Vine's Expository Dictionary

Nail (Noun and Verb) occurs in the remarks of Thomas regarding the print of the nails used in Christ's crucifixion, Joh 20:25. "to nail to" (pros, "to," and a v…

Naked (Adjective and Verb), Nakedness signifies (a) "unclothed," Mar 14:52; in Mat 14:51 it is used as a noun ("his" and "body" being italicized); (b) "scantily…

Nakedness Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H6172Original Word: ‘erwâUsage Notes: "nakedness; indecent thing." Thirty-two of the 53 occurrence…

Name Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H8034Original Word: shemUsage Notes: "name; reputation; memory; renown." Cognates of this word appear in Akkadian, Ugaritic…

Namely * Notes: (1) In Rom 13:9, the preposition en, "in," with the article, lit., "in the," is translated "namely." (2) In 1Co 7:26 the RV, "namely," and AV, "…

Napkin for which see HANDKERCHIEF, is translated "napkin" in Luk 19:20, Joh 11:44, Joh 20:7. In Luk 19:20 the reference may be to a towel or any kind of linen c…

Narrative translated "a declaration" in the AV of Luk 1:1, denotes a "narrative," RV (akin to diegeomai, "to set out in detail, recount, describe"). See DECLARE…

Narrow from a root sten--, seen in stenazo, "to groan," stenagmos, "groaning" (Eng., "stenography," lit., "narrow writing"), is used figuratively in Mat 1:7-14,…

Nation Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1471Original Word: gôyUsage Notes: "nation; people; heathen." Outside the Bible, this noun appears only in the Mari text…

Natural, Naturally originally signifying "produced by nature, inborn," from phusis, "nature" (see below), cp. Eng., "physical," "physics," etc., denotes (a) "ac…

Nature from phuo, "to bring forth, produce," signifies (a) "the nature" (i.e., the natural powers of constitution) of a person or thing, Eph 2:3, Jam 3:7 ("kind…

Naughtiness * For NAUGHTINESS, Jam 1:21, AV, see WICKEDNESS

Nay "no, not," expressing a negation absolutely, is rendered "nay," e.g., in Mat 5:37, Mat 13:29, Joh 7:12, AV (RV, "not so"); Act 16:37, 2Co 1:1-19, Jam 5:12. …

Near (Adverb), Near (come, draw), Nearer "near, nigh," is used (a) of place, e.g., Luk 19:11, "nigh;" Joh 3:23, Joh 11:54, "near;" Joh 6:19, Joh 6:23, "nigh;" m…

Necessary "necessary" (from ananke, "necessity;" see below), is so rendered in Act 13:46, 1Co 12:22, 2Co 9:5, Phi 2:25, Tit 3:14, Heb 8:3, RV (AV, "of necessity…

Necessity (-ties) signifies (a) "a necessity," what must needs be (see NEEDS), translated "necessity" (in some mss. in Luk 23:17) in 1Co 7:37, 1Co 9:16, 2Co 9:7…

Neck is used (a) literally, Mat 18:6, Mar 9:42, Luk 17:2; of "embracing," Luk 15:20, Act 20:37; (b) metaphorically, in Act 15:10, of "putting a yoke upon;" Rom …

Necromancer Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H178Original Word: ’ôbUsage Notes: "spirit (of the dead); necromancer; pit." This word has cognates in Sumerian, Akk…

Need, Needs, Needful denotes "a need," in such expressions as "there is a need;" or "to have need of" something, e.g., Mat 3:14, Mat 6:8, Mat 9:12, RV, "(have n…

Needle from rhatpo, "to sew," occurs in Mat 19:24, Mar 10:25. akin to belos, "a dart," denotes a sharp point, hence, "a needle," Luk 18:25 (some mss. have No. 1…

Needy (Person) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H34Original Word: ’ebyônUsage Notes: "needy (person)." This word also occurs in Ugaritic and …

Neglect, Negligent denotes (a) "to be careless, not to care" (a, negative, melei, "it is a care;" from melo, "to care, to be a care"), Mat 22:5, "made light of;…

