Vine's Expository Dictionary

Greediness * For GREEDINESS see COVETOUSNESS, B, No. 3

Greedy * For GREEDY see LUCRE

Green akin to chloe, "tender foliage" (cp. the name "Chloe," 1Co 1:11, and Eng., "chlorine"), denotes (a) "pale green," the color of young grass, Mar 6:39, Rev …

Greet, Greeting signifies "to greet, welcome," or "salute." In the AV it is chiefly rendered by either of the verbs "to greet" or "to salute." "There is little …

Grief, Grieve signifies "pain," of body or mind; it is used in the plural in 1Pe 2:19 only, RV, "griefs" (AV, "grief"); here, however, it stands, by metonymy, f…

Grievous, Grievously denotes "heavy, burdensome;" it is always used metaphorically in the NT, and is translated "heavy" in Mat 23:4, of Pharisaical ordinances; …

Grind signifies "to grind at the mill," Mat 24:41, Luk 17:35. The Sept. has both the earlier form aleo, Isa 47:2, and the later one aletho, used in the Koine pe…

Groan, Groaning from en, "in," and brime, "strength," is rendered "groaned" in Joh 11:33 (preferable to the RV marg., "He had indignation"); so in Joh 11:38. Th…

Gross (to wax) from pachus, "thick," signifies "to thicken, fatten;" in the Passive Voice, "to grow fat;" metaphorically said of the heart, to wax gross or dull…

Ground, Grounded "the eath, land," etc., often denotes "the ground," e.g., Mat 10:29, Mar 8:6. See EARTH. "a bottom, base," is used of the "ground" in Act 22:7,…

Grow "to grow or increase," of the grow of that which lives, naturally or spiritually, is used (a) transitively, signifying to make to increase, said of giving …

* For GRUDGE (Jam 5:9), GRIEVE, B, No. 3, GRUDGING (1Pe 4:9) see MURMUR

Grudgingly * Note: In 2Co 9:7, the phase ek lupes, lit., "out of sorrow" (ek, "out of," or "from," lupe, "sorrow, grief"), is translated "grudgingly" (RV marg.,…

Guard Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5341Original Word: nasarUsage Notes: "to watch, to guard, to keep." Common to both ancient and modern…

Guard (Noun and Verb) "a guard," (Latin, custodia; Eng., "custodian"), is used of the soldiers who "guarded" Christ's sepulchre, Mat 1:27-66, Mat 28:11, and is …

Guardian lit., "one to whose care something is committed" (epi, "upon," trepo, "to turn" or "direct"), is rendered "guardians" in Gal 4:2, RV, AV, "tutors" (in …

Guest "to recline at table," frequently rendered "to sit at meat," is used in its present participial form (lit., "reclining ones") as a noun denoting "guests,"…

Guest-chamber akin to kataluo (see Note above), signifies (a) "an inn, lodging-place," Luk 2:7; (b) "a guest-room," Mar 14:14, Luk 22:11. The word lit. signifie…

Guide (Noun and Verb) "a leader on the way" (hodos, "a way," hegeomai, "to lead"), "a guide," is used (a) literally, in Act 1:16; (b) figuratively, Mat 15:14, R…

Guile "a bait, snare, deceit," is rendered "guile" in Joh 1:47, negatively of Nathanael; Act 13:10, RV, AV, "subtlety" (of Bar-Jesus); 2Co 12:16, in a charge ma…

Guileless (without Guile) "without guile" (a, negative, and dolos, see GUILE), "pure, unadulterated," is used metaphorically of the teaching of the Word of God,…

Guiltless "innocent, guiltless" (a, negative, n, euphonic, aitia, "a charge of crime"), is translated "blameless" in Mat 12:5, AV, "guiltless" in Mat 12:7; RV, …

Guiltless (To Be) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5352Original Word: naqâUsage Notes: "to be pure, innocent." Only in Hebrew does this verb…

Guilty (Adjective) lit., "held in, bound by, liable to a charge or action at law:" see DANGER. Notes: (1) In Rom 3:19, AV, hupodikos, "brought to trial," lit., …

Gulf akin to chasko, "to yawn" (Eng., "chasm"), is found in Luk 16:26. In the Sept., 2Sa 18:17, two words are used with reference to Absalom's body, bothunos wh…

Gush out a Hellenistic form of ekcheo, "to pour forth," is translated "gushed out" in Act 1:18, of the bowels of Judas Iscariot. See POUR, RUN, SHED, SPILL.