Vine's Expository Dictionary

Cruse was a vessel for holding ointment or perfume; it derived its name from the alabaster stone, of which it was usually made. "Cruse," RV, is a more suitable …

Crush a strengthened form of thlibo, "to throng" (apo, intensive), is used in Luk 8:45, RV, "crush," for AV, "press," of the multitude who were pressing around …

Cry (Noun and Verb), Crying an onomatopoeic word, is used in Mat 25:6, Luk 1:42 (some mss. have phone); Act 23:9, RV, "clamor;" Eph 4:31, "clamor;" Heb 5:7, Rev…

Cry (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6817Original Word: sa‘aqUsage Notes: "to cry, cry out, call." Found in both biblical and modern Hebrew, this word has …

Crystal from kruos, "ice," and hence properly anything congealed and transparent, denotes "crystal," a kind of precious stone, Rev 4:6, Rev 22:1. Rock crystal i…

Cubit Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H520Original Word: ’ammâUsage Notes: "cubit." This word has cognates in Akkadian, Ugaritic, and Aramaic. It appears about …

Cumber lit., "to reduce to idleness or inactivity" (kata, "down," and argos, "idle"), is once rendered "cumber," Luk 13:7. See ABOLISH. lit., "to draw around" (…

Cummin is an umbelliferous plant with aromatic seeds, used as a condiment, Mat 23:23.

Cunning (AV) * For the AV CUNNING see CRAFTINESS. For CUNNINGLY see DEVISED

Cup a diminutive of poter, denotes, primarily, a "drinking vessel;" hence, "a cup" (a) literal, as, e.g., in Mat 10:42. The "cup" of blessing, 1Co 10:16, is so …

Cure (Noun and Verb) "a healing, a cure" (akin to iaomai, "to heal," and iatros, "a physician"), is used in the plural in Luk 13:32; in Act 4:22, "healing;" in …

Curious * Note: For the adjective periergos, "busy about trifles," see BUSYBODY: it is used of magic arts in Act 19:19 (lit., "things that are around work," and…

Curse (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7043Original Word: qalalUsage Notes: "to be trifling, light, swift; to curse." This wide-ranging…

Curse, Cursing (Noun and Verb), Cursed, Accursed in its most usual meaning, "a malediction, cursing" (its other meaning is "a prayer"), is used in Rom 3:14 (oft…

Cushion * For CUSHION see PILLOW

Custom (toll) "an end, termination," whether of time or purpose, denotes, in its secondary significance, "what is paid for public ends, a toll, tax, custom," Ma…

Custom (usage), Accustom (Verb) denotes (a) "a custom, usage, prescribed by law," Act 6:14, Act 15:1, Act 25:16; "a rite or ceremony," Luk 2:42; (b) a "custom, …

Cut denotes "to cut by a blow," e.g., branches, Mat 21:8, Mar 11:8. See BEWAIL, LAMENT, MOURN, WAIL. "to cut off, or cut away" (apo, "from," and No. 1), is used…

Cymbal "a cymbal," was so called from its shape (akin to kumbos, "a hollow basin," kumbe, "a cup"), and was made of bronze, two being struck together, 1Co 13:1.

Daily (Adjective) is found in Mat 6:11, Luk 11:3. Some would derive the word from epi, "upon," and eimi, "to be," as if to signify "(bread) present," i.e., suff…

Dainty properly signifies "oily, or anointed with oil" (from lipos, "grease," connected with aleipho, "to anoint"); it is said of things which pertain to delica…

Damage * For DAMAGE see LOSS

Damnable, Damnation, and Damned * For DAMNABLE, DAMNATION, and DAMNED see CONDEMNATION, DESTRUCTION, JUDGE, JUDGMENT

Damsel a diminutive of kore, "a girl," denotes "a little girl" (properly a colloquial word, often used disparagingly, but not so in later writers); in the NT it…

Dance (cp. Eng., "orchestra") probably originally signified "to lift up," as of the feet; hence, "to leap with regularity of motion." It is always used in the M…

