Vine's Expository Dictionary

Likeness Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H1819Original Word: damâUsage Notes: "to be like, resemble, be or act like, liken or compare, devis…

Likeness, Likeness of (in the) denotes "that which is made like something, a resemblance," (a) in the concrete sense, Rev 9:7, "shapes" (RV, marg., "likenesses"…

Likewise "in like manner" (from the adjective homoios, see LIKE, A, No. 1), is rendered "likewise" in the AV of Mat 22:26, Mat 27:41, Luk 10:32, Luk 16:25, Joh …

Lily occurs in Mat 6:28, Luk 12:27; in the former the Lord speaks of "the lilies of the field;" the "lily" referred to was a flower of rich color, probably incl…

Limit * For LIMIT, in Heb 4:7, AV, see DEFINE

Line * For LINE see PROVINCE, No. 2

Lineage * For LINEAGE in Luk 2:4, AV, see FAMILY

Linen, Linen cloth, fine Linen was "a fine linen cloth, an article of domestic manufacture" (Pro 31:24) used (a) as a garment or wrap, the "linen cloth" of Mar …

Linger "to be idle, to linger" (akin to argos, "idle:" see katargeo, under ABOLISH), is used negatively regarding the judgment of the persons mentioned in 2Pe 2…

Lion Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H738Original Word: ’arîUsage Notes: "lion." This apparently Aramaic loan word finds a cognate only in Aramaic. Occurring in…

Lip Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H8193Original Word: sapâUsage Notes: "lip; edge." This Hebrew word is related to cognate languages where a similar word sign…

List (Verb) "to will, wish," is translated by the verb "to list" in Mat 17:12, Mar 9:13, Joh 3:8. See DESIRE, B, No. 6. "to will, be minded," is translated "lis…

Little "little, small" (the opposite of megas, "great"), is used (a) of persons, with regard to (1) station, or age, in the singular, Mar 15:40, of James "the l…

Little (no little) * For (NO) LITTLE see COMMON, B, Note (3)

Little One Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2945Original Word: tapUsage Notes: "weaker one; child; little one." Cognates of this noun appear in Arabic and Ethio…

Live "to live, be alive," is used in the NT of "(a) God, Mat 16:16, Joh 6:57, Rom 14:11; (b) the Son in Incarnation, Joh 6:57; (c) the Son in Resurrection, Joh …

Live (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2421Original Word: hayâUsage Notes: "to live." This verb, which has cognates in most other Semiti…

Live long an adjective denoting "of long duration, long-lived" (makros, "long," chronos, "time"), is used in Eph 6:3, "(that thou mayest) live long," lit., "(th…

Lively * Note: This is the AV translation of the present participle of the verb; zao, "to live," in three passages, in each of which the RV has "living," Act 7:…

Living * For LIVING see BEHAVIOR, B, No. 1, LIFE, Nos. 2, 6, and LIVE, No. 3, Note

Living creatures * For LIVING CREATURES see BEAST

an aorist or point tense, marking a definite point of time, of the imperative mood of eidon, "to see" (taken as part of horao, "to see"), is used as an interjec…

Load Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4853Original Word: massa’Usage Notes: "load; burden; tribute; delight." The 43 occurrences of this word are scattered thro…

Loaf * For LOAF see BREAD

Locust occurs in Mat 3:4, Mar 1:6, of the animals themselves, as forming part of the diet of John the Baptist; they are used as food; the Arabs stew them with b…

Lodge, Lodging properly, "to lodge in a courtyard" (aule, See COURT, No. 2), then, "to lodge in the open," denotes, in the NT, "to pass the night, to lodge anyw…

Loft * For LOFT, Act 20:9, see STORY

Loins is used (a) in the natural sense in Mat 3:4, Mar 1:6; (b) as "the seat of generative power," Heb 7:5, Heb 7:10; metaphorically in Act 2:30; (c) metaphoric…

Long (Adjective and Adverb) is used of "long prayers" (Mat 23:14, in some mss.), Mar 12:40, Luk 20:47. It denotes "far" in Luk 15:13, Luk 19:12. See FAR. "suffi…

Long (Verb), Long (after, for), Longing "to long for greatly" (a strengthened form of potheo, "to long for," not found in the NT), is translated "I long," in Ro…

Longer "yet, as yet, still," is translated "longer" in Luk 16:2 (with separate negative); "any longer" in Rom 6:2. See ALSO, EVEN, FURTHER, MORE, MOREOVER, STIL…

Longsuffering (Noun and Verb) "forbearance, patience, longsuffering" (makros, "long," thumos, "temper"), is usually rendered "longsuffering," Rom 2:4, Rom 9:22,…

Look primarily, "to have sight, to see," then, "observe, discern, perceive," frequently implying special contemplation (cp. No. 4), is rendered by the verb "to …

Look (for), Looking (after, for) "to await, expect" (pros, "to" or "towards," dokeo, "to think, be of opinion"), is translated "to look for," e.g., in Mat 11:3,…

Look (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5027Original Word: nabatUsage Notes: "to look, regard, behold." This verb is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew.…

Loose denotes (a) "to loose, unbind, release," (1) of things, e.g., in Act 7:33, RV, "loose (the shoes)," AV, "put off;" Mar 1:7; (2) of animals, e.g., Mat 21:2…

Loose Conduct Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2154Original Word: zimmâUsage Notes: "loose conduct; lewdness." The 28 occurrences of this noun are all in legal …

Lord Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H113Original Word: ’adônUsage Notes: or ’adonayUsage Number: 2Strong's Number: H136Usage Notes: "lord; master; Lord." Cogna…

Lord, Lordship properly an adjective, signifying "having power" (kuros) or "authority," is used as a noun, variously translated in the NT, "'Lord,' 'master,' 'M…

Lose, (suffer) Loss, Lost signifies (I) In the Active Voice, (a) "to destroy, destroy utterly, kill," e.g., Mat 10:28, Mar 1:24, Mar 9:22; (b) "to lose utterly,…

Loss akin to No. 2, above, is used in Act 27:10, RV, "loss" (AV, "damage"); Act 27:21, AV and RV, "loss," of ship and cargo; in Phi 1:3-8 of the Apostle's estim…

Lot Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1486Original Word: gôralUsage Notes: "lot." This word is attested 77 times and in all periods of the language (if a traditi…

Lot, Lots denotes (a) an object used in casting or drawing lots, which consisted of bits, or small tablets, of wood or stone (the probable derivation is from kl…

Loud "great," is used, besides other meanings, of intensity, as, e.g., of the force of a voice, e.g., Mat 27:46, Mat 27:50; in the following the RV has "great" …

Love (Noun and Verb) and the corresponding noun agape (B, No. 1 below) present "the characteristic word of Christianity, and since the Spirit of revelation has …

Love (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H157Original Word: ’ahabUsage Notes: "to love; like." This verb occurs in Moabite and Ugaritic. It…

Love feasts is used in the plural in Jud 1:12, and in some mss. in 2Pe 2:13; RV marg., "many ancient authorities read 'deceivings,'" (apatais); so the AV. These…

Lovely "pleasing, agreeable, lovely" (pros, "toward," phileo, "to love"), occurs in Phi 4:8. In the Sept., Est 5:1 (3rd sentence).

Lover * This is combined with other words, forming compound adjectives as follows: "a lover of God," 2Ti 3:4. "loving strangers" (xenia, "hospitality"), transla…

Loving-kindness Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H2617Original Word: hesedUsage Notes: "loving-kindness; steadfast love; grace; mercy; faithf…