Vine's Expository Dictionary

Greedy * For GREEDY see LUCRE

Green akin to chloe, "tender foliage" (cp. the name "Chloe," 1Co 1:11, and Eng., "chlorine"), denotes (a) "pale green," the color of young grass, Mar 6:39, Rev …

Greet, Greeting signifies "to greet, welcome," or "salute." In the AV it is chiefly rendered by either of the verbs "to greet" or "to salute." "There is little …

Grief, Grieve signifies "pain," of body or mind; it is used in the plural in 1Pe 2:19 only, RV, "griefs" (AV, "grief"); here, however, it stands, by metonymy, f…

Grievous, Grievously denotes "heavy, burdensome;" it is always used metaphorically in the NT, and is translated "heavy" in Mat 23:4, of Pharisaical ordinances; …

Grind signifies "to grind at the mill," Mat 24:41, Luk 17:35. The Sept. has both the earlier form aleo, Isa 47:2, and the later one aletho, used in the Koine pe…

Groan, Groaning from en, "in," and brime, "strength," is rendered "groaned" in Joh 11:33 (preferable to the RV marg., "He had indignation"); so in Joh 11:38. Th…

Gross (to wax) from pachus, "thick," signifies "to thicken, fatten;" in the Passive Voice, "to grow fat;" metaphorically said of the heart, to wax gross or dull…

Ground, Grounded "the eath, land," etc., often denotes "the ground," e.g., Mat 10:29, Mar 8:6. See EARTH. "a bottom, base," is used of the "ground" in Act 22:7,…

Grow "to grow or increase," of the grow of that which lives, naturally or spiritually, is used (a) transitively, signifying to make to increase, said of giving …

* For GRUDGE (Jam 5:9), GRIEVE, B, No. 3, GRUDGING (1Pe 4:9) see MURMUR

Grudgingly * Note: In 2Co 9:7, the phase ek lupes, lit., "out of sorrow" (ek, "out of," or "from," lupe, "sorrow, grief"), is translated "grudgingly" (RV marg.,…

Guard Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5341Original Word: nasarUsage Notes: "to watch, to guard, to keep." Common to both ancient and modern…

Guard (Noun and Verb) "a guard," (Latin, custodia; Eng., "custodian"), is used of the soldiers who "guarded" Christ's sepulchre, Mat 1:27-66, Mat 28:11, and is …

Guardian lit., "one to whose care something is committed" (epi, "upon," trepo, "to turn" or "direct"), is rendered "guardians" in Gal 4:2, RV, AV, "tutors" (in …

Guest "to recline at table," frequently rendered "to sit at meat," is used in its present participial form (lit., "reclining ones") as a noun denoting "guests,"…

Guest-chamber akin to kataluo (see Note above), signifies (a) "an inn, lodging-place," Luk 2:7; (b) "a guest-room," Mar 14:14, Luk 22:11. The word lit. signifie…

Guide (Noun and Verb) "a leader on the way" (hodos, "a way," hegeomai, "to lead"), "a guide," is used (a) literally, in Act 1:16; (b) figuratively, Mat 15:14, R…

Guile "a bait, snare, deceit," is rendered "guile" in Joh 1:47, negatively of Nathanael; Act 13:10, RV, AV, "subtlety" (of Bar-Jesus); 2Co 12:16, in a charge ma…

Guileless (without Guile) "without guile" (a, negative, and dolos, see GUILE), "pure, unadulterated," is used metaphorically of the teaching of the Word of God,…

Guiltless "innocent, guiltless" (a, negative, n, euphonic, aitia, "a charge of crime"), is translated "blameless" in Mat 12:5, AV, "guiltless" in Mat 12:7; RV, …

Guiltless (To Be) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5352Original Word: naqâUsage Notes: "to be pure, innocent." Only in Hebrew does this verb…

Guilty (Adjective) lit., "held in, bound by, liable to a charge or action at law:" see DANGER. Notes: (1) In Rom 3:19, AV, hupodikos, "brought to trial," lit., …

Gulf akin to chasko, "to yawn" (Eng., "chasm"), is found in Luk 16:26. In the Sept., 2Sa 18:17, two words are used with reference to Absalom's body, bothunos wh…

Gush out a Hellenistic form of ekcheo, "to pour forth," is translated "gushed out" in Act 1:18, of the bowels of Judas Iscariot. See POUR, RUN, SHED, SPILL.

