Vine's Expository Dictionary

Go Down (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3381Original Word: yaradUsage Notes: "to descend, go down, come down. This verb occurs in most Semitic languages (…

Go Forth Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3318Original Word: yasa’Usage Notes: "to come forth, go out, proceed, go forth, bring out, come ou…

Go Out (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3318Original Word: yasa’Usage Notes: "to come forth, go out, proceed, go forth, bring out, come…

Goad from kenteo, "to prick," denotes (a) "a sting," Rev 9:10; metaphorically, of sin as the "sting" of death, 1Co 1:15,56; (b) "a goad," Act 26:14, RV, "goad" …

Goal primarily, "a watcher" (from skopeo, "to look at;" Eng., "scope"), denotes "a mark on which to fix the eye," and is used metaphorically of an aim or object…

Goat denotes "a kid or goat," Mat 25:32 (RV, marg., "kids"); Luk 15:29, "a kid;" some mss. have No. 2 here, indicating a sneer on the part of the elder son, tha…

Goat-demons Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H8163Original Word: sa‘îrUsage Notes: "goat-demons; goat-idols." This word occurs 4 times in biblical Hebrew. In its…

Goatskin * Note: The adjective aigeios signifies "belonging to a goat" (from aix, "a goat"); it is used with derma, "a skin," in Heb 11:37.

God Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H410Original Word: ’elUsage Notes: "god." This term was the most common general designation of deity in the ancient Near Eas…

God (without) cp. Eng., "atheist," primarily signifies "godless" (a, negative), i.e., destitute of God; in Eph 2:12 the phrase indicates, not only that the Gent…

God-speed * For GOD-SPEED see GREETING

Goddess is found in Act 19:27 (in some mss. in Act 19:35, Act 19:37).

Godhead * For GODHEAD see DIVINE, DIVINITY

Godliness, Godly from eu, "well," and sebomai, "to be devout," denotes that piety which, characterized by a Godward attitude, does that which is well-pleasing t…

Godward * Note: This translates the phase pros ton theon, lit., "toward God," in 2Co 3:4, 1Th 1:8.

Gold Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2091Original Word: zahabUsage Notes: "gold." This word has cognates in Arabic and Aramaic. It occurs about 385 times in bi…

Gold ring an adjective denoting "with a gold ring" (daktulos, "a finger"), occurs in Jam 2:2.

Gold, Golden is used (a) of "coin," Mat 10:9, Jam 5:3; (b) of "ornaments," Mat 1:23,17, Jam 5:3 (perhaps both coin and ornaments); Rev 18:12; some mss. have it …

Good Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: AdjectiveStrong's Number: H2896Original Word: tôbUsage Notes: "good; favorable; festive; pleasing; pleasant; well; better; r…

Good, Goodly, Goodness describes that which, being "good" in its character or constitution, is beneficial in its effect; it is used (a) of things physical, e.g.…

Goodman denotes "the master of a house" (oikos, "a house," despotes, "a master"), "a householder." It occurs only in the Synoptists and there 12 times. It is re…

Goods * For the neuter plural of agathos, used as a noun, "goods," see Luk 1:12,19, where alone this word is so rendered. primarily, "subsistence," then, "subst…

Gorgeous, Gorgeously "bright, splendid," is rendered "gorgeous" in Luk 23:11, of the apparel in which Herod and his soldiers arrayed Christ. See BRIGHT. Note: F…

Gospel (Noun and Verb: to preach) originally denoted a reward for good tidings; later, the idea of reward dropped, and the word stood for "the good news" itself…

Got and Gotten * For GOT and GOTTEN see GET

Government from kubernao, "to guide" (whence Eng., "govern"), denotes (a) "steering, pilotage;" (b) metaphorically, "governments or governings," said of those w…

Governor is a term used (a) for "rulers" generally, Mar 13:9, 1Pe 2:14; translated "princes" (i.e., leaders) in Mat 2:6; (b) for the Roman procurators, referrin…

Grace has various uses, (a) objective, that which bestows or occasions pleasure, delight, or causes favorable regard; it is applied, e.g., to beauty, or gracefu…

