Vine's Expository Dictionary

Atonement translated "atonement" in the AV of Rom 5:11, signifies, not "atonement," but "reconciliation," as in the RV. See also Rom 11:15, 2Co 1:5-19. So with …

Attain a strengthened form of antao, "to come opposite to," signifies "to reach, to arrive at." It is used in its local significance several times in the Acts, …

Attend, Attendance, Attendant "to take heed, give heed," is said of the priests who "gave attendance at the altar," Heb 7:13. It suggests devotion of thought an…

Attentive * For ATTENTIVE, in the AV of Luk 19:48, see HANG, No. 2

Audience * For AUDIENCE see HEARING, A, No. 1, B, No. 1

Aught * Aught: See +, page 9 (footnote). It is wrongly spelled "ought" in the AV in some places, e.g., in Joh 4:33, "ought to eat" (there is no word in the orig…

Austere akin to auo, "to dry up" (Eng., "austere"), primarily denotes "stringent to the taste," like new wine not matured by age, unripe fruit, etc; hence, "har…

Author an adjective (cp. aitia, a cause), denotes "that which causes something." This and No. 2 are both translated "author" in Hebrews. Aitios, in Heb 5:9, des…

Authority denotes "authority" (from the impersonal verb exesti, "it is lawful"). From the meaning of "leave or permission," or liberty of doing as one pleases, …

Autumn an adjective signifying autumnal (from phthinoporon, "late autumn," from phthino, "to waste away," or "wane," and opora, "autumn"), is used in Jud 1:12, …

Avail signifies (a) "to be strong in body, to be robust, in sound health," Mat 9:12, Mar 2:17; (b) "to have power," as of the Gospel, Act 19:20; to prevail agai…

Avenge (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5358Original Word: naqamUsage Notes: "to avenge, take vengeance, punish." This root and its der…

Avenge, Avenger ek, "from," dike, "justice," i.e., that which proceeds from justice, means (a) "to vindicate a person's right," (b) "to avenge a thing." With th…

Avoid "to turn away from, to turn aside," lit., "to bend out of" (ek, "out," klino, "to bend"), is used in Rom 3:12, of the sinful condition of mankind, AV, gon…

Await * For AWAIT (AV of Act 9:24, Act 20:3, Act 20:19, Act 23:30) see PLOT

Awake is used, (a) in the Active Voice, of "arousing a person from sleep;" in Mat 8:25 of the act of the disciples in awaking the Lord; in Act 12:7, of the awak…

Awake (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H5782Original Word: ‘ûrUsage Notes: "to awake, stir up, rouse oneself, rouse." This word is found in both ancient and…

Aware * For AWARE see KNOW, A, No. 1, end of 1st par.

Away * Note: This word is to be taken in connection with various verbs. The verb airo, "to seize, to lift up, take away," is translated "away with," in Luk 23:1…

Awe "awe," is so rendered in Heb 12:28, RV; the previous word "reverence" represents the inferior reading aidos (see SHAMEFASTNESS).

Axe "an axe," akin to agnumi, "to break," is found in Mat 3:10, and Luk 3:9.

Baal Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1167Original Word: ba‘alUsage Notes: "master; baal." In Akkadian, the noun belu ("lord") gave rise to the verb belu ("to r…

Babbler, Babblings "a babbler," is used in Act 17:18. Primarily an adjective, it came to be used as a noun signifying a crow, or some other bird, picking up see…

Babe denotes (a) "an unborn child," as in Luk 1:41, Luk 1:44; (b) "a newborn child, or an infant still older," Luk 2:12, Luk 2:16, Luk 18:15, Act 7:19, 2Ti 3:15…

Back (Adverb), Backside, Backward connected with hepomai, "to follow," is used adverbially, of place, with the meaning "back," "backward," in the phrase eis ta …

Back (Noun) "the back," is derived from a root no-, signifying "to bend, curve." It is used in Rom 11:10.

Backbiter, Backbiting a "backbiter," and katalalia (2636), "backbiting," are formed from kata, "against," and laleo, "to speak." Katalalos is used in Rom 1:30. …

Bad indicates the lack in a person or thing of those qualities which should be possessed; it means "bad in character" (a) morally, by way of thinking, feeling o…

Bade * For BADE see BID

Bag from glossa, "a tongue," and komeo, "to tend," was, firstly, "a case" in which to keep the mouthpiece of wind instruments; secondly, "a small box" for any p…

Baggage "to furnish with things necessary;" in the Middle Voice, "to furnish for oneself;" it was used of equipping baggage animals for a journey; in Act 21:15,…

Balance "a yoke," also has the meaning of "a pair of scales," Rev 6:5. So the Sept. of Lev 19:36, Isa 40:12. See YOKE.

Band Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1416Original Word: gedûdUsage Notes: "band (of raiders); marauding band; raiding party; army; units (of an army); troops; …

Banded Act 23:12, of the Jews who "banded together" with the intention of killing Paul, consists of the verb poieo, "to make," and the noun sustrophe, primarily…

Bank, Bankers primarily "a table," denotes (a) an eating-table, e.g., Mat 15:27; (b) food, etc. placed on "a table," Act 6:2, Act 16:34; (c) "a feast, a banquet…

Banqueting * For BANQUETING see CAROUSINGS

Baptism, Baptist, Baptize "baptism," consisting of the processes of immersion, submersion and emergence (from bapto, "to dip"), is used (a) of John's "baptism,"…

Barbarian, Barbarous properly meant "one whose speech is rude, or harsh;" the word is onomatopoeic, indicating in the sound the uncouth character represented by…

Bare (Adjective) "naked," is once translated "bare," 1Co 15:37, where, used of grain, the meaning is made clearer by translating the phrase by "a bare grain," R…

Bare (Verb) * For BARE (Verb) see BEAR

Barley "barley," is used in the plural in Rev 6:6. signifies "made of barley," Joh 6:9, Joh 6:13.

Barn lit., "a place where anything is stored" (Eng., "apothecary"), hence denoted a garner, granary, barn, Mat 3:12, Mat 6:26, Mat 13:30, Luk 3:17, Luk 12:18, L…

Barren from a root ster- meaning "hard, firm" (hence Eng., "sterile"), signifies "barren, not bearing children," and is used with the natural significance three…

Base, Baser "of low birth" (a, negative, genos, "family, race"), hence denoted "that which is of no reputation, of no account," 1Co 1:28, "the base things of th…

Basket, Basketful was "a wicker basket," originally containing a certain measure of capacity, Mat 14:20, Mat 16:9, Mar 6:43 (RV, "basketfuls"); Mar 8:19, Luk 9:…

Bason the vessel into which the Lord poured water to wash the disciples' feet, was "a large ewer," Joh 13:5. The word is connected with the verb nipto, "to wash…

Bastard denotes "an illegitimate child, one born out of lawful wedlock," Heb 12:8.

Bathed signifies "to bathe or to wash." In Joh 13:10 the RV "bathed" is necessary to distinguish the act from the washing of feet. See WASH.

Battle "a war," is incorrectly rendered "battle" in the AV of 1Co 14:8, Rev 9:7, Rev 9:9, Rev 16:14, Rev 20:8; RV, invariably, "war."

Bay translated "bay" in the RV of Act 27:39, is wider than a "creek" (AV). Eng., "gulf," is connected. See BOSOM.