Ha * For HA (Mar 15:29, RV) see AH

Habitation "a habitation" (from oiketer, "an inhabitant," and oikos, "a dwelling"), is used in Jud 1:6, of the heavenly region appointed by God as the dwelling …

Hades "the region of departed spirits of the lost" (but including the blessed dead in periods preceding the ascension of Christ). It has been thought by some th…

Hail (Noun) akin to chalao, "to let loose, let fall," is always used as an instrument of Divine judgment, and is found in the NT in Rev 8:7, Rev 11:19, Rev 16:2…

Hail (Verb) "to rejoice," is used in the imperative mood, (a) as a salutation, only in the Gospels; in this respect it is rendered simply "hail," in mockery of …

Hair denotes the "hair," whether of beast, as of the camel's "hair" which formed the raiment of John the Baptist, Mat 3:4, Mar 1:6; or of man. Regarding the lat…

Hale (Verb) "to drag, haul," is rendered "haling" in Act 8:3, of taking to trial or punishment. See DRAG. an intensive form of No. 1, lit., "to pull down" (kata…

Half Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H2677Original Word: hasîUsage Notes: "half; halfway; middle." This word appears about 123 times and in …

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

Half-shekel * For HALF-SHEKEL see SHEKEL

Hall "a court," most frequently the place where a governor dispensed justice, is rendered "hall" in Mar 15:16, Luk 22:55, AV (RV, "court"). See COURT, FOLD, PAL…

Hallelujah signifies "Praise ye Jah." It occurs as a short doxology in the Psalms, usually at the beginning, e.g., Ps. 111; 112, or the end, e.g., Ps. 104; 105,…

Hallow "to make holy" (from hagios, "holy"), signifies to set apart for God, to sanctify, to make a person or thing the opposite of koinos, "common;" it is tran…

Halt "lame," is translated "halt" in Mat 18:8, Mar 9:45, Joh 5:3; in Act 14:8, "cripple;" in Luk 14:21, AV, "halt," RV, "lame;" elsewhere, "lame," Mat 11:5, Mat…

Hand Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3027Original Word: yadUsage Notes: "hand; side; border; alongside; hand-measure; portion; arm (rest); monument; manhood (m…

Hand (at hand) "near, nigh," frequently rendered "at hand," is used (a) of place, e.g., of the Lord's sepulchre, Joh 19:42, "nigh at hand;" (b) of time, e.g., M…

Hand (lead by the) lit., "a hand-leader" (cheir, "the hand," ago, "to lead"), is used as a noun (plural) in Act 13:11, "some to lead him by the hand." "to lead …

Hand (take in) "to put the hand to" (epi, "to," cheir, "the hand"), is rendered "have taken in hand" in Luk 1:1. See TAKE.

Hand (with one's own) a noun (autos, "self," cheir, "the hand"), is used in the plural in Act 27:19, "with their own hands."

Handed down an adjective, denoting "handed down from one's fathers," is used in 1Pe 1:18, RV, for AV, "received by tradition from your fathers" (from pater, "a …

Handkerchief a Latin word, sudarium (from sudor, "sweat"), denotes (a) "a cloth for wiping the face," etc., Luk 19:20, Act 19:12; (b) "a headcovering for the de…

Handle Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H8610Original Word: tapasUsage Notes: "to catch, seize, lay hold of, grasp, play." This verb is found in both biblical an…

Handmaid and Handmaiden * For HANDMAID and HANDMAIDEN see under BONDMAN

Hands (lay hands on) * For LAY HANDS ON (krateo in Mat 18:28, Mat 21:46; piazo in Joh 8:20), see HOLD and APPREHEND.

Hands (made by, not made with) "made by hand," of human handiwork (cheir, and poieo, "to make"), is said of the temple in Jerusalem, Mar 14:58; temples in gener…