Gracious is rendered "gracious" in 1Pe 2:3, as an attribute of the Lord. See EASY, GOOD, KIND. Note: Euphemos, "fair-sounding" (eu, "well," pheme, "a saying, or…

Gracious (To Be) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2603Original Word: hananUsage Notes: "to be gracious, considerate; to show favor." This wo…

Graff, Graft (RV) denotes "to graft" in (en, in, kentrizo, to graft), to insert a slip of a cultivated tree into a wild one. In Rom 11:17, Rom 11:19, Rom 1:11-2…

Grain denotes "a grain," Mat 13:31, Mat 17:20, Mar 4:31, Luk 13:19, Luk 17:6, Joh 12:24 (AV, "corn"); 1Co 15:37 (where the RV has "a ... grain," to distinguish …

Grandchildren an adjective, denoting "born of" (ek, "from," ginomai, "to become or be born"), was used as a noun, signifying "a child;" in the plural, descendan…

Grandmother an onomatopoeic word, was primarily a child's name for its mother; later it denoted a "grandmother," 2Ti 1:5.

Grant "to give," is rendered "grant" in Mar 10:37, Luk 1:74, Act 4:29, Act 11:18, Act 14:3. See GIVE. "to present, bestow" (akin to No. 1), is rendered "granted…

Grape denotes "a bunch of grapes, or a grape," Mat 7:16, Luk 6:44, Rev 14:18. It is to be distinguished from omphax, "an unripe grape" (not in NT), e.g., in the…

Grass primarily denoted "a feeding enclosure" (whence Latin hortus, "a garden;" Eng., "yard," and "garden"); then, "food," especially grass for feeding cattle; …

Gratulation denotes "a declaration of blessedness, a felicitation;" it is translated "gratulation" in Gal 4:15, RV (AV, "blessedness"); the Galatian converts ha…

Grave (Adjective) first denoted "reverend, august, venerable" (akin to sebomai, "to reverence"); then, "serious, grave," whether of persons, 1Ti 1:3,11 (deacons…

Grave (Noun) primarily denotes "a memorial" (akin to mnaomai, "to remember"), then, "a monument" (the significance of the word rendered "tombs," AV, "sepulchres…

Grave-clothes denotes, firstly, "a band" either for a bed girth, or bed sheets themselves (Sept. of Pro 7:16.); then, "the swathings wrapped round a corpse;" it…

Graven from charasso, "to engrave" (akin to charakter, "an impress," RV, marg., of Heb 1:3), denotes (a) "a mark" or "stamp," e.g., Rev 1:13,17, Rev 1:14,11, Re…

Gravity denotes "venerableness, dignity;" it is a necessary characteristic of the life and conduct of Christians, 1Ti 2:2, RV, "gravity" (AV, "honesty"), a qual…

Great is used (a) of external from, size, measure, e.g., of a stone, Mat 27:60; fish, Joh 21:11; (b) of degree and intensity, e.g., of fear, Mar 4:41; wind, Joh…

Great (To Be) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3515Original Word: kabedUsage Notes: "to be heavy, weighty, burdensome, dull, honored, glorio…

Greater is the comparative degree of megas (see GREAT, No. 1), e.g., Mat 11:11; in Mat 13:32, the RV rightly has "greater than" (AV, "the greatest among"); Mat …

Greatest for which see GREAT, No. 1, is translated "the greatest," in Act 8:10, Heb 8:11. The whole phrase, lit., "from small to great," is equivalent to the En…

Greatly "very, exceedingly," is rendered "greatly" in Mat 27:14, of wonder; 2Ti 4:15, of opposition; 2Jo 1:4, 3Jo 1:3, of joy. See EXCEEDING, SORE, VERY. is use…

Greatness akin to megas (see GREAT, No. 1), is said of the power of God, in Eph 1:19. denotes "expressed greatness," 2Co 4:7, 2Co 12:7. see EXCEL, B, No. 1.

Greedily * For GREEDILY see RUN, No. 9