* For NEGLECTING (Col 2:23) see SEVERITY

Neighbor lit., "one living in the same land," denotes "a neighbor," always plural in the NT, Luk 14:12, Luk 15:6, Luk 15:9, Joh 9:8. an adjective, lit., "dwelli…

Neighborhood * Note: This, in Act 28:7, RV, translates a phrase consisting of the dative plural of the article followed by peri, "around," governed by the prepo…

Neither * For NEITHER See +, p. 9

Neither at any time * For NEITHER AT ANY TIME, Luk 15:29, see NEVER

Nephews * For NEPHEWS see GRANDCHRILDREN

Nest properly "an encamping, taking up one's quarters," then, "a lodging, abode" (kata, "down over," skene, "a tent"), is used of birds' "nest" in Mat 8:20, Luk…

Net lit., "something thrown around" (amphi, "around," ballo, "to throw"), denotes "a casting net," a somewhat small "net," cast over the shoulder, spreading out…

Never from oude, "not even," and pote, "at any time," is used in definite negative statements, e.g., Mat 7:23, 1Co 13:8, Heb 10:1, Heb 10:11, or questions, e.g.…

Nevertheless * For NEVERTHELESS see +, p. 9

New Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2318Original Word: hadashUsage Notes: "to renew." This verb occurs in post-Mosaic literature (with the …

New Moon Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2318Original Word: hadashUsage Notes: "to renew." This verb occurs in post-Mosaic literature (with…

Newborn * For NEWBORN, 1Pe 2:2, see BEGET, C, No. 2

Newness akin to kainos, is used in the phrases (a) "newness of life," Rom 6:4, i.e., life of a new quality (see NEW, No. 1); the believer, being a new creation …

Next an adverb (akin to echo, "to have") denoting "in order, successively, next," is used adjectivally, qualifying the noun "day" in Luk 9:37, Act 21:1, RV, "ne…

Next day * Notes: (1) For aurion, "tomorrow," translated "next day" in Act 4:3, and epaurion, "on the morrow," Mat 27:62, Joh 1:29, Joh 1:35, Joh 12:12, Act 14:…

Nigh "nigh" or "near," is translated in both ways in Mat 1:24-33, Mar 1:13-29, AV (RV, "nigh" in both); in Act 1:12, with echon, present participle neuter of ec…

Night Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3915Original Word: laylâUsage Notes: "night." Cognates of this noun appear in Ugaritic, Moabite, Akkadian, Aramaic, Syria…

Night (by, in the) is used (I) literally, (a) of "the alternating natural period to that of the day," e.g., Mat 4:2, Mat 12:40, 2Ti 1:3, Rev 4:8; (b) of "the pe…

Night and a day (a) an adjective denoting "lasting a night and a day" (from nux, "night," and hemera, "a day"), is used in 2Co 11:25, in the neuter gender, as a…

Nine is found in Luk 17:17, and in connection with "ninety" (see below).

Ninety is found in Mat 1:18-13, Luk 15:4, Luk 15:7.

Ninth is found in reference (a) to "the ninth hour" (3 o'clock, p.m.) in Mat 20:5, Mat 1:27-46, Mar 1:15-34, Luk 23:44, Act 3:1, Act 10:3, Act 10:30; (b) to "th…

No Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H369Original Word: ’ayinUsage Notes: "no; not; nothing; or else, nor." Cognates of this word appear in Akkadian, Ugaritic, an…

No longer, No more a negative adverb of time, signifies "no longer, no more" (ou, "not," k, euphonic, eti "longer"), denying absolutely and directly, e.g., Mat …

No man, No one, Neither any man * Note: Oudeis and medeis, "no one, no man," are related to one another in much the same way as indicated above under ouketi and…

No wise (in), Anywise (in) a double negative, strongly expressing a negation, is translated "in no wise" in Mat 5:18, Mat 5:20, RV (AV, "in no case"); Mat 10:42…

Noble Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H117Original Word: ’addîrUsage Notes: "noble; principal; stately one." As a noun, ’addîr is paralleled…