Vine's Expository Dictionary

Money properly, "a piece of silver," denotes (a) "silver," e.g., Act 3:6; (b) a "silver coin," often in the plural, "pieces of silver," e.g., Mat 26:15; so Mat …

Money (love of) from phileo, "to love," and arguros, "silver," occurs in 1Ti 6:10 (cp. philarguros, "covetous, avaricious"). Trench contrasts this with pleonexi…

Money-changer, changer of Money * For MONEY-CHANGER, CHANGER OF MONEY, see CHANGER

Month, Months connected with mene, "the moon," akin to a Sanskrit root ma--, "to measure" (the Sanskirt masa denotes both moon and month, cp., e.g., Lat. mensis…

Moon from selas, "brightness" (the Heb. words are yareach, "wandering," and lebanah, "white"), occurs in Mat 24:29, Mar 13:24, Luk 21:25, Act 2:20, 1Co 15:41, R…

Moor * For MOOR see DRAW, B, Note (1)

More the comparative degree of mala, "very, very much," is used (a) of increase, "more," with qualifying words, with pollo, "much," e.g., Mar 10:48, "the more (…

Moreover "yet, as yet, still," is translated "moreover" in Act 2:26; in Act 21:28, RV (AV, "further"); Heb 11:36. See MORE, A, No. 2. and, is translated "moreov…

Morning Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H1242Original Word: boqerUsage Notes: "morning." This word occurs about 214 times and in every perio…

Morning (in the, early in the) "early, at early morn" (from pro, "before"), is used as a noun in the feminine form proia, "morning" in Mat 27:1, Joh 21:4 (in so…

Morrow an adverb denoting "tomorrow," is used (a) with this meaning in Mat 6:30, Luk 12:28, Luk 1:13-33, Act 23:15 (in some mss.), Act 23:20, Act 25:22, 1Co 15:…

Morsel * For MORSEL see MEAT, No. 2

Mortal, Mortality "subject or liable to death, mortal" (akin to thnesko, "to die"), occurs in Rom 6:12, of the body, where it is called "mortal," not simply bec…

Mortify "to put to death" (from thanatos, "death," akin to thnetos, "mortal," see above), is translated "mortify" in Rom 8:13 (Amer. RV, "put to death"); in Rom…

Most the neuter of pleion, "more," is used adverbially and translated "most" (of degree) in Luk 7:42 (without the article); in Luk 7:43 (with the article, "the …

Mote "a small, dry stalk, a twig, a bit of dried stick" (from karpho, "to dry up"), or "a tiny straw or bit of wool," such as might fly into the eye, is used me…

Moth denotes "a clothes moth," Mat 1:6-20, Luk 12:33. In Job 4:19 "crushed before the moth" alludes apparently to the fact that woolen materials, riddled by the…

Moth-eaten from ses, "a moth," and bibrosko, "to eat," is used in Jam 5:2. In the Sept. Job 13:28.

Mother Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H517Original Word: ’emUsage Notes: "mother; grandmother; stepmother." Cognates of this word appear in nearly all Semitic …

Mother-in-law the feminine of pentheros ("a father-in-law"), occurs in Mat 8:14, Mat 10:35, Mar 1:30, Luk 4:38, Luk 12:53 (twice).

Motion * For MOTION, Rom 7:5, AV, see PASSION

Mount, Mountain is used (a) without specification, e.g., Luk 3:5 (distinct from bounos, "a hill," see HILL, No. 3); Joh 4:20; (b) of "the Mount of Transfigurati…

Mountain Range Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2022Original Word: harUsage Notes: "mountain range; mountainous region; mount." This word also appears in Ugarit…

Mourn (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H56Original Word: ’abalUsage Notes: "to mourn, lament." This word is common to both ancient and modern Hebrew. Found …

Mourn, Mourning "to cut or beat," used in the Middle Voice of "beating the breast or head in mourning" (cp. Luk 23:27), is translated "shall mourn" in Mat 24:30…

Mouth Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6310Original Word: pehUsage Notes: "mouth; edge; opening; entrance; collar; utterance; order; command; evidence." This wo…

