Vine's Expository Dictionary

Oldness from palaios (see A, No. 2, above), occurs in Rom 7:6, of "the letter," i.e., "the law," with its rules of conduct, mere outward conformity to which has…

Olive or Oil Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H8081Original Word: shemenUsage Notes: "(olive) oil; olive; perfume; olivewood." Cognates of th…

Olives (Olive berries), Olive tree denotes (a) "an olive tree," Rom 11:17, Rom 11:24, Rev 11:4 (plural); the Mount of Olives was so called from the numerous oli…

Omitted * For OMITTED (Mat 23:23, AV) see LEAVE (undone), No. 1

Omnipotent * For OMNIPOTENT (Rev 19:6) see ALMIGHTY

On * For ON see +, p. 9

Once (at; for all) denotes (a) "once, one time," 2Co 11:25, Heb 9:7, Heb 1:9-27, Heb 1:12-27; in the phrase "once and again," lit., "once and twice," Phi 4:16, …

One the first cardinal numeral, masculine (feminine and neuter nominative forms are mia and hen, respectively), is used to signify (1) (a) "one" in contrast to …

One another or One ... another, One ... the other * Notes: (1) This translates a number of words and phrases, (a) allelon, a reciprocal pronoun in the genitive …

Only "alone, solitary," is translated "only," e.g., in Mat 4:10, Mat 12:4, Mat 17:8, 1Co 9:6, 1Co 14:36, Phi 4:15, Col 4:11, 2Jo 1:1; it is used as an attribute…

Only Begotten is used five times, all in the writings of the Apostle John, of Christ as the Son of God; it is translated "only begotten" in Heb 11:17 of the rel…

Onset * For ONSET, Act 14:5, RV, see ASSAULT and IMPULSE

Onward * For ONWARD, 2 John 9, RV, see GO, No. 10

Open, opening is used (1) transitively, (a) literally, of "a door or gate," e.g., Act 5:19; graves, Mat 27:52; a sepulchre, Rom 3:13; a book, e.g., Luk 4:17 (so…

Openly "freedom of speech, boldness," is used adverbially in the dative case and translated "openly" in Mar 8:32, of a saying of Christ; in Joh 7:13, of a publi…

Operation * For OPERATION see WORKING

Opportunity (lack) primarily, "a due measure," is used of "a fixed and definite period, a time, season," and is translated "opportunity" in Gal 6:10, Heb 11:15.…

Oppose see ADVERSARY, B. is used in the Middle Voice in the sense of setting oneself against (anti, "against," tasso, "to order, set"), "opposing oneself to," A…

Oppositions "a contrary position" (anti, "against," tithemi, "to place;" Eng., "antithesis"), occurs in 1Ti 6:20.

Oppress "to exercise power over" (kata, "down," dunastes, "a potentate;" dunamai, "to have power"), "to oppress," is used, in the Passive Voice, in Act 10:38; i…

Or * For OR see +, p. 9

Oracle a diminutive of logos, "a word, narrative, statement," denotes "a Divine response or utterance, an oracle;" it is used of (a) the contents of the Mosaic …

Oration from demos, "the people" and agoreuo, "to speak in the public assembly, to deliver an oration," occurs in Act 12:21.

Orator from an obsolete present tense, rheo, "to say" (cp. Eng., "rhetoric"), denotes "a public speaker, an orator," Act 24:1, of Tertullus. Such a person, dist…

Ordain to put: see APPOINT, No. 3. from kata, "down," or "over against," and histemi, "to cause to stand, to set," is translated "to ordain" in the AV of Tit 1:…

Order (Noun and Verb) "an arranging, arrangement, order" (akin to tasso, "to arrange, draw up in order"), is used in Luk 1:8 of the fixed succession of the cour…

Orderly an adjective signifying "decent, modest, orderly" (akin to kosmos, "order, adornment"), is translated "modest" in 1Ti 2:9; "orderly" in 1Ti 3:2, RV (AV,…

Ordinance Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H2706Original Word: hoqUsage Notes: "statute; prescription; rule; law; regulation." This noun is d…

Other indicates numeral distinction of objects of similar character, and is used (a) absolutely, e.g., Mat 20:3 (plural); (b) attached to a noun, e.g., Mat 21:3…

Other side and Other way * For OTHER SIDE and OTHER WAY see SIDE and WAY

Otherwise is used, in its neuter form, allo, in Gal 5:10, lit., "another thing," with the meaning "otherwise." See OTHER, No. 1. the adverb corresponding to No.…

Ought (Pronoun) * For the pronoun OUGHT (AV) see AUGHT

Ought (Verb) denotes "it is necessary," "one must;" in Luk 24:26, AV, "ought" (RV "behoved it"); the neuter of the present participle, used as a noun, is transl…

Our own is sometimes used as a reflexive pronoun of the 1st person plural, signifying "our own selves," translated "our own" in 1Th 2:8, lit., "(the souls) of o…

Our, Ours * Notes: (1) This usually translates hemon, the genitive of hemeis, "we," lit., "of us," e.g., Mat 6:9, Mat 1:6-12. It is translated "ours," e.g., in …

Ourselves * Notes: (1) This translates (a) autoi, the plural of autos, "self," used emphatically either alone, e.g., Joh 4:42, Rom 8:23 (1st part); 2Co 1:4 (las…

Out, Out of * Notes: (1) The preposition ek (or ex), which frequently signifies "out of" or "from the midst of," has a variety meanings, among which is "from," …

Outer the comparative degree of exo, "without," is used of the "outer" darkness, Mat 8:12, Mat 22:13, Mat 25:30.

Outgo "to go forward, go in advance, outgo," is used of time in Mar 6:33, "outwent," of the people who in their eagerness reached a spot earlier than Christ and…

Outrun primarily, "to run forward" (pro, "forward" or "before," trecho, "to run"), is used with tachion, "more quickly," in Joh 20:4, "outran," RV (AV, "did out…

Outside an adverb formed from exo, "without," properly signifies "from without," Mar 7:18 (in Mar 7:15 it is used as a preposition); with the article it is equi…

Outward, Outwardly "without," is used metaphorically of the physical frame, "the outward man," 2Co 4:16. See WITHOUT. is translated "outward" in Mat 23:27 (RV, …

Oven is mentioned in Mat 6:30, Luk 12:28. The form of "oven" commonly in use in the east indicates the kind in use as mentioned in Scripture. A hole is sunk in …

Over (to be, to have) lit., "to stand before," hence "to lead, to direct, attend to," is translated "rule," with reference to the family, in 1Ti 1:3-5, 1Ti 3:12…

Over-ripe denotes "to dry up, wither," translated in Rev 14:15, "over-ripe," RV (AV, "ripe"), said figuratively of the harvest of the earth, symbolizing the con…

Over, Over against * For OVER, OVER AGAINST see Note +, p. 9

Overboard * For OVERBOARD, Act 27:18, RV, see FREIGHT, and, in Act 27:43, RV, see CAST, No. 11.

Overcharge or baruno, is rendered "overcharged" in Luk 21:34. See BURDEN, B, No. 1. is rendered "overcharge" in 2Co 2:5, AV. See BURDEN, B, No. 2, and PRESS.

Overcome is used (a) of God, Rom 3:4 (a law term), RV, "mightest prevail;" (b) of Christ, Joh 16:33, Rev 3:21, Rev 5:5, Rev 17:14; (c) of His followers, Rom 12:…

Overflow, Overflowing "to abound more exceedingly," Rom 5:20, is used in the Middle Voice in 2Co 7:4, RV, "I overflow (with joy)," AV, "I am exceeding (joyful).…