Vine's Expository Dictionary

Unapproachable * For UNAPPROACHABLE, 1Ti 6:16, RV, see APPROACH, B

Unawares * Notes: (1) In Heb 13:2, lanthano, "to escape notice," is used with the aorist participle of xenizo, "to entertain," signifying "entertained ... unawa…

Unbelief "unbelief" 12 times, but see BELIEF, C, Note (2) for references. is always rendered "disobedience" in the RV; in Rom 11:30, Rom 11:32 and Heb 4:6, Heb …

Unbeliever an adjective, is used as a noun, rendered "unbeliever" in 2Co 6:15, 1Ti 5:8, RV; plural in 1Co 6:6, 2Co 6:14; AV only, Luk 12:46 (RV, "unfaithful"). …

Unbelieving see BELIEF, C, Note (3). see DISBELIEVE, DISOBEDIENT, C.

Unblameable, Unblameably "unblameable" (from a, negative, and memphomai, "to find fault"), is so rendered in 1Th 3:13, i.e., "free from all valid charge." See B…

Unceasing * For UNCEASING see CEASE, B. For UNCEASINGLY, RV, in Rom 1:9, see CEASE, C

Uncertain, Uncertainly, Uncertainty denotes (a) "unseen;" with the article, translated "which appear not" (a, negative, delos, "evident"), Luk 11:44; (b) "uncer…

Unchangeable is used of the priesthood of Christ, in Heb 7:24, "unchangeable," "unalterable, inviolable," RV, marg. (a meaning found in the papyri); the more li…

Uncircumcised and Uncircumcision * For UNCIRCUMCISED and UNCIRCUMCISION see CIRCUMCISION

Unclean "unclean, impure" (a, negative, kathairo, "to purify"), is used (a) of "unclean" spirits, frequently in the Synoptists, not in John's gospel; in Act 5:1…

Unclean (To Be) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2930Original Word: t?ame’Usage Notes: "to be unclean." This root is limited to Hebrew, Aram…

Unclothed * For UNCLOTHED see STRIP

Uncomely "shapeless" (a, negative, schema, "a form"), the opposite of euschemon, "comely," is used in 1Co 12:23. In the Sept., Gen 34:7, Deu 24:3. Note: For the…

Uncondemned rendered "uncondemned" in Act 16:37, Act 22:25 (a, negative, katakrino, "to condemn"), properly means "without trial, not yet tried." Sir W. M. Rams…

Uncorruptible * For UNCORRUPTIBLE see CORRUPT, C, No. 2. For UNCORRUPTNESS, see CORRUPT, B, No. 4

Uncover signifies "to unroof" (apo, from, stege, "a roof"), Mar 2:4.

Uncovered * For UNCOVERED, 1Co 11:5, 1Co 11:13, see UNVEILED

Unction * For UNCTION see ANOINT, B

Undefiled "undefiled, free from contamination" (a, negative, miaino, "to defile"), is used (a) of Christ, Heb 7:26; (b) of pure religion, Jam 1:27; (c) of the e…

Under, Underneath an adverb signifying "under," is used as a preposition and rendered "under" in Mar 6:11, Mar 7:28, Luk 8:16, Heb 2:8, Rev 5:3, Rev 5:13, Rev 6…

Undergird hupo, "under," zonnumi, "to gird," is used of frapping a ship, Act 27:17, bracing the timbers of a vessel by means of strong ropes.

Understand (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7919Original Word: sakalUsage Notes: "to be prudent, act wisely, give attention to, ponder,…

Understand, Understood primarily, "to bring or set together," is used metaphorically of "perceiving, understanding, uniting" (sun), so to speak, the perception …

Understanding for which see MIND, No. 1, is translated "understanding" in Luk 24:45, AV (RV, "mind"); 1Co 1:14-15 (twice), 1Co 14:19, Phi 4:7, Rev 13:18. akin t…

Undone (leave) * For UNDONE (leave) see LEAVE, NO. 1

Undressed "uncarded" (a, negative, knapto, "to card wool"), is rendered "undressed," of cloth, in Mat 9:16, Mar 2:21, RV (AV, "new").

Unequally * For UNEQUALLY see YOKED

Unfaithful "unbelieving, faithless," is translated "unfaithful" in Luk 12:46, RV (AV, "unbelievers"). See BELIEF, C, Note (3), FAITHLESS, INCREDIBLE.

Unfeigned * For UNFEIGNED see DISSIMULATION, C

Unfruitful * For UNFRUITFUL see FRUIT, B, No. 2

Ungodliness, Ungodly "impiety, ungodliness," is used of (a) general impiety, Rom 1:18, Rom 11:26, 2Ti 2:16, Tit 2:12; (b) "ungodly" deeds, Jud 1:15, RV, "works …

Unholy (a, negative, n, euphonic, hosios, "holy"), "unholy, profane," occurs in 1Ti 1:9, 2Ti 3:2. Cp. HOLY. In the Sept., Eze 22:9. the neut. of koinos, "common…

United * For UNITED, Rom 6:5, RV, see PLANT, C; in Heb 4:2, see MIXED (with), Note

Unity from hen, the neuter of heis, "one," is used in Eph 4:3, Eph 4:13.

Unjust "not in conformity" with dike, "right," is rendered "unjust" in the AV and RV in Mat 5:45, Luk 18:11, Act 24:15; elsewhere for the AV "unjust" the RV has…

Unknown * For UNKNOWN see IGNORANCE, B, No. 1, and KNOW, B, No. 4

Unlade "to discharge a cargo" (apo, "from," phortizo, "to load"), is used in Act 21:3.

Unlawful a late form for athemistos (themis, "custom, right;" in classical Greek, "divine law"), "contrary to what is right," is rendered "an unlawful thing" (n…

Unlearned lit., "unlettered" (grammata, "letters:" grapho, "to write"), Act 4:13, is explained by Grimm-Thayer as meaning "unversed in the learning of the Jewis…

Unleavened * For UNLEAVENED see BREAD, No. 2

Unless * For UNLESS see EXCEPT

Unlifted "to uncover, unveil," used in 2Co 3:14 with the negative me, "not," is rendered "unlifted," RV, AV, "untaken away" (a paraphrase rather than translatio…

Unloose "to loose," is rendered "to unloose" in Mar 1:7, Luk 3:16, Joh 1:27; in Act 13:25, RV: see LOOSE.

Unmarried a, negative, gameo, "to marry," occurs in 1Co 7:8, 1Co 7:11, 1Co 7:32, 1Co 7:34.

Unmerciful "without mercy" (a, negative, n, euphonic, eleemon, "merciful"), occurs in Rom 1:31.

Unmixed * For UNMIXED, Rev 14:10, RV, see MIXTURE, Note

Unmovable * For UNMOVABLE, Act 27:41, see MOVE, B, No. 1; in 1Co 15:58, MOVE, B, No. 2

Unprepared from a, negative, and paraskeuazo (see PREPARE, B, No. 4), occurs in 2Co 9:4.

Unprofitable, Unprofitableness "unless (chreia, "use"), "unprofitable," occurs in Mat 25:30, Luk 17:10. In the Sept., 2Sa 6:22. "unprofitable, unserviceable" (c…