Vine's Expository Dictionary

Labor Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H5999Original Word: ‘amalUsage Notes: "labor; toil; anguish; troublesome work; trouble; misery." Cogna…

Labor (Noun and Verb) primarily denotes "a striking, beating" (akin to kopto, "to strike, cut"); then, "toil resulting in weariness, laborious toil, trouble;" i…

Laborer, fellow Laborer akin to ergazomai, "to work," and ergon, "work," denotes (a) "a field laborer, a husbandman," Mat 1:9-38, Mat 1:20-2, Mat 20:8, Luk 10:2…

Lack, Lacking denotes (a) "that which is lacking," "deficiency, shortcoming" (akin to hustereo, "to be behind, in want"), 1Co 16:17, Phi 2:30, Col 1:24, RV, "th…

Lad * For LAD, in Joh 6:9, see CHILD, A, No. 6

Lade, Laden signifies (a) "to heap on" (from soros, "a heap," not in the NT; in the Sept., e.g., Jos 7:26, Jos 8:29, 2Sa 18:17, 2Ch 1:31-9), Rom 12:20, of coals…

Lading "a burden, load" (a diminutive of phortos, "a load," from phero, "to bear"), is used of the cargo of a ship, Act 27:10, "lading," (some mss. have phortos…

Lady is the person addressed in 2Jo 1:1, 2Jo 1:5. Not improbably it is a proper name (Eng., "Cyria"), in spite of the fact that the full form of address in 2Jo …

Laid * For LAID see LAY

Lake "a lake," is used (a) in the Gospels, only by Luke, of the Sea of Galilee, Luk 5:2, Luk 1:8-23, Luk 8:33, called Gennesaret in Luk 5:1 (Matthew and Mark us…

Lama is the Hebrew word for "Why?" (the variant lema is the Aramaic form), Mat 27:46, Mar 15:34.

Lamb a noun the nominative case of which is found only in early times, occurs in Luk 10:3. In normal usage it was replaced by arnion (No. 2), of which it is the…

Lamb (Male) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3532Original Word: kebesUsage Notes: "lamb (male); kid." The Akkadian cognate of this noun means "lamb," whereas th…

Lame * For LAME see HALT

Lament * For LAMENT and LAMENTATION see, BEWAIL

Lamp denotes "a torch" (akin to lampo, "to shine"), frequently fed, like, a "lamp," with oil from a little vessel used for the purpose (the angeion of Mat 25:4)…

Lampstand is mistranslated "candlestick" in every occurrence in the AV and in certain places in the RV; the RV has "stand" in Mat 5:15, Mar 4:21, Luk 8:16, Luk …

Land Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H127Original Word: ’adamâUsage Notes: "ground; land; earth." This noun also occurs in Arabic. Hebrew occurrences number abo…

Lane in earlier Greek meant "the force or rush or swing of a moving body;" in later times, "a narrow road, lane or street;" it is translated "lanes" in Luk 14:2…

Language primarily "a conversation, discourse" (akin to dialegomai, "to discourse or discuss"), came to denote "the language or dialect of a country or district…

Lantern denotes either "a torch" or "a lantern" (from phaino, "to cause to shine, to give light"), Joh 18:3, where it is distinguished from lampas (see LAMP, No…

Large "great, large, of physical magnitude," is translated "large" in Mar 14:15, Luk 22:12, of the upper room. See GREAT, No. 1. of persons, denotes "sufficient…

Lascivious, Lasciviousness denotes "excess, licentiousness, absence of restraint, indecency, wantonness;" "lasciviousness" in Mar 7:22, one of the evils that pr…

Last Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: AdjectiveStrong's Number: H314Original Word: ’aharônUsage Notes: "at the back; western; later; last; future." This word occu…

Latchet denotes "a thong, strap," whether for binding prisoners, Act 22:25, "(the) thongs" (for scourging; see BIND, No. 7), or for fastening sandals, Mar 1:7, …

Late an adverb of time, besides its meaning "at evening" or "at eventide," denotes "late in, or on," Mat 28:1, RV, "late on (the Sabbath day)" (AV, "in the end …

