Vine's Expository Dictionary

End Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H657Original Word: ’epesUsage Notes: "end; not; nothing; only." The 42 occurrences of this word appear i…

End, Ending signifies (a) "the limit," either at which a person or thing ceases to be what he or it was up to that point, or at which previous activities were c…

Endeavor "to make haste, to be zealous," and hence, "to be diligent," is rendered "endeavoring" in Eph 4:3, AV; RV, "giving diligence." In 2Pe 1:15, AV, "endeav…

Endless denotes indissoluble (from a, negative, kata, "down," luo, "to loose"), Heb 7:16, "endless;" see the RV, marg., i.e., a life which makes its possessor t…

Endue in the Middle Voice, "to put on oneself, be clothed with," is used metaphorically of power, Luk 24:49, RV, "clothed." See CLOTHE. Note: In Jam 3:13 the ad…

Endure, Enduring "to abide," is rendered "to endure" in the AV of Joh 6:27, 1Pe 1:25 (RV, "abideth"); Heb 10:34, AV, "enduring (substance)," RV, "abiding." See …

Enemy Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H341Original Word: ’oyebUsage Notes: "enemy." ’Oyeb has an Ugaritic cognate. It appears about 282 times in biblical Hebrew…

Engrafted * Note: This is the AV rendering of emphutos, Jam 1:21, an adjective derived from emphuo, "to implant;" the RV has "implanted." The metaphor is that o…

Engrave "to imprint, engrave" (en, "in," tupos, "a mark, impression, form, type"), is used of the "engraving" of the Law on the two stones, or tablets, 2Co 3:7.…

Enjoin is translated "hath enjoined" in the AV of Heb 9:20. See COMMAND (RV). lit., "to set or arrange over, to charge, command," is rendered "enjoin" in Phm 1:…

Enjoy used transitively, denotes "to hit upon, meet with;" then, "to reach, get, obtain;" it is translated "enjoy" (i.e., obtain to our satisfaction) in Act 24:…

Enlarge denotes "to make great" (from megas, "great"), Mat 23:5, "enlarge;" 2Co 10:15, AV, "enlarged," RV, "magnified;" elsewhere in the AV it is rendered by th…

Enlighten from phos, "light," (a), used intransitively, signifies "to give light, shine," Rev 22:5; (b), used transitively, "to enlighten, illumine," is rendere…

Enmity from the adjective echthros (see ENEMY) is rendered "enmity" in Luk 23:12, Rom 8:7, Eph 1:2-16, Jam 4:4; "enmities," Gal 5:20, RV, for AV, "hatred." It i…

Enough "sufficient," akin to arkeo (see B, No. 1), is rendered "enough" in Mat 10:25; "sufficient" in Mat 6:34; "suffice" in 1Pe 4:3, lit., "(is) sufficient." S…

Enquire * For ENQUIRE see INQUIRE

Enrich "to make rich" (from ploutos, "wealth, riches"), is used metaphorically, of spiritual "riches," in 1Co 1:5, "ye were enriched;" 2Co 6:10, "making rich;" …

Enroll, Enrollment primarily signifies "to write out, to copy;" then, "to enroll, to inscribe," as in a register. It is used of a census, Luk 2:1 RV, "be enroll…

Ensample primarily denoted "a blow" (from a root tup--, seen also in tupto, "to strike"), hence, (a) an impression, the mark of a "blow," Joh 20:25; (b) the "im…

Enslaved "to make a slave of," is rendered "enslaved" (to much wine) in Tit 2:3, RV, for AV, "given to." See BONDAGE.

Ensnare "to entrap, lay snares for" (from pagis, "anything which fixes or grips," hence, "a snare"), is used in Mat 22:15, of the efforts of the Pharisees to "e…

Ensue * For ENSUE see PURSUE

Entangle see ENSNARE. "to weave in" (en, "in," pleko, "to weave"), hence, metaphorically, to be involved, entangled in, is used in the Passive Voice in 2Ti 2:4,…

Enter, Entering, Entrance "to come into" (eis, "in," erchomai, "to come"), is frequently rendered "entered" in the RV for AV, "went into," e.g., Mat 9:25, Mat 2…

Entertain signifies (a) "to receive as a guest" (xenos, "a guest") rendered "entertained" in Act 28:7, RV, for AV, "lodged;" in Heb 13:2, "have entertained;" (b…

