Vine's Expository Dictionary

Dearly * For DEARLY see BELOVED

Dearth * For DEARTH see FAMINE

Death Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4194Original Word: mawetUsage Notes: "death." This word appears 150 times in the Old Testament. The word mawet occurs fre…

Death, Death-stroke (see also Die) "death," is used in Scripture of: (a) the separation of the soul (the spiritual part of man) from the body (the material part…

Debate (AV) * For the AV DEBATE (Rom 1:29, 2Co 12:20) see STRIFE.

Debt "that which is owned" (see Note, below), is translated "debt" in Mat 18:32; in the plural, "dues," Rom 13:7; "(her) due," 1Co 7:3, of conjugal duty: some t…

Debtor "one who owes anything to another," primarily in regard to money; in Mat 18:24, "who owed" (lit., "one was brought, a debtor to him of ten thousand talen…

Decay "to make old" (palaios), is translated in Heb 8:13, firstly, "hath made ... old," secondly (Passive Voice), RV "is becoming old" (AV, "decayeth"); "wax ol…

Decease (Eng., "exodus"), lit. signifies "a way out" (ex, "out," hodos, "a way"); hence, "a departure," especially from life, "a decease;" in Luk 9:31, of the L…

Deceit Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7723Original Word: shaw’Usage Notes: "deceit; deception; malice; falsity; vanity; emptiness." The 53 occurrences of shaw…

Deceit, Deceitful, Deceitfully, Deceitfulness, Deceive, Deceivableness "deceit or deceitfulness" (akin to apatao, "to cheat, deceive, beguile"), that which give…

Deceiver is, properly, an adjective, signifying "wandering, or leading astray, seducing," 1Ti 4:1, "seducing (spirits);" used as a noun, it denotes an impostor …

Decently denotes "gracefully, becomingly, in a seemly manner" (eu, "well," schema, "a form, figure"); "honestly," in Rom 13:13 (marg., "decently"), in contrast …

Decide, Decision primarily signifies "to make a distinction," hence, "to decide, especially judically, to decide a dispute, to give judgment," 1Co 6:5, AV, "jud…

Deck (Verb) lit., "to gild with gold" (chrusos, "gold"), is used in Rev 17:4, Rev 18:16.

Declare, Declaration signifies "to announce, report, bring back tidings" (ana, "back," angello, "to announce"). Possibly the ana carries the significance of upw…

Decrease (Verb) signifies "to make less or inferior, in quality, position or dignity;" "madest ... lower" and "hast made ... lower," in Heb 2:7, Heb 2:9. In Joh…

Decree (Noun and Verb) transliterated in English, primarily denoted "an opinion or judgment" (from dokeo, "to be of opinion"), hence, an "opinion expressed with…

Dedicate, Dedication primarily means "to make new, to renew" (en, "in," kainos, "new"), as in the Sept. of 2Ch 15:8; then, to initate or "dedicate," Heb 9:18, w…

Deed, Deeds denotes "a work" (Eng., "work" is etymologically akin), "deed, act." When used in the sense of a "deed or act," the idea of "working" is stressed, e…

Deem "to suppose, conjecture, surmise," is translated "deemed" in Act 27:27, AV (RV, "surmised"); in Act 13:25 "think ye" (AV); RV, "suppose ye;" in Act 25:18, …

Deep (Noun and Adjective), Deepness, Deeply, Depth is used (a) naturally, in Mat 13:5, "deepness;" Mar 4:5, AV, "depth," RV, "deepness;" Luk 5:4, of "deep" wate…

Defame lit., "to speak injuriously" (from dus, an inseparable prefix signifying "opposition, injury, etc., and phemi, "to speak"), is translated "defamed," 1Co …

Defect primarily "a lessening, a decrease, diminution," denotes "a loss." It is used of the "loss" sustained by the Jewish nation in that they had rejected God'…

Defence a speech made in defense. See ANSWER. See ANSWER, B, No. 4.

