Vine's Expository Dictionary

Noisome "evil," is translated "noisome" in Rev 16:2. See BAD.

None * For NONE see NO MAN

Noon lit., "middle-day" (mesos, "middle," and hemera, "a day"), signifies (a) "noon," Act 22:6; (b) "the south," Act 8:26.

Nor * For NOR see +, p. 9

North primarily Boreas, the North Wind, came to denote the "north" (cp. "Borealis"), Luk 13:29, Rev 21:13.

North East, North West Lat., corus, the Latin name for "the north-west wind," hence, "the north-west," occurs in Act 27:12, AV, RV, "(north-east and) south-east…

Nose Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H639Original Word: ’apUsage Notes: "nose; nostrils; face; wrath; anger." This general Semitic word has …

Not * For NOT see +, p. 9

Notable, of Note an adjective, signifying "known" (from ginosko, "to know"), is used (a) as an adjective, most usually translated "known," whether of facts, e.g…

Note (Verb) from semeion, "a sign, token," signifies "to mark, to note," in the Middle Voice, "to note for oneself," and is so used in 2Th 3:14, in an injunctio…

Nothing the neuter of oudeis, "no one," occurs, e.g., in Mat 5:13, Mat 10:26, Mat 23:16; adverbially, e.g., in Mat 27:24, 2Co 12:11 (1st part), "in nothing;" 1T…

Notice before * For NOTICE BEFORE, 2Co 9:5, AV, see AFOREPROMISED

Notwithstanding * Note: This is the AV rendering of (1) alla, "but," in Rev 2:20 (RV, "but"); (2) plen, "howbeit, yet, except that," in Luk 10:11, Luk 10:20, an…

Nought (for, bring to, come to, set at) "nothing" (the neuter of oudeis, no one), is translated "nought" in Act 5:36. See NOTHING. "freely, as a gift," is trans…

Nourish, Nourishment "to rear, feed, nourish," is translated by the verb "to nourish" in Jam 5:5 (of luxurious living); Rev 12:14 (of God's care of Israel again…

Nourishment ministered * For NOURISHMENT MINISTERED, Col 2:19, see SUPPLY

Novice an adjective, lit., "newly-planted" (from neos, "new," and phuo, "to bring forth, produce"), denotes "a new convert, neophyte, novice," 1Ti 3:6, of one w…

Now is used (a) of time, the immediate present, whether in contrast to the past, e.g., Joh 4:18, Act 7:52, or to the future, e.g., Joh 12:27, Rom 11:31; sometim…

Number number, "a number" (Eng., "arithmetic," etc.), occurs in Luk 22:3, Joh 6:10, Rom 9:27; elsewhere five times in Acts, ten times in the Apocalypse. "a mult…

Number (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5608Original Word: saparUsage Notes: "to number, count, proclaim, declare." The relationship of…

Number (To) (1) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6485Original Word: paqadUsage Notes: "to number, visit, be concerned with, look after, make…

Nurse translated "nurse" in 1Th 2:7, there denotes a "nursing" mother, as is clear from the statement "cherisheth her own children;" this is also confirmed by t…

* For NURTURE (Eph 6:4) see CHASTENING

Oath is primarily equivalent to herkos, "a fence, an enclosure, that which restrains a person;" hence, "an oath." The Lord's command in Mat 5:33 was a condemnat…

Obedience, Obedient, Obey "obedience" (hupo, "under," akouo, "to hear"), is used (a) in general, Rom 6:16 (1st part), RV, "(unto) obedience," AV, "(to) obey;" h…

Object (Verb) * For the verb OBJECT, Act 24:19, see ACCUSATION, B, No. 4

Objects * For OBJECTS, RV, in Act 17:23, see WORSHIP

Observation, Observe "attentive watching" (akin to paratereo, "to observe"), is used in Luk 17:20, of the manner in which the kingdom of God (i.e., the operatio…

Obtain, Obtaining "to meet with, light upon," also signifies "to obtain, attain to, reach, get" (with regard to things), translated "to obtain" in Act 26:22, of…

Occasion properly "a starting point," was used to denote "a base of operations in war." In the NT it occurs as follows: "(a) the Law provided sin with a base of…

Occupation * For OCCUPATION, Act 18:3, AV, see TRADE Notes: The phrase "of like occupation" in Act 19:25 translates the phrase peri ("about") ta ("the") toiauta…

Occupy "to walk," is sometimes used of the state in which one is living, or of that to which a person is given, e.g., Heb 13:9, "(meats, wherein they that) occu…

Odor "a smell, an odor" (akin to ozo, "to smell"), is translated "odor" in Joh 12:3, it is used metaphorically in Eph 5:2, RV, "an odor (of a sweet smell)," AV,…

Of * Note: (1) In addition to the rendering of a number of prepositions, "of" translates the genitive case of nouns, with various shades of meaning. Of these th…

Off * For OFF see +, p. 9

Offence originally was "the name of the part of a trap to which the bait is attached, hence, the trap or snare itself, as in Rom 11:9, RV, 'stumblingblock,' quo…

Offend from skandalon (OFFENSE, No. 1), signifies "to put a snare or stumblingblock in the way," always metaphorically in the NT, in the same ways as the noun, …

Offender "a debtor," is translated "offenders" in Luk 13:4, RV (RV and AV marg., "debtors;" AV, "sinners"). See DEBTOR. Note: In Act 25:11, AV, adikeo, "to do w…

Offer (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7126Original Word: qarabUsage Notes: "to offer, come near, approach." This word appears in nearl…

Offer, Offering primarily, "to bring to" (pros, "to," phero, "to bring"), also denotes "to offer," (a) of the sacrifice of Christ Himself, Heb 8:3; of Christ in…

Offering Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H4503Original Word: minhâUsage Notes: "meat [cereal] offering; offering; tribute; present; gift; sacrifice; oblation." …

Office "a doing, deed" (akin to prasso, "to do or practice"), also denotes "an acting" or "function," translated "office" in Rom 12:4. See DEED. or hieratia, de…

Officer for the original of which see MINISTER, A, No. 3, is translated "officer," with the following applications, (a) to a magistrate's attendant, Mat 5:25; (…

Offscouring "that which is wiped off" (akin to peripsao, "to wipe off all round;" peri, "around," psao, "to wipe"), hence, "offscouring," is used metaphorically…

Offspring akin to genao, "to beget," denotes "the offspring of men and animals," Mat 3:7, Mat 12:34, Mat 23:33, Luk 3:7, RV, "offspring" (AV, "generation"). See…

Oft, Often, Oftener, Oftentimes, Oft-times akin to polus, "much, many," is variously translated, e.g., "oft-times," Mat 17:15 (AV, "oft," 2nd part); "many times…

Oil "olive oil," is mentioned over 200 times in the Bible. Different kinds were known in Palestine. The "pure," RV (AV, "beaten"), mentioned in Exo 27:20, Exo 2…

Ointment a word derived by the ancients from muro, "to flow," or from murra, "myrrh-oil" (it is probably of foreign origin; see MYRRH). The "ointment" is mentio…

Old "original, ancient" (from arche, "a beginning:" Eng., "archaic," "archaeology," etc.), is used (a) of persons belonging to a former age, "(to) them of old t…

Old wives' an adjective, signifying "old-womanish" (from graus, "an old woman"), is said of fables, in 1Ti 4:7.