Vine's Expository Dictionary

Female an adjective (from thele, "a breast"), is used in the form thelu (grammatically neuter) as a noun, "female," in Mat 19:4, Mar 10:6, Gal 3:28; in the femi…

Fervent, Fervently denotes "strained, stretched" (ek, "out," teino, "to stretch"); hence, metaphorically, "fervent," 1Pe 4:8. Some mss. have it in Act 12:5, for…

Fetch "to send after of for" (meta, "after," pemp, "to send"), in the Middle Voice, is translated "fetch" in the RV of Act 10:5, Act 11:13. See CALL. Notes: (1)…

Fetter "a fetter" (akin to peza, "the instep," and pous, "a foot;" cp. Eng. prefix ped--), occurs in Mar 5:4, Luk 8:29. Cp. FOOT.

Fever (to be sick of) "feverish heat" (from pur, "fire"), hence, "a fever," occurs in Mat 8:15, Mar 1:31, Joh 4:52, Act 28:8; in Luk 4:38, with megas, "great, a…

Few used of number quantity, and size, denotes "few, little, small, slight," e.g., Mat 7:14, Mat 9:37, Mat 15:34, Mat 20:16; neuter plural, "a few things," Mat …

Fickleness denotes lightness, levity, "fickleness," 2Co 1:17, RV (for AV, "lightness"). The corresponding adjective is elaphros, "light," Mat 11:30, 2Co 4:17.

Fidelity "faith, faithfulness," is translated "fidelity" in Tit 2:10. See FAITH (b).

Field Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7704Original Word: sadehUsage Notes: "field; country; domain [of a town]." Sadeh has cognates in Akkadian, Phoenician, Ug…

Field, Cornfield "a cultivated field," or "fields in the aggregate," e.g., Mat 6:28, Mar 11:8 (some mss. here have dendron, "trees"); Luk 15:15. See FARM. "a sp…

Fierce, Fierceness signifies "not tame, savage" (from a, negative, and hemeros, "gentle"), 2Ti 3:3. Epictetus describes those who forget God as their Creator, a…

Fiery "to set on fire, burn up" (from pur, "fire"), always used in the Passive Voice in the NT, is translated "fiery" in Eph 6:16, metaphorically of the darts o…

Fifteen, Fifteenth lit., "ten-five," occurs in Joh 11:18, Act 27:28, Gal 1:18. Notes: (1) In Act 7:14, "threescore and fifteen" translates a different numeral, …

Fifth akin to pente, "five," is found only in the Apocalypse, Rev 6:9, Rev 9:1, Rev 16:10, Rev 21:20.

Fifty is found in Luk 7:41, Luk 16:6, Joh 8:57, Joh 21:11, Act 13:20; in Mar 6:40 with kata (in the most authentic mss.), according to, "by fifties;" in Luk 9:1…

Fig denotes "the ripe fruit of a suke, a fig-tree" (see below; cp. No. 2), Mat 7:16, Mar 11:13, Luk 6:44, Jam 3:12. denotes "an unripe fig," which grows in wint…

Fig tree "a fig tree," is found in Mat 1:21-21, Mat 24:32, Mar 11:13, Mar 1:11-21, Mar 13:28, Luk 1:13-7, Luk 21:29, Joh 1:48, Joh 1:50, Jam 3:12, Rev 6:13 (see…

Fight akin to ago, "to lead," primarily "a gathering," then, "a place of assembly," and hence, "a contest, conflict," is translated "fight" in 1Ti 6:12, 2Ti 4:7…

Fight (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3898Original Word: lahamUsage Notes: "to fight, do battle, engage in combat." This word is found…

Fighting "a fight, strife" (akin to B, No. 3, under FIGHT), is always used in the plural in the NT, and translated "fightings" in 2Co 7:5, Jam 4:1, Tit 3:9, RV …

Figure "a type, figure, pattern," is translated "figures" (i.e., representations of gods) in Act 7:43; in the RV of Act 7:44 (for AV, "fashion") and in Rom 5:14…

Fill (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H4390Original Word: male’Usage Notes: "to fill, fulfill, overflow, ordain, endow." This verb occur…

Fill, Fill up denotes (I) "to make full, to fill to the full;" in the Passive Voice, "to be filled, made full;" it is used (1) of things: a net, Mat 13:48; a bu…

Filth denotes "offscouring, refuse" (lit., "cleanings," i.e., that which is thrown away in cleansing; from perikathairo, "to purify all around," i.e., completel…

