Vine's Expository Dictionary

Quake an adjective signifying "trembling with fear" (en, "in," tremo, "to tremble"), is used with eimi, "to be," in Heb 12:21 (some mss. have ektromos, with the…

Quarrel * For QUARREL See COMPLAINT, No. 2, and SET, No. 15, Mar 6:19, RV

Quarter "from all sides," is translated "from every quarter" in Mar 1:45. See EVERY SIDE, ROUND ABOUT. Notes: (1) In Rev 20:8, AV, gonia, "an angle, corner," is…

Quaternion "a group of four" (tetra--, "four"), occurs in Act 12:4. A "quaternion" was a set of four men occupied in the work of a guard, two soldiers being cha…

Queen the feminine of basileus, "a king," is used (a) of the "Queen of Sheba," Mat 12:42, Luk 11:31; of "Candace," Act 8:27; (b) metaphorically, of "Babylon," R…

Quench, Unquenchable is used (a) of "quenching" fire or things on fire, Mat 12:20, quoted from Isa 42:3, figurative of the condition of the feeble; Heb 11:34; i…

Question (Noun and Verb), Questioning primarily "a seeking, search" (zeteo, "to seek"), for which see DISPUTATION, is used in Joh 3:25, Act 25:20, RV, "(being p…

Quick * For QUICK, see DISCERN, C, LIVE, No. 3, Note

Quicken "to make alive:" see LIFE, C. "to endue with life, produce alive, preserve alive:" see LIVE, No. 6. "to quicken together with, make alive with" (sun, "w…

Quickly the neuter of tachus, "swift, quick," signifies "quickly," Mat 5:25, Mat 1:28-8, Mar 9:39, RV (AV, "lightly"); Luk 15:22, Joh 11:29, Rev 2:16 (Rev 2:5 i…

Quicksands * Note: This is the AV rendering in Act 27:17 of Surtis, "Syrtis" (RV). The Syrtes, Major and Minor, lie on the north coast of Africa, between the he…

Quiet, Quietness "quiet, tranquil," occurs in 1Ti 2:2, RV, "tranquil" (AV, "quiet"); it indicates tranquillity arising from without. has much the same meaning a…

Quit "to free from," is used in the Passive Voice in Luk 12:58, RV, "to be quit" (AV, "to be delivered"). See DELIVER, A, No. 6. signifies "to make a man of" (a…