Vine's Expository Dictionary

Hired house akin to A and B, above, primarily denotes "a hire," as in the Sept. of Deu 23:18, Pro 19:13, Eze 16:31, Eze 16:34, Eze 16:41, etc.; in the NT, it is…

Hired servant, Hireling an adjective denoting "hired," is used as a noun, signifying "one who is hired," "hired servants," Mar 1:20; "hireling," Joh 1:10-13; he…

His, His own * Note: These translate (a) forms of pronouns under HE, No. 1 (a frequent use: in 1Pe 2:24, "His own self"); the form autou, "his," becomes emphati…

Hither primarily an adverb of manner, then, of place, (a) of "motion" or "direction towards a place," e.g., Mat 8:29, Mar 11:3, Luk 9:41, Joh 6:25; (b) of "posi…

Hitherto * Notes: (1) The phrase Heos arti, "until now," is rendered "hitherto" in Joh 16:24, AV, and RV; in Joh 5:17, RV, "even until now," which more definite…

Hoise up, Hoist up "to raise," is used of "hoisting up" a skiff, or little boat, before undegirding the ship, Act 27:17, RV, "had hoisted up," for AV, "had take…

Hold (down, fast, forth, on, to, up), Held, Holden, (take) Hold "to have or hold," is used of mental conception, "to consider, account," e.g., Mat 21:26; of "st…

Hold (Noun) translated "hold" in Act 4:3, AV, "prison" in Act 5:18 (RV, "ward"), signifies (a) "a watching, guarding;" hence, "imprisonment, ward" (from tereo, …

Hole "a lair, burrow, den or hole," is used of foxes in Mat 8:20, Luk 9:58. is translated "holes" in Heb 11:38, RV, AV "caves." See CAVE, OPENING.

Holiness, Holy, Holily translated "holiness" in the AV of Rom 6:19, Rom 6:22, 1Th 4:7, 1Ti 2:15, Heb 12:14, is always rendered "sanctification" in the RV. It si…

Holy Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: AdjectiveStrong's Number: H6918Original Word: qadôshUsage Notes: "holy." The Semitic languages have two separate original fo…

Holy Ghost * For HOLY GHOST see under SPIRIT and HOLY, B, No. 1 (a)

Holyday denotes "a feast, festival;" it is translated "a holy day" in the AV of Col 2:16; RV, "a feast day." See FEAST.

Home, at Home (to be; workers) "a house, dwelling," is used (a) with the preposition eis, "unto," with the meaning "to home," lit., "to a house," in Mar 8:3, RV…

Honest, Honestly, Honesty "good, admirable, becoming," has also the ethical meaning of what is "fair, right, honorable, of such conduct as deserves esteem;" it …

Honey occurs with the adjective agrios, "wild," in Mat 3:4, Mar 1:6; in Rev 1:10-10, as an example of sweetness. As "honey" is liable to ferment, it was preclud…

Honeycomb signifying "made by bees" from melissa, "a bee," is found, with kerion, "a comb," in some mss. in Luk 24:42.

Honor (Noun and Verb) primarily "a valuing," hence, objectively, (a) "a price paid or received," e.g., Mat 27:6, Mat 27:9, Act 4:34, Act 1:5-3, Act 7:16, RV, "p…

Honor (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3513Original Word: kabedUsage Notes: "to honor." This verb occurs about 114 times and in all per…

Honorable, without Honor denotes (a) "held in honor" (en, "in," doxa, "honor;" cp. HONOR, A, No. 2), "of high repute," 1Co 4:10, AV "(are) honorable," RV, "(hav…

Hook "a fish-hook" (from ankos, "a bend;" Lat. angulus; Eng., "anchor" and "angle" are akin), is used in Mat 17:27. In the Sept., 2Ki 19:28, Job 40:20, Isa 19:8…

Hope (Noun and Verb), Hope (for) in the NT, "favorable and confident expectation" (contrast the Sept. in Isa 28:19, "an evil hope"). It has to do with the unsee…

Horn "a horn," is used in the plural, as the symbol of strength, (a) in the apocalyptic visions; (1) on the head of the Lamb as symbolic of Christ, Rev 5:6; (2)…

