "to flash forth, lighten," is said of lightning, Luk 17:24, and of the apparel of the two men by the Lord's sepulchre, Luk 24:4, AV, "shining." See LIG…

Deacon (Eng., "deacon"), primarily denotes a "servant," whether as doing servile work, or as an attendant rendering free service, without particular reference t…

Dead is used of (a) the death of the body, cp. Jam 2:26, its most frequent sense; (b) the actual spiritual condition of unsaved men, Mat 8:22, Joh 5:25, Eph 2:1…

Dead, half Dead from hemi, "half," and thnesko, "to die," is used in Luk 10:30.

Deadly lit., "death-bearing, deadly" (thanatos, "death," phero, "to bear"), is used in Jam 3:8. In the Sept., Num 18:22, Job 33:23. from thanatos (see No. 1), "…

Deadness "a putting to death" (cp. DEAD, A and B), is rendered "dying" in 2Co 4:10; "deadness" in Rom 4:19, i.e., the state of being virtually "dead."

Deaf akin to kopto, "to beat," and kopiao, "to be tired" (from a root kop--, "to cut"), signifies "blunted, dull," as of a weapon; hence, "blunted in tongue, du…

Deal signifies "to divide into parts" (meros, "a portion, part"); hence, "to distribute, divide out, deal out to," translated "hath dealt" in Rom 12:3. See DIFF…

Deal Out (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1580Original Word: gamalUsage Notes: "to deal out, deal with, wean, ripen." Found in both biblical and modern Heb…

Deal With Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1580Original Word: gamalUsage Notes: "to deal out, deal with, wean, ripen." Found in both biblical and modern Hebrew,…

Deal with, have Dealings with "to do," used to describe almost any act, whether complete or repeated, like the Eng. "do," is translated to deal with, in Luk 2:4…

Deal, great Deal * For a GREAT DEAL see GREAT

Dear from time, "honor, price," signifies (a), primarily, "accounted as of great price, precious, costly," 1Co 3:12, Rev 17:4, Rev 18:12, Rev 18:16, Rev 21:19, …

Dearly * For DEARLY see BELOVED

Dearth * For DEARTH see FAMINE

Death Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4194Original Word: mawetUsage Notes: "death." This word appears 150 times in the Old Testament. The word mawet occurs fre…

Death, Death-stroke (see also Die) "death," is used in Scripture of: (a) the separation of the soul (the spiritual part of man) from the body (the material part…

Debate (AV) * For the AV DEBATE (Rom 1:29, 2Co 12:20) see STRIFE.

Debt "that which is owned" (see Note, below), is translated "debt" in Mat 18:32; in the plural, "dues," Rom 13:7; "(her) due," 1Co 7:3, of conjugal duty: some t…

Debtor "one who owes anything to another," primarily in regard to money; in Mat 18:24, "who owed" (lit., "one was brought, a debtor to him of ten thousand talen…

Decay "to make old" (palaios), is translated in Heb 8:13, firstly, "hath made ... old," secondly (Passive Voice), RV "is becoming old" (AV, "decayeth"); "wax ol…

Decease (Eng., "exodus"), lit. signifies "a way out" (ex, "out," hodos, "a way"); hence, "a departure," especially from life, "a decease;" in Luk 9:31, of the L…

Deceit Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7723Original Word: shaw’Usage Notes: "deceit; deception; malice; falsity; vanity; emptiness." The 53 occurrences of shaw…

Deceit, Deceitful, Deceitfully, Deceitfulness, Deceive, Deceivableness "deceit or deceitfulness" (akin to apatao, "to cheat, deceive, beguile"), that which give…

Deceiver is, properly, an adjective, signifying "wandering, or leading astray, seducing," 1Ti 4:1, "seducing (spirits);" used as a noun, it denotes an impostor …

Decently denotes "gracefully, becomingly, in a seemly manner" (eu, "well," schema, "a form, figure"); "honestly," in Rom 13:13 (marg., "decently"), in contrast …

Decide, Decision primarily signifies "to make a distinction," hence, "to decide, especially judically, to decide a dispute, to give judgment," 1Co 6:5, AV, "jud…

Deck (Verb) lit., "to gild with gold" (chrusos, "gold"), is used in Rev 17:4, Rev 18:16.

Declare, Declaration signifies "to announce, report, bring back tidings" (ana, "back," angello, "to announce"). Possibly the ana carries the significance of upw…

Decrease (Verb) signifies "to make less or inferior, in quality, position or dignity;" "madest ... lower" and "hast made ... lower," in Heb 2:7, Heb 2:9. In Joh…

Decree (Noun and Verb) transliterated in English, primarily denoted "an opinion or judgment" (from dokeo, "to be of opinion"), hence, an "opinion expressed with…

Dedicate, Dedication primarily means "to make new, to renew" (en, "in," kainos, "new"), as in the Sept. of 2Ch 15:8; then, to initate or "dedicate," Heb 9:18, w…