Filthiness, Filthy (to make) "baseness" (from aischos, "shame, disgrace"), is used in Eph 5:4, of obscenity, all that is contrary to purity. denotes "dirt, filt…

Final, Finally "a limit, end," is translated "final" in Heb 6:16, RV, "an oath is final for confirmation" (the AV connects the clauses differently). See END. "a…

Find (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4672Original Word: masa’Usage Notes: "to find, meet, get." This word is found in every branch of the Semitic language…

Find, Found denotes (a) "to find," either with previous search, e.g., Mat 1:7-8, or without, e.g., Mat 27:32; in the Passive Voice, of Enoch's disappearance, He…

Fine * For FINE see BRASS, No. 4, FLOUR, GOODLY, Note, LINEN

Finger Mat 23:4, Mar 7:33, Luk 11:46, Luk 16:24, Joh 8:6, Joh 20:25, Joh 20:27, is used metaphorically in Luk 11:20, for the power of God, the effects of which …

Finish "to bring to an end" (telos, "an end"), in the Passive Voice, "to be finished," is translated by the verb "to finish" in Mat 13:53, Mat 19:1, Mat 26:1, J…

Fire Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H784Original Word: ’eshUsage Notes: "fire." Cognates of this word occur in Ugaritic, Akkadian, Aramaic, and Ethiopic. The 3…

Firkin is a liquid measure (akin to metreo, "to measure"), equivalent to one and a half Roman amphoroe, or about nine gallons, Joh 2:6.

Firm "firm, steadfast, secure" (from baino, "to go"), is translated "firm" in Heb 3:6, of the maintenance of the boldness of the believer's hope, and in Heb 3:1…

First the superlative degree of pro, "before," is used (I) "of time or place," (a) as a noun, e.g., Luk 14:18, Rev 1:17; opposite to "the last," in the neuter p…

First-begotten, Firstborn "firstborn" (from protos, "first," and tikto, "to beget"), is used of Christ as born of the Virgin Mary, Luk 2:7; further, in His rela…

Firstborn Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1060Original Word: bekôrUsage Notes: "firstborn." Bekôr appears about 122 times in biblical Hebrew and in all periods…

Firstfruit(s) denotes, primarily, "an offering of firstfruits" (akin to aparchomai, "to make a beginning;" in sacrifices, "to offer firstfruits"). "Though the E…

Fish denotes "a fish," Mat 7:10, Mar 6:38, etc.; apart from the Gospels, only in 1Co 15:39. is a diminutive of No. 1, "a little fish," Mat 15:34, Mar 8:7. is a …

Fish (Verb), Fisher, Fisherman "a fisherman, fisher" (from hals, "the sea"), occurs in Mat 1:4-19, Mar 1:1-17, Luk 5:2. "to fish" (akin to A.), occurs in Joh 21…

Fit (Adjective and Verb), Fitly, Fitting "ready for use, fit, well adapted," lit., "well placed" (eu, "well," tithemi, "to place"), is used (a) of persons, Luk …

Five, Five times is derived by some from words suggesting the fingers of a hand, or a fist. The word is frequent in the Gospels. Pentakis, "five times," is foun…

Fix "to set forth, make fast, fix," is translated "fixed" in Luk 16:26, of the great gulf separating Hades or Sheol from the region called "Abraham's bosom." Se…

Flame, Flaming akin to Lat. fulgeo, "to shine," is used apart from pur, "fire," in Luk 16:24; with pur, it signifies "a fiery flame," lit., "a flame of fire," A…

Flattery (-ing) akin to kolakeuo, "to flatter," is used in 1Th 2:5 of "words of flattery" (RV), adopted as "a cloke of covetousness," i.e., words which "flatter…

Flax primarily denotes "flax" (Eng., "linen"); then, that which is made of it, "a wick of a lamp," Mat 12:20; several ancient mss. have the word in Rev 15:6 (AV…

Flee (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1272Original Word: barahUsage Notes: "to flee, pass through." Some scholars See this word, which is used throughout t…

Flee, Fled "to flee from or away" (Lat., fugio; Eng., "fugitive," etc.), besides its literal significance, is used metaphorically, (a) transitively, of "fleeing…

Flesh Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1320Original Word: basarUsage Notes: "flesh; meat; male sex organ." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic, Arabic, and…

Fleshly, Fleshly akin to No. 1, under FLESH, signifies (a) associated with or pertaining to, "the flesh, carnal," Rom 15:27, 1Co 9:11; (b) of "the nature of the…