Vine's Expository Dictionary

Hazard "to give over, deliver," signifies "to risk, to hazard," in Act 15:26, of Barnabas and Paul, who "hazarded" their lives for the name of the Lord Jesus. S…

He * Note: This pronoun is generally part of the translation of a verb. Frequently it translates the article before nouns, adjectives, numerals, adverbs, prepos…

He himself see No. 1, above. "oneself, himself," a reflexive of No. 1, is rendered "he himself" in Luk 23:2, Act 25:4.

He that the relative pronoun "who," is sometimes rendered "he that," e.g., Mat 10:38; with the particle an, expressing possibility, uncertainty or a condition, …

Head Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H7218Original Word: ro’shUsage Notes: "head; top; first; sum." Cognates of ro’sh appear in Ugaritic, Ak…

Head (to wound in the) from kephalion, a diminutive of kephale, usually meant "to sum up, to bring under heads;" in Mar 12:4 it is used for "wounding on the hea…

Headlong (to cast to fall) signifies "to throw over a precipice" (kata, "down," kremnos, "a steep bank," etc.), said of the purpose of the people of Nazareth to…

Headstrong (RV), Heady (AV) lit. means "falling forwards" (from pro, "forwards," and pipto, "to fall"); it is used metaphorically to signify "precipitate, rash,…

Heal (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7495Original Word: rapa’Usage Notes: "to heal." This word is common to both ancient and modern Hebrew. It occurs appr…

Heal, Healing primarily signifies "to serve as a therapon, and attendant;" then, "to care for the sick, to treat, cure, heal" (Eng., "therapeutics"). It is chie…

Health (to be in) denotes "to be healthy, sound, in good health" (Eng., "hygiene"), rendered "mayest be in health," in 3Jo 1:2; rendered "safe and sound" in Luk…

Heap (to) "to heap one thing on another," is said "heaping" coals of fire on the head, Rom 12:20 (for the meaning see COALS); in 2Ti 3:6 it is used metaphorical…

Hear (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H8085Original Word: shama‘Usage Notes: "to hear, hearken, listen, obey, publish." This word occurs…

Hear, Hearing the usual word denoting "to hear," is used (a) intransitively, e.g., Mat 11:15, Mar 4:23; (b) transitively when the object is expressed, sometimes…

Hearer from akroaomai, "to listen," is used in Rom 2:13, "of a law;" Jam 1:1-23, "of the word;" Jam 1:25, a (forgetful) hearer." Note: In Eph 4:29, 2Ti 2:14, th…

Hearken "to hear," is rendered "hearken" in the AV and RV, in Mar 4:3, Act 4:19, Act 7:2, Act 15:13, Jam 2:5; in the RV only, in Act 1:3-23, Act 13:16 (AV, "giv…

Heart Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H3820Original Word: lebUsage Notes: "heart; mind; midst." Leb and its synonym lebab appear 860 times i…

Heart (hardness of) "hardness of heart" (skleros, "hard," and kardia), is used in Mat 19:8, Mar 10:5, Mar 16:14. In the Sept., Deu 10:16, Jer 4:4.

Heart (knowing the) "a knower of hearts" (kardia and ginosko, "to know"), is used in Act 1:24, Act 15:8.

Heart, Heartily "the heart" (Eng., "cardiac," etc.), the chief organ of physical life ("for the life of the flesh is in the blood," Lev 17:11), occupies the mos…

Heat denotes "a burning heat" (from kaio, "to burn;" cp. Eng., "caustic," "cauterize"), Mat 20:12, Luk 12:55 (AV, "heat"), RV, in each place, "scorching heat" (…

Heathen * For HEATHEN see GENTILES

Heaven (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H8354Original Word: shatâUsage Notes: "to drink." This verb appears in nearly every Semitic language, although in bi…

Heaven, Heavenly (-ies) probably akin to ornumi, "to lift, to heave," is used in the NT (a) of "the aerial heavens," e.g., Mat 6:26, Mat 8:20, Act 10:12, Act 11…

Heavens Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H8064Original Word: shamayimUsage Notes: "heavens; heaven; sky." This general Semitic word appears in languages such as …