Move, Moved, Mover, Moving, Unmovable "to set in motion, move" (hence, e.g., Eng. "kinematics," "kinetics," "cinema"), is used (a) of wagging the head, Mat 27:3…

Mow "to mow," is translated "moved" in Jam 5:4, RV (AV, "have reaped down"). "The cognate words seem to show that the sense of cutting or mowing was original, a…

Much is used (a) as an adjective of degree, e.g., Mat 13:5, "much (earth);" Act 26:24, "much (learning);" in Act 26:29, in the answer to Agrippa's "with but lit…

Much (as) * Notes: (1) In Luk 6:34 the phrase ta isa, lit., "the equivalent (things)," is translated "as much" (of lending, to receive back the equivalent). (2)…

Multiply used (a) transitively, denotes "to cause to increase, to multiply," 2Co 9:10, Heb 6:14 (twice); in the Passive Voice, "to be multiplied," Mat 24:12, RV…

Multiply (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7235Original Word: rabâUsage Notes: "to multiply, become numerous, become great." This verb a…

Multitude Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H1995Original Word: hamônUsage Notes: "multitude; lively commotion; agitation; tumult; uproar; com…

Murder is used (a) of a special act, Mar 15:7, Luk 23:19, Luk 23:25; (b) in the plural, of "murders" in general, Mat 15:19, Mar 7:21 (Gal 5:21, in some inferior…

Murderer akin to phoneuo and phonos (see above), is used (a) in a general sense, in the singular, 1Pe 4:15; in the plural, Rev 21:8, Rev 22:15; (b) of those gui…

Murmur, Murmuring "to mutter, murmur, grumble, say anything in a low tone" (Eng., "gong"), an onomatopoeic word, representing the significance by the sound of t…

Murmurer "a murmurer" (akin to A, No. 1, and B, above), "one who complains," is used in Jud 1:16, especially perhaps of utterances against God (see Jud 1:15).

Music lit., "a sounding together" (Eng., "symphony"), occurs in Luk 15:25. In the Sept., Dan 3:5, Dan 3:7, Dan 3:10, Dan 3:15, for Aramaic sumponya (not in Dan …

Musician * For MUSICIAN, Rev 18:22, AV, see MINSTREL

Musing * For MUSING (dialogizomai, in Luk 3:15, AV) see REASON (Verb)

Must an impersonal verb, signifying "it is necessary" or "one must," "one ought," is found most frequently in the Gospels, Acts and the Apocalypse, and is used …

Mustard a word of Egyptian origin, is translated "mustard seed" in the NT. "The conditions to be fulfilled by the mustard are that it should be a familiar plant…

Mutual * Note: This is the AV rendering of the phrase en allelois in Rom 1:12, translated in the RV, "each of us by the other's (faith)." See OTHER, No. 5.

Muzzle "to close the mouth with a muzzle" (phimos), is used (a) of "muzzling" the ox when it treads out the corn, 1Co 9:9, AV, "muzzle the mouth of," RV, "muzzl…

My (mine) a possessive adjective of the first person, often used as a possessive pronoun with greater emphasis than the oblique forms of ego (see below), a meas…

Myrrh whence the name "Smyrna," a word of Semitic origin, Heb., mor, from a root meaning "bitter," is a gum resin from a shrubby tree, which grows in Yemen and …

Myself a reflexive pronoun, of the first person, lit., "of myself," is used (a) frequently after various prepositions, e.g., hupo, "under," Mat 8:9, Luk 7:8; RV…

Mystery primarily that which is known to the mustes, "the initiated" (from mueo, "to initiate into the mysteries;" cp. Phi 4:12, mueomai, "I have learned the se…

Nail (Noun and Verb) occurs in the remarks of Thomas regarding the print of the nails used in Christ's crucifixion, Joh 20:25. "to nail to" (pros, "to," and a v…

Naked (Adjective and Verb), Nakedness signifies (a) "unclothed," Mar 14:52; in Mat 14:51 it is used as a noun ("his" and "body" being italicized); (b) "scantily…