Entice, Enticing primarily, "to lure by a bait" (from delear, "a bait"), is used metaphorically in Jam 1:14, of the "enticement" of lust; in 2Pe 2:14, of seduce…

Entire "complete, sound in every part" (holos, "whole," kleros, "a lot," i.e., with all that has fallen by lot), is used ethically in 1Th 5:23, indicating that …

Entreat (to deal with, to treat) * Note: The distinction between this and the preceding word is maintained in the RV, which confines the initial "e" to the sens…

Entreat, to request * For ENTREAT, to request, see INTREAT; for ENTREATY see INTREATY

Envy, Envying "envy," is the feeling of displeasure produced by witnessing or hearing of the advantage or prosperity of others; this evil sense always attaches …

Ephod Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H646Original Word: ’epodUsage Notes: "ephod." This word, which appears in Assyrian and (perhaps) Ugaritic, occurs 49 times…

Ephphatha * Note: Ephphatha is an Aramaic word signifying "to open," used in the imperative mood, "be opened," Mar 7:34; while the application in this case was …

Epileptic lit., "to be moon struck" (from selene, "the moon"), is used in the Passive Voice with Active significance, RV, "epileptic," for AV, "lunatick," Mat 4…

Epistle primarily "a message" (from epistello, "to send to"), hence, "a letter, an epistle," is used in the singular, e.g., Act 15:30; in the plural, e.g., Act …

Equal, Equality "the same in size, number, quality," etc., is translated "equal" in Joh 5:18, Phi 2:6; in the latter the word is in the neuter plural, lit., "eq…

Ere * For ERE see Note + p. 9.

Err in the Active Voice, signifies "to cause to wander, lead astray, deceive" (plane, "a wandering;" cp. Eng., "planet"); in the Passive Voice, "to be led astra…

Error akin to planao (see ERR, No. 1), "a wandering, a forsaking of the right path, see Jam 5:20, whether in doctrine, 2Pe 3:17, 1Jo 4:6, or in morals, Rom 1:27…

Escape "to flee" (Lat., fuga, "flight," etc.; cp. Eng. "fugitive, subterfuge"), is rendered "escape" in Mat 23:33, Heb 11:34. See FLEE. "to flee away from" (apo…

Escape (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4422Original Word: malatUsage Notes: "to escape, slip away, deliver, give birth." This word is found in both ancien…

Eschew "to turn aside" (ek, "from," klino, "to turn, bend"), is used metaphorically (a) of leaving the right path, Rom 3:12, RV, "turned aside," for AV, "gone o…

Especially "most, most of all, above all," is the superlative of mala, "very much;" translated "especially" in Act 26:3, Gal 6:10, 1Ti 5:17, 2Ti 4:13, Phi 4:22,…

Espoused "to fit, join" (from harmos, "a joint, joining;" the root ar--, signifying "to fit," is in evidence in various languages; cp. arthron, "a joint," arith…

Establish "to fix, make fast, to set" (from sterix, "a prop"), is used of "establishing" or "stablishing" (i.e., the confirmation) of persons; the Apostle Peter…

Estate, State signifying "elegant, graceful, comely" (eu, "well," schema, "figure, fashion"), is used (a) in a moral sense, seemly, becoming, 1Co 7:35; (b) in a…

Esteem signifies "to lead;" then, "to lead before the mind, to suppose, consider, esteem;" translated "esteem" in Phi 2:3, AV, RV, "counting;" in 1Th 5:13, "est…

Eternal "an age," is translated "eternal" in Eph 3:11, lit., "(purpose) of the ages" (marg.). See AGE. "describes duration, either undefined but not endless, as…

Eunuch denotes (a) "an emasculated man, a eunuch," Mat 19:12; (b) in the 3rd instance in that verse, "one naturally incapacitated for, or voluntarily abstaining…

Evangelist lit., "a messenger of good" (eu, "well," angelos, "a messenger"), denotes a "preacher of the Gospel," Act 21:8, Eph 4:11, which makes clear the disti…

Even (Adjective) * Notes: (1) In Luk 19:44 (AV, "shall lay thee even with the ground"), there is no word representing "even;" the verb edaphizo signifies "to be…