Heavy Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3515Original Word: kabedUsage Notes: "to be heavy, weighty, burdensome, dull, honored, glorious." Thi…

Heavy, Heaviness "grief, sorrow," is rendered "heaviness" in the AV of Rom 9:2, 2Co 2:1 (RV, "sorrow," in both places). See GRIEF, SORROW. probably denotes a do…

Hedge denotes any sort of fence, hedge, palings or wall (akin to phrasso, "to fence in, stop"). It is used (a) in its literal sense, in Mat 21:33, lit. "(he put…

Heed (to give, to take) "to look, see," usually implying more especially an intent, earnest contemplation, is rendered "take heed" in Mat 24:4, Mar 4:24, Mar 13…

Heel is found in Joh 13:18, where the Lord quotes from Psa 41:9; the metaphor is that of tripping up an antagonist in wrestling. Cp. the verb in Gen 27:36, Jer …

Heifer etymologically "one of fit age to be tamed to the yoke" (damao, "to tame"), occurs in Heb 9:13, with reference to the "red heifer" of Num. 19.

Height "a summit, top," is translated "height" in Eph 3:18, where it may refer either to "the love of Christ" or to "the fullness of God;" the two are really in…

Heir lit. denotes "one who obtains a lot or portion" (kleros, "a lot," nemomai, "to possess"), especially of an inheritance. The NT usage may be analyzed as und…

Hell represents the Hebrew Ge-Hinnom (the valley of Tophet) and a corresponding Aramaic word; it is found twelve times in the NT, eleven of which are in the Syn…

* For HELM (Jam 3:4) see RUDDER

Helmet from peri, "around," and kephale, "a head," is used figuratively in Eph 6:17, with reference to salvation, and 1Th 5:8, where it is described as "the hop…

Help (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5826Original Word: ‘azarUsage Notes: "to help, assist, aid." This word and its derivatives are common in both ancient…

Help, Holpen properly signifies "a laying hold of, an exchange" (anti, "in exchange," or, in its local sense, "in front," and lambano, "to take, lay hold of," s…

Helper, Fellow-helper an adjective, akin to A, No. 2, and B, No. 4, under HELP, signifying "helping," is used as a noun in Heb 13:6, of God as the helper of His…

Hem * For HEM see BORDER

Hen "a bird," is used, in the NT, only of a "hen," Mat 23:27, Luk 13:34.

Hence is found in the best mss. in Mat 17:20, Luk 16:26. akin to No. 1, is used (a) of place, "hence," or "from hence," Luk 4:9, Luk 13:31, Joh 2:16, Joh 7:3, J…

Henceforth (from, and negatives), Henceforward * Notes: (1) Positively, "henceforth" stands for the following: (a) ap' arti (i.e., apo arti), lit., "from now," …

Her and Herself * For HER and HERSELF see the forms under HE

Herb denotes "a garden herb, a vegetable" (from lachaino, "to dig"), in contrast to wild plants, Mat 13:32, Mar 4:32, Luk 11:42, Rom 14:2. denotes "grass, fodde…

Herd Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1241Original Word: baqarUsage Notes: "herd; cattle." This noun has cognates in Arabic and Aramaic. It appears about 180 ti…

Here an adverb signifying (a) "here" (of place), e.g., Mat 12:6, Mar 9:1; used with the neuter plural of the article, Col 4:9, "(all) things (that are done) her…

Here (to be, be present) "to be by or beside or here" (para, "by," and eimi, "to be"), is rendered "to have been here" in Act 24:19. See COME, PRESENT. Note: Fo…

Hereafter * Notes: (1) This adverb translates the phrase meta tauta, lit., "after these things," Joh 13:7, Rev 1:19, and frequently in the Apocalypse, see Rev 4…

Hereby * Notes: (1) This translates the phrase en toutq, lit., "in this," 1Co 4:4, 1Jo 2:3, 1Jo 2:5, 1Jo 3:16, 1Jo 3:19, 1Jo 3:24, 1Jo 4:2, 1Jo 4:13, 1Jo 5:2 (R…