Horse Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5483Original Word: sûsUsage Notes: "horse." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic, Akkadian, Egyptian, and Syriac. It …

Horsemen "a horseman," is used in the plural in Act 23:23, Act 23:32. an adjective signifying "of a horse" or "of horsemen, equestrian," is used as a noun denot…

Hosanna in the Hebrew, means "save, we pray." The word seems to have become an utterance of praise rather than of prayer, though originally, probably, a cry for…

Hospitality "love of strangers" (philos, "loving," xenos, "a stranger"), is used in Rom 12:13, Heb 13:2, lit. "(be not forgetful of) hospitality." See ENTERTAIN…

Host Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H6633Original Word: saba’Usage Notes: "host; military service; war; army; service; labor; forced labor;…

Host (of angels, etc.) "an army," is used of angels, Luk 2:13; of stars, Act 7:42; some mss. have it instead of strateia, in 2Co 10:4 ("warfare"). Cp. strateuma…

Host (of guests) in addition to the meaning "stranger," mentioned above under HOSPITALITY A, denotes one or other of the parties bound by ties of hospitality, (…

Hot "boiling hot" (from zeo, "to boil, be hot, fervent;" cp. Eng., "zest"), is used, metaphorically, in Rev 1:3-16.

Hour whence Lat., hora, Eng., "hour," primarily denoted any time or period, expecially a season. In the NT it is used to denote (a) "a part of the day," especia…

House Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1004Original Word: bayitUsage Notes: "house or building; home; household; land." The noun has cognates in most other Semi…

House (goodman of the House) * For GOODMAN of the HOUSE see HOUSEHOLDER

House (master of the House) * For MASTER of the HOUSE see HOUSEHOLDER

Household is translated "household" in Act 16:15, 1Co 1:16; in the AV of 2Ti 4:19 (RV, "house"). See HOUSE, No. 1. is translated "household" in Phi 4:22. See HO…

Household-servant "a house-servant," is translated "household-servants" in Act 10:7; elsewhere, "servant" or "servants," Luk 16:13, Rom 14:4, 1Pe 2:18. See SERV…

Householder "a master of a house" (oikos, "a house," despotes, "a master"), is rendered "master of the house" in Mat 10:25, Luk 13:25, Luk 14:21, where the cont…

Housetop akin to demo, "to build," denotes a housetop. The housetop was flat, and guarded by a low parapet wall (see Deu 22:8). It was much frequented and used …

How and Howbeit * For HOW and HOWBEIT, see + p. 9

How great * For HOW GREAT see GREAT, Nos. 4, 5, 6

Howl an onomatopoeic verb (expressing its significance in its sound), "to cry aloud" (the Sept. uses it to translate the Heb. yalal, e.g., Isa 13:6, Isa 15:3, J…

Humble (Adjective and Verb) primarily signifies "low-lying." It is used always in a good sense in the NT, metaphorically, to denote (a) "of low degree, brought …

Humble (Self) (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3665Original Word: kana‘Usage Notes: "to be humble, to humble, subdue." This biblical He…

Humbled (To Be) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6031Original Word: ‘anâUsage Notes: "to be afflicted, be bowed down, be humbled, be meek." …

Humbleness of mind, Humility "lowliness of mind" (tapeinos, see A, above, under HUMBLE, and phren, "the mind"), is rendered "humility of mind" in Act 20:19, AV …

Humiliation akin to tapeinos (see above), is rendered "low estate" in Luk 1:48; "humiliation," Act 8:33, Phi 3:21, RV "(the body of our) humiliation," AV, "(our…

Hundred, Hundredfold an indeclinable numeral, denotes "a hundred," e.g., Mat 18:12, Mat 18:28; it also signifies "a hundredfold," Mat 13:8, Mat 13:23, and the R…

Hunger (Noun and Verb), Hungered, Hungry has the meanings "famine" and "hunger;" "hunger" in Luk 15:17, 2Co 11:27; in Rev 6:8, RV "famine" (AV, "hunger"). See F…

Hurt (Noun and Verb), Hurtful is rendered "hurt" in Act 27:10, AV only. See HARM. signifies, intransitively, "to do wrong, do hurt, act unjustly" (a, negative, …