Vine's Expository Dictionary

Lot Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1486Original Word: gôralUsage Notes: "lot." This word is attested 77 times and in all periods of the language (if a traditi…

Lot, Lots denotes (a) an object used in casting or drawing lots, which consisted of bits, or small tablets, of wood or stone (the probable derivation is from kl…

Loud "great," is used, besides other meanings, of intensity, as, e.g., of the force of a voice, e.g., Mat 27:46, Mat 27:50; in the following the RV has "great" …

Love (Noun and Verb) and the corresponding noun agape (B, No. 1 below) present "the characteristic word of Christianity, and since the Spirit of revelation has …

Love (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H157Original Word: ’ahabUsage Notes: "to love; like." This verb occurs in Moabite and Ugaritic. It…

Love feasts is used in the plural in Jud 1:12, and in some mss. in 2Pe 2:13; RV marg., "many ancient authorities read 'deceivings,'" (apatais); so the AV. These…

Lovely "pleasing, agreeable, lovely" (pros, "toward," phileo, "to love"), occurs in Phi 4:8. In the Sept., Est 5:1 (3rd sentence).

Lover * This is combined with other words, forming compound adjectives as follows: "a lover of God," 2Ti 3:4. "loving strangers" (xenia, "hospitality"), transla…

Loving-kindness Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H2617Original Word: hesedUsage Notes: "loving-kindness; steadfast love; grace; mercy; faithf…

Low (to bring, to make), Low (estate, degree) "to bring low, to humble," is translated "shall be brought low" in Luk 3:5. See HUMBLE. denotes "of low degree or …

Lower (Adjective, and Verb, to make), Lowest the comparative degree of kato, "beneath," is used in Eph 4:9, of Christ's descent into "the lower parts of the ear…

Lower (Verb, to let down) * see LET DOWN, No. 2 (d)

Lowliness, Lowly "lowliness of mind, humbleness," is, translated "lowliness" or "lowliness of mind" in Act 20:19, RV; Eph 4:2, Phi 2:3. See HUMBLENESS OF MIND. …

Lowring (to be) "to have a gloomy, somber appearance" (akin to stugnos, "somber, gloomy," from a root stug--, "to hate;" cp. stugetos, "hateful," Tit 3:3), is s…

Lucre (filthy) "gain" (cp. kerdaino, "to gain, get gain"), is translated "gain" in Phi 1:21, Phi 3:7; "lucre" in Tit 1:11 (preceded by aischros, "filthy"). See …

Lukewarm "tepid, warm" (akin to chlio, "to become warm," not found in the NT or Sept.), is used metaphorically in Rev 3:16, of the state of the Laodicean church…

Lump denotes "that which is mixed or kneaded" (phurao, "to mix"); hence, "a lump," either of dough, Rom 11:16 (cp. Num 15:21); 1Co 1:5-7, Gal 5:9 (see under LEA…

Lunatic * For LUNATIC see EPILEPTIC

Lust (Noun and Verb) denotes "strong desire" of any kind, the various kinds being frequently specified by some adjective (see below). The word is used of a good…

Lying (Falsehood) * For LYING (falsehood) see LIE

Lying (in wait) * For LYING (in wait) see LIE IN WAIT

Mad, Madness "to rage, be mad," is translated by the verb "to be mad" in Joh 10:20, Act 12:15, Act 1:26-25, 1Co 14:23; see BESIDE ONESELF, No. 2. an intensive f…

Made (be) "to become," is sometimes translated by the Passive Voice of the verb to make, e.g., Mat 9:16, Joh 1:3 (three times), Joh 1:10, Joh 8:33, Rom 11:9, 1C…

Magistrate besides its application to "the captain of the Temple" (see CAPTAIN), denotes "a magistrate or governor," Act 16:20, Act 16:22, Act 1:16-36, Act 16:3…

Magnificence denotes "splendor, magnificence" (from megaleios, "magnificent," might," Act 2:11, megas, "great"), translated "magnificence" in Act 19:27, of the …

