Vine's Expository Dictionary

Hosanna in the Hebrew, means "save, we pray." The word seems to have become an utterance of praise rather than of prayer, though originally, probably, a cry for…

Hospitality "love of strangers" (philos, "loving," xenos, "a stranger"), is used in Rom 12:13, Heb 13:2, lit. "(be not forgetful of) hospitality." See ENTERTAIN…

Host Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H6633Original Word: saba’Usage Notes: "host; military service; war; army; service; labor; forced labor;…

Host (of angels, etc.) "an army," is used of angels, Luk 2:13; of stars, Act 7:42; some mss. have it instead of strateia, in 2Co 10:4 ("warfare"). Cp. strateuma…

Host (of guests) in addition to the meaning "stranger," mentioned above under HOSPITALITY A, denotes one or other of the parties bound by ties of hospitality, (…

Hot "boiling hot" (from zeo, "to boil, be hot, fervent;" cp. Eng., "zest"), is used, metaphorically, in Rev 1:3-16.

Hour whence Lat., hora, Eng., "hour," primarily denoted any time or period, expecially a season. In the NT it is used to denote (a) "a part of the day," especia…

House Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1004Original Word: bayitUsage Notes: "house or building; home; household; land." The noun has cognates in most other Semi…

House (goodman of the House) * For GOODMAN of the HOUSE see HOUSEHOLDER

House (master of the House) * For MASTER of the HOUSE see HOUSEHOLDER

Household is translated "household" in Act 16:15, 1Co 1:16; in the AV of 2Ti 4:19 (RV, "house"). See HOUSE, No. 1. is translated "household" in Phi 4:22. See HO…

Household-servant "a house-servant," is translated "household-servants" in Act 10:7; elsewhere, "servant" or "servants," Luk 16:13, Rom 14:4, 1Pe 2:18. See SERV…

Householder "a master of a house" (oikos, "a house," despotes, "a master"), is rendered "master of the house" in Mat 10:25, Luk 13:25, Luk 14:21, where the cont…

Housetop akin to demo, "to build," denotes a housetop. The housetop was flat, and guarded by a low parapet wall (see Deu 22:8). It was much frequented and used …

How and Howbeit * For HOW and HOWBEIT, see + p. 9

How great * For HOW GREAT see GREAT, Nos. 4, 5, 6

Howl an onomatopoeic verb (expressing its significance in its sound), "to cry aloud" (the Sept. uses it to translate the Heb. yalal, e.g., Isa 13:6, Isa 15:3, J…

Humble (Adjective and Verb) primarily signifies "low-lying." It is used always in a good sense in the NT, metaphorically, to denote (a) "of low degree, brought …

Humble (Self) (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3665Original Word: kana‘Usage Notes: "to be humble, to humble, subdue." This biblical He…

Humbled (To Be) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6031Original Word: ‘anâUsage Notes: "to be afflicted, be bowed down, be humbled, be meek." …

Humbleness of mind, Humility "lowliness of mind" (tapeinos, see A, above, under HUMBLE, and phren, "the mind"), is rendered "humility of mind" in Act 20:19, AV …

Humiliation akin to tapeinos (see above), is rendered "low estate" in Luk 1:48; "humiliation," Act 8:33, Phi 3:21, RV "(the body of our) humiliation," AV, "(our…

Hundred, Hundredfold an indeclinable numeral, denotes "a hundred," e.g., Mat 18:12, Mat 18:28; it also signifies "a hundredfold," Mat 13:8, Mat 13:23, and the R…

Hunger (Noun and Verb), Hungered, Hungry has the meanings "famine" and "hunger;" "hunger" in Luk 15:17, 2Co 11:27; in Rev 6:8, RV "famine" (AV, "hunger"). See F…

Hurt (Noun and Verb), Hurtful is rendered "hurt" in Act 27:10, AV only. See HARM. signifies, intransitively, "to do wrong, do hurt, act unjustly" (a, negative, …

Husband denotes, in general, "a man, an adult male" (in contrast to anthropos, which generically denotes "a human being, male or female"); it is used of man in …

Husbandman from ge, "land, ground," and ergo (or erdo), "to do" (Eng., "George"), denotes (a) "a husbandman," a tiller of the ground, 2Ti 2:6, Jam 5:7; (b) "a v…

Husbandry akin to the above, denotes "tillage, cultivation, husbandry," 1Co 3:9, where the local church is described under this metaphor (AV, marg., "tillage," …

Husks "a little horn" (a diminutive of keras, "a horn;" see HORN), is used in the plural in Luk 15:16, of carob pods, given to swine, and translated "husks."

Hymn (Noun and Verb) denotes "a song of praise addressed to God" (Eng., "hymn"), Eph 5:19, Col 3:16, in each of which the punctuation should probably be changed…

Hypocrisy primarily denotes "a reply, an answer" (akin to hupokrinomai, "to answer"); then, "play-acting," as the actors spoke in dialogue; hence, "pretence, hy…

Hypocrite corresponding to the above, primarily denotes "one who answers;" then, "a stage-actor;" it was a custom for Greek and Roman actors to speak in large m…

Hyssop a bunch of which was used in ritual sprinklings, is found in Heb 9:19; in Joh 19:29 the reference is apparently to a branch or rod of "hyssop," upon whic…