Dancing Eng., "chorus", primarily denoted "an enclosure for dancing;" hence, "a company of dancers and singers." The supposition that the word is connected with…

Danger, Dangerous properly signifies "to run a risk, face danger," but is used in the NT in the sense of "being in danger, jeopardy," Act 19:27, Act 19:40. It i…

Dare, Daring, Durst signifies "to dare," (a) in the sense of not dreading or shunning through fear, Mat 22:46, Mar 12:34, Mar 15:43, "boldly," lit., "having dar…

Dark, Darken, Darkly, Darkness "full of darkness, or covered with darkness," is translated "dark" in Luk 11:36; "full of darkness," in Mat 6:23, Luk 11:34, wher…

Dart akin to ballo, "to throw," denotes "a missile, an arrow, javelin, dart, etc.," Eph 6:16 (see FIERY). Cp. bole, "a stone's throw or cast," Luk 22:41; bolizo…

Dash denotes "to beat upon or against, to strike against, dash against" (pros, "to or against," kopto, "to strike, beat"); hence, of the foot, to stumble, "dash…

Daughter, Daughter-in-law "a daughter," (etymologically, Eng., "daughter" is connected), is used of (a) the natural relationship (frequent in the Gospels); (b) …

Dawn "to shine," is used metaphorically of the light of dawn, in 2Co 4:4 (some texts have kataugazo). Cp. auge, "brightness or break of day," Act 20:11. The wor…

Day Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3117Original Word: yômUsage Notes: "daylight; day; time; moment; year." This word also appears in Ugaritic, extrabiblical H…

Day-star (Eng., "phosphorus," lit., "light-bearing" phos, "light," phero, "to bear"), is used of the morning star, as the light-bringer, 2Pe 1:19, where it indi…

Daybreak * For DAYBREAK (RV, in Act 5:21) see DAWN, B

Dayspring lit., "a rising up" (cp. anatello, "to cause to rise"), is used of the rising of the sun and stars; it chiefly means the east, as in Mat 2:1, etc.; re…

Dazzling "to flash forth, lighten," is said of lightning, Luk 17:24, and of the apparel of the two men by the Lord's sepulchre, Luk 24:4, AV, "shining." See LIG…

Deacon (Eng., "deacon"), primarily denotes a "servant," whether as doing servile work, or as an attendant rendering free service, without particular reference t…

Dead is used of (a) the death of the body, cp. Jam 2:26, its most frequent sense; (b) the actual spiritual condition of unsaved men, Mat 8:22, Joh 5:25, Eph 2:1…

Dead, half Dead from hemi, "half," and thnesko, "to die," is used in Luk 10:30.

Deadly lit., "death-bearing, deadly" (thanatos, "death," phero, "to bear"), is used in Jam 3:8. In the Sept., Num 18:22, Job 33:23. from thanatos (see No. 1), "…

Deadness "a putting to death" (cp. DEAD, A and B), is rendered "dying" in 2Co 4:10; "deadness" in Rom 4:19, i.e., the state of being virtually "dead."

Deaf akin to kopto, "to beat," and kopiao, "to be tired" (from a root kop--, "to cut"), signifies "blunted, dull," as of a weapon; hence, "blunted in tongue, du…

Deal signifies "to divide into parts" (meros, "a portion, part"); hence, "to distribute, divide out, deal out to," translated "hath dealt" in Rom 12:3. See DIFF…

Deal Out (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1580Original Word: gamalUsage Notes: "to deal out, deal with, wean, ripen." Found in both biblical and modern Heb…

Deal With Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1580Original Word: gamalUsage Notes: "to deal out, deal with, wean, ripen." Found in both biblical and modern Hebrew,…

Deal with, have Dealings with "to do," used to describe almost any act, whether complete or repeated, like the Eng. "do," is translated to deal with, in Luk 2:4…

Deal, great Deal * For a GREAT DEAL see GREAT

Dear from time, "honor, price," signifies (a), primarily, "accounted as of great price, precious, costly," 1Co 3:12, Rev 17:4, Rev 18:12, Rev 18:16, Rev 21:19, …