Magnify "to make great" (megas), is translated "to magnify" in Luk 1:46; in Luk 1:58, RV, "had magnified (His mercy)," AV, "had shewed great (mercy);" Act 5:13,…

Magnify (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H1431Original Word: gadalUsage Notes: "to become strong, grow up, be great or wealthy, evidence…

Maid, Maiden, Maidservant "a child," denotes "a maid" or "maiden" in Luk 8:51, Luk 8:54, RV, "maiden" in both places. See CHILD, MANSERVANT, SERVANT, SON, YOUNG…

Maiden Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1330Original Word: betûlâUsage Notes: "maiden, virgin." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic and Akkadian. Its 50 bi…

Maimed "crippled, maimed" (from ana, "up," and peros, "disabled in a limb"), is found in Luk 14:13, Luk 14:21. denotes "crooked, crippled" (akin to kulio, "to r…

Mainsail * For MAINSAIL see FORSAIL

Maintain "to preside, rule," also means "to maintain," Tit 3:8, Tit 3:14, "to maintain (good works)," RV marg., "profess honest occupations" (AV, marg. ... "tra…

Majesty see MAGNIFICENCE. from megas, "great," denotes "greatness, majesty;" it is used of God the Father, signifying His greatness and dignity, in Heb 1:3, "th…

Make "to do, to make," is used in the latter sense (a) of constructing or producing anything, of the creative acts of God, e.g., Mat 19:4 (2nd part); Act 17:24;…

Make (Cut) A Covenant (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3772Original Word: karatUsage Notes: "to cut off, cut down, fell, cut or make (a…

Make Haste Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4116Original Word: maharUsage Notes: "to hasten, make haste." This verb and various derivatives are common to both a…

Make Haste (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4116Original Word: maharUsage Notes: "to hasten; make haste." This verb, along with various derivatives, is com…

Maker lit., "one who works for the people" (from demos, "people," ergon, "work;" an ancient inscription speaks of the magistrates of Tarsus as demiourgoi: the w…

Male Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H2145Original Word: zakarUsage Notes: "male." Cognates of this word appear in Akkadian, Aramaic, and Ar…

Malefactor an adjective, lit., "evil-working" (kakos, "evil," ergon, "work"), is used as a noun, translated "malefactor(-s)" in Luk 1:23-33, Luk 23:39, and in t…

Malice, Maliciousness, Malicious "badness in quality" (the opposite of arete, "excellence"), "the vicious character generally" (Lightfoot), is translated "malic…

Malignity lit., "bad manner or character" (kakos, "bad," ethos, "manner"), hence, "an evil disposition" that tends to put the worst construction on everything, …

Mammon a common Aramaic word for "riches," akin to a Hebrew word signifying "to be firm, steadfast" (whence "Amen"), hence, "that which is to be trusted;" Gesen…

Man Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H120Original Word: ’adamUsage Notes: "man; mankind; people; someone (indefinite); Adam (the first man)."…

Man (see also Men) is used (a) generally, of "a human being, male or female," without reference to sex or nationality, e.g., Mat 4:4, Mat 12:35, Joh 2:25; (b) i…

Man-child * For MAN-CHILD see MALE

Man's, of Man, Mankind (see also Men) "human, belonging to man" (from anthropos, see MAN, No. 1), is used (a) of man's wisdom, in 1Co 2:13 (some mss. have it in…

Manger "a manger," Luk 2:7, Luk 2:12, Luk 2:16, also denotes "a stall," Luk 13:15. So in the Sept., the word denoted not only a "manger" but, by metonymy, the s…

Manifest (Adjective and Verb) manifest (akin to emphaino, "to show in, to exhibit;" en, "in," phaino, "to cause to shine"), is used (a) literally in Act 10:40, …

Manifestation "a manifestation" (akin to phaneros and phaneroo; see MANIFEST), occurs in 1Co 12:7, 2Co 4:2. Note: In Rom 8:19, AV, apokalupsis, "an uncovering, …