Lately denotes "recently, lately," from the adjective prosphatos, "new, fresh, recent;" primarily, "newly slain," Heb 10:20 (phatos, "slain"), is also found in …

Later denotes "later" or "latter" and is used in 1Ti 4:1, RV, "in later (times)," AV, "in (the) latter (times)." Several mss. have it in Mat 21:31, "the former,…

Latin an adverb, "in Latin," occurs in Joh 19:20, lit., "in Roman." Note: In Luk 23:38, some mss. have the adjective Rhomaikos, "of Latin," agreeing with "lette…

Latter akin to opse and opsios (see LATE), denotes "late," or "latter," and is used of "the latter rain" in Jam 5:7 (the most authentic mss. omit huetos, "rain;…

Laud * For LAUD (Rom 15:11, AV) see PRAISE, B, No. 1

Laugh, Laugh to Scorn "to laugh," is found in Luk 6:21, Luk 6:25. This signifies loud laughter in contrast to demonstrative weeping. denotes "to laugh scornfull…

Laughter denotes "laughter," Jam 4:9. This corresponds to the kind of "laughter" mentioned above (see LAUGH, No. 1).

Launch "to bring up" (ana, "up," ago, "to lead"), is used in the Middle Voice as a nautical term signifying "to put to sea;" it is translated "launch forth" in …

Law Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H8451Original Word: tôrâUsage Notes: "law; direction; instruction." This noun occurs 220 times in the He…

Lawful, Lawfully an impersonal verb, signifying "it is permitted, it is lawful" (or interrogatively, "is it lawful?"), occurs most frequently in the synoptic Go…

Lawgiver "a lawgiver" (see LAW, A, No. 2, and B. No. 1), occurs in Jam 4:12, of God, as the sole "Lawgiver;" therefore, to criticize the Law is to presume to ta…

Lawless, Lawlessness "without law," also denotes "lawless," and is so rendered in the RV of Act 2:23, "lawless (men)," marg., "(men) without the law," AV, "wick…

Lawyer an adjective, "learned in the law" (see Tit 3:9, under LAW, C, No. 1), is used as a noun, "a lawyer," Mat 22:35, Luk 7:30, Luk 10:25, Luk 1:11-46, Luk 11…

Lay "to put, place, set," frequently signifies "to lay," and is used of (a) "laying" a corpse in a tomb, Mat 27:60, Mar 6:29, Mar 15:47, Mar 16:6, Luk 23:53, Lu…

Lay wait * For LAY WAIT see LIE IN WAIT

Lay waste "to maltreat, to outrage" (from lume, "a brutal outrage"), is translated "laid waste" (the church), in Act 8:3, RV (AV, "made havoc of").

* For LAYING (Act 9:24) see PLOT

Laying on "a laying on" (epi, "on," tithemi, "to put"), is used in the NT (a) of the "laying" on of hands by the Apostles, accompanied by the impartation of the…

Lead, Led "to bear, bring, carry, lead," is translated by the verb "to lead," e.g., in Mar 13:11, Luk 4:1, Luk 4:9, RV; Luk 4:29, Luk 22:54, Luk 23:1, AV only; …

* For LEADERS (Mat 15:14) see GUIDE

Leaf "a leaf" (originally phulion, Lat., folium; Eng., "folio," "foliaceous," "foliage," "foliate," "folious," etc.), is found in Mat 21:19, Mat 24:32, Mar 11:1…

Lean "to be laid up, to lie," is used of reclining at table, and translated "leaning (on Jesus' bosom)" in the AV of Joh 13:23, RV, "reclining" (for Joh 13:25 s…

Leap "to leap" (akin to halma, "a leap"), is used (a) metaphorically, of the "springing" up of water, Joh 4:14; (b) literally, of the "leaping" of healed crippl…

Learining (Noun) "a letter," is used in the plural in Act 26:24, with the meaning "learning:" "(thy much) learning (doth turn thee to madness)," RV, possibly an…