Vine's Expository Dictionary

Master Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1167Original Word: ba‘alUsage Notes: "master; baal." In Akkadian, the noun belu ("lord") gave rise to the verb belu ("to…

Master (Noun and Verb) "a teacher" (from didasko, "to teach"), is frequently rendered "Master" in the four Gospels, as a title of address to Christ, e.g., Mat 8…

Masterbuilder from arche, "rule, beginning," and tekton, "an artificer" (whence Eng., "architect"), "a principal artificer," is used figuratively by the Apostle…

Matter, Matters "a word, speech, discourse, account," hence also "that which is spoken of, a matter, affair, thing," is translated "matter" in Mar 1:45, Act 8:2…

May Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3201Original Word: yakolUsage Notes: "can, may, to be able, prevail, endure." This word is used about 200 times in the Old …

May, Mayest, Might "to be able, have power," whether by personal ability, permission, or opportunity, is sometimes rendered "may" or "might," e.g., Mat 26:9, Ma…

Me * Notes: (1) The pronoun, whether alone or with some English preposition, e.g., "of, to, for, in," translates one or other of the oblique cases of ego, "I." …

Meal "meal" (akin to aleuo, "to grind," and therefore, lit., "what is ground"), occurs in Mat 13:33, Luk 13:21.

Mean (Adjective) lit., "without mark" (a, negative, sema, "a mark"), i.e., "undistinguished, obscure," was applied by the Apostle Paul negatively, to his native…

Mean (Verb) "to be," in certain of its forms, has an explicative force, signifying "to denote, to import," e.g., Mat 9:13, Mat 12:7, "(what this) meaneth," lit.…

Meaning "power, force," is used of the significance or force of what is spoken, 1Co 14:11. See MIGHT, POWER.

Means (by all, by any, etc.) an adverb from pas, "all," denoting "wholly, altogether, entirely," is used in 1Co 9:22, "by all means." When the Apostle says, "I …

Meanwhile * For MEANWHILE see WHILE

Measure (Noun and Verb) denotes (I) "that which is used for measuring, a measure," (a) of "a vessel," figuratively, Mat 23:32, Luk 6:38 (twice); in Joh 3:34, wi…

Measure (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H4058Original Word: madadUsage Notes: "to measure, measure off, extend." Found in both ancient …

Meat "food" (akin to bibrosko, "to eat," Joh 6:13), solid food in contrast to milk, is translated "food" in Mat 14:15, RV (AV, "victuals"); "meats," Mar 7:19, 1…

Meddler * For MEDDLER see BUSYBODY

Mediator lit., "a go-between" (from mesos, "middle," and eimi, "to go"), is used in two ways in the NT, (a) "one who mediates" between two parties with a view t…

Meditate primarily, "to care for" (akin to melete, "care;" cp. melei, "it is a care"), denotes (a) "to attend to, practice," 1Ti 4:15, RV, "be diligent in" (AV,…

Meditate (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1897Original Word: hagâUsage Notes: "to meditate, moan, growl, utter, speak." This word is common to both ancient…

Meek, Meekness denotes "gentle, mild, meek;" for its significance see the corresponding noun, below, B. Christ uses it of His own disposition, Mat 11:29; He giv…

Meet (Adjective and Verb) has the meaning of being of "weight, value, worth;" also "befitting, becoming, right on the ground of fitness," e.g., Mat 3:8, AV, "me…

Meet (Verb), Meet with, Met "to go to meet, to meet," (apo, "from," antao, "to meet with, come face to face with"), is used in Mar 14:13, Luk 17:12. Some mss. h…

Melody (Verb) primarily "to twitch, twang," then, "to play a stringed instrument with the fingers," and hence, in the Sept., "to sing with a harp, sing psalms,"…

Melt "to melt, melt down," is used in the Passive Voice in 2Pe 3:12, "shall melt" (lit., "shall be melted"), of the elements (Eng., "thaw" is etymologically con…

Member "a limb of the body," is used (a) literally, Mat 1:5-30, Rom 6:13 (twice), Rom 6:19 (twice); Rom 7:5, Rom 7:23 (twice); Rom 12:4 (twice); 1Co 12:12 (twic…

Memorial denotes "a memorial," that which keeps alive the memory of someone or something (from mnemon, "mindful"), Mat 26:13, Mar 14:9, Act 10:4.

Memory (keep in) * For MEMORY (keep in) see KEEP, Note (8)

Men * Notes: (1) For this plural see the nouns under MAN. (2) For anthropinos, e.g. Rom 6:19, "after the manner of men," see MAN'S, No. 1. (3) For the phrase ka…

Men-pleasers an adjective signifying "studying to please men" (anthropos, "man," aresko, "to please"), designates, "not simply one who is pleasing to men ..., b…

Men-stealers "a slave dealer, kidnapper," from andrapodon, "a slave captured in war," a word found in the plural in the papyri, e.g., in a catalogue of property…

Mend from kata, "down," intensive and artios, "fit," has three meanings, (a) "to mend, repair," Mat 4:21, Mar 1:19, of nets; (b) "to complete, furnish completel…

Menservants for the meanings of which see CHILD, No. 4, is translated "menservants" in Luk 12:45.

Mention (Noun and Verb) "remembrance, mention" (akin to mimnesko, "to remind, remember"), is always used in connection with prayer, and translated "mention" in …

Merchandise (Noun, and Verb, to make) denotes "commerce, business, trade" [akin to No. 2, and to emporos, "one on a journey" (en, "in," poros, "a journey"), "a …

Merchant denotes "a person on a journey" (poros, "a journey"), "a passenger on shipboard;" then, "a merchant," Mat 13:45, Rev 18:3, Rev 18:11, Rev 18:15, Rev 18…

Merciful (Adjective, and Verb, to be), Mercy (Noun, and Verb, to have, etc.) "is the outward manifestation of pity; it assumes need on the part of him who recei…

Mercy Seat "the lid or cover of the ark of the covenant," signifies the Propitiatory, so called on account of the expiation made once a year on the great Day of…

Merry (to be, to make) in the Active Voice, "to cheer, make glad," 2Co 2:2, is used everywhere else in the Passive Voice, signifying, "to be happy, rejoice, mak…

Mess "eating, food," is translated "mess of meat" in Heb 12:16, RV (AV, "morsel of meat"). See FOOD, MEAT, No. 2.

Message akin to angello, "to bring a message, proclaim," denotes a "message, proclamation, news," 1Jo 1:5 [some mss. have epangelia: see Note (1)]; 1Jo 3:11, wh…

Messenger "a messenger, an angel, one sent," is translated "messenger," of John the Baptist, Mat 11:10, Mar 1:2, Luk 7:27; in the plural, of John's "messengers,…

Messiah Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H4899Original Word: mashîahUsage Notes: "anointed one; Messiah." Of the 39 occurrences of mashîah, n…

Mete * For METE see MEASURE

Mid * For MID see MIDST

Midday * Note: In Act 26:13, "at midday" translates the adjective mesos, "middle," and the noun hemera, "a day," in a combined adverbial phrase. See MIDST.

Middle * For MIDDLE see WALL

Midnight an adjective denoting "at, or of, midnight," is used as a noun in Mar 13:35, Luk 11:5, Act 16:25, Act 20:7. Note: In Mat 25:6 "at midnight" translates …

Midst Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H8432Original Word: tawekUsage Notes: "midst; middle." This word, which also appears in Ugaritic, occurs about 418 times i…

Might Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1369Original Word: gebûrâUsage Notes: "might." This noun is found 61 times in the Hebrew Old Testament, predominantly in …