Defend "to ward off," is used in the Middle Voice in Act 7:24, of the assistance given by Moses to his fellow Israelite against an Egyptian (translated, "defend…

Defer lit., "to throw up" (ana, "up," ballo, "to throw"), hence "to postpone," is used in the Middle Voice in Act 24:22, in the forensic sense of "deferring" th…

Defile, Defilement denotes (a) "to make common;" hence, in a ceremonial sense, "to render unholy, unclean, to defile," Mat 15:11, Mat 15:18, Mat 15:20, Mar 7:15…

Define (Eng., "horizon"), primarily means "to mark out the boundaries of a place" (as in the Sept. of Num 34:6, Jos 13:27); hence "to determine, appoint." In He…

Defraud signifies "to rob, despoil, defraud," Mar 10:19, 1Co 6:8, 1Co 7:5 (of that which is due to the condition of natural relationship of husband and wife); i…

Degree denotes "a step," primarily of a threshold or stair, and is akin to baino, "to go;" figuratively, "a standing, a stage in a career, position, degree," 1T…

Delay akin to oknos, "a shrinking, to be loath or slow to do a thing, to hesitate, delay," is used in Act 9:38. In the Sept. in Num 22:16, "do not delay;" Jdg 1…

Delicacies * Note: For strenos, rendered "delicacies" in Rev 18:3, AV, denoting "wantonness" (RV), i.e., arrogant luxury, see WANTON. Cp. the verb streniao, bel…

Delicately (live) from thrupto, "to enervate," signifies "to lead a voluptuous life, to give oneself up to pleasure," Jam 5:5, RV, "ye have lived delicately;" A…

Deliciously * For DELICIOUSLY, Rev 18:9, AV, see DELICATELY, Note (1).

Delight in lit., "to rejoice with (anyone), to delight in (a thing) with (others)," signifies "to delight with oneself inwardly in a thing," in Rom 7:22. Note: …

Deliver (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5414Original Word: natanUsage Notes: "to deliver, give, place, set up, lay, make, do." This ve…

Deliver, Deliverance, Deliverer "to give," is translated "delivered" in Luk 7:15; RV, "gave;" so Luk 19:13. See GIVE. ana, "up," and No. 1, "to deliver over, gi…

Delude, Delusion see BEGUILE. lit., "a wandering," whereby those who are led astray roam hither and thither, is always used in the NT, of mental straying, wrong…

Demand * Note: For DEMAND (Mat 2:4, Act 21:33), see INQUIRE; for its use in Luk 3:14, Luk 17:20, see under ASK.

Demeanor see BEHAVIOR, B, No. 2.

Demon, Demoniac "a demon," signified, among pagan Greeks, an inferior deity, whether good or bad. In the NT it denotes "an evil spirit." It is used in Mat 8:31,…

Demonstration lit., "a pointing out" (apo, "forth," deiknumi, "to show"), a "showing" or demonstrating by argument, is found in 1Co 2:4, where the Apostle speak…

Den see CAVE.

Deny signifies (a) "to say ... not, to contradict," e.g., Mar 14:70, Joh 1:20, Joh 1:18,27, 1Jo 2:22; (b) "to deny" by way of disowning a person, as, e.g., the …

Depart Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5375Original Word: nasa’Usage Notes: "to remove, depart, carry away." This verb occurs in all Semiti…

Depart (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5265Original Word: nasa‘Usage Notes: "to journey, depart, set out, march." Found throughout the development of the …

Departing, Departure "an unloosing" (as of things woven), "a dissolving into separate parts" (Eng., "analysis"), is once used of "departure from life," 2Ti 4:6,…

Depose lit. signifies "to take down" (kata, "down," haireo, "to take"), the technical term for "removing a body after crucifixion," e.g., Mar 15:36; hence, "to …

Deposit * For DEPOSIT see COMMIT, B, No. 1