Vine's Expository Dictionary

Be * For BE see BEING

Be (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H1961Original Word: hayâUsage Notes: "to become, occur, come to pass, be." This verb occurs only in Hebrew and Aramaic. …

Be A Harlot Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H2181Original Word: zanâUsage Notes: "to go a whoring, commit fornication, be a harlot, serve other gods." This is t…

Be Merciful Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7355Original Word: rahamUsage Notes: "to have compassion, be merciful, pity." The words from th…

Be Weak Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3782Original Word: kashalUsage Notes: "to stumble, stagger, totter, be thrown down." As in biblical Hebrew, this word i…

Be Willing Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H14Original Word: ’abâUsage Notes: "to will, be willing, consent." Common throughout the history of the Hebrew langua…

Beach translated "shore" in the AV in each place where it is used, Mat 13:2, Mat 13:48, Joh 21:4, Act 21:5, Act 1:27-40, is always in the RV translated "beach."…

Beam "a beam," is perhaps etymologically connected with the root dek--, seen in the word dechomai, "to receive," "beams" being received at their ends into walls…

Bear * (in the sense of "carrying, supporting") For the verb "to bear" in the sense of "begetting," see BEGET. signifies "to support as a burden." It is used wi…

Bear (animal) "a bear," occurs in Rev 13:2.

Bear (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H3205Original Word: yaladUsage Notes: "to bear, bring forth, beget, be delivered." This verb occur…

Beast Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H929Original Word: behemâUsage Notes: "beast; animal; domesticated animal; cattle; riding beast; wild beast." A cognate of…

Beat from a root der--, "skin" (derma, "a skin," cp. Eng., "dermatology"), primarily "to flay," then "to beat, thrash or smite," is used of the treatment of the…

Beautiful describes "that which is seasonable, produced at the right time," as of the prime of life, or the time when anything is at its loveliest and best (fro…

Became * For BECAME see BECOME

Because * For BECAUSE see Note + p. 9.

Beckon lit., "to give a nod, to signify by a nod," is used in Joh 13:24, of Peter's beckoning to John to ask the Lord of whom He had been speaking; in Act 24:10…

Become (to be fitting) "to be conspicuous among a number, to be eminent, distinguished by a thing," hence, "to be becoming seemly, fit." The adornment of good w…

Bed akin to klino, "to lean" (Eng., "recline, incline" etc.), "a bed," e.g., Mar 7:30, also denotes a "couch" for reclining at meals, Mar 4:21, or a "couch" for…

Befall Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7122Original Word: qara’Usage Notes: "to encounter, befall." Qara’ represents an intentional confrontation, whereby one …

Befit, Befitting is translated "befit" in Tit 2:1, RV (AV, "become"). See BECOME. primarily, "to have arrived at, reached to, pertained to," came to denote "wha…

Before, Beforetime the neuter of the adjective protos (the superlative degree of pro, "before"), signifies "first, or at the first," (a) in order of time, e.g.,…

Beg, Beggar, Beggarly a strengthened form of aiteo, is used in Luk 16:3. lit., "to ask besides" (pros, "towards," used intensively, and aiteo), "to ask earnestl…

Began * For BEGAN see BEGIN

Beget, Bear (of begetting), Born "to beget," in the Passive Voice, "to be born," is chiefly used of men "begetting" children, Mat 1:1-16; more rarely of women "…

Beggar * For BEGGAR see BEG

Begin, Beginning, Beginner denotes "to begin." In Luk 3:23 the present participle is used in a condensed expression, lit., "And Jesus Himself was beginning abou…

Begotten * For BEGOTTEN see BEGET

Beguile "to deceive," is rendered "beguiled" in the RV of 1Ti 2:14. See No. 2. a strengthened form of No. 1, is rendered "beguile," 2Co 11:3; the more adequate …

Behalf "a part," is translated "behalf" in the AV of 2Co 9:3 (RV, "respect") and 1Pe 4:16; here the most authentic texts have onoma, "a name;" hence RV, "in thi…

Behave, Behavior "to turn back, return" (ana, "back," strepho, "to turn"), hence, "to move about in a place, to sojourn," and, in the Middle and Passive Voices,…

Behead apo, "from, off," kephale, "a head," is found in Mat 14:10, Mar 6:16, Mar 6:27, Luk 9:9. denotes "to cut with an axe" (from pelekus, "an axe"), Rev 20:4.

Behind Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: AdverbStrong's Number: H310Original Word: ’aharUsage Notes: "behind; after(wards)." A cognate of this word occurs in Ugari…

Behind, come Behind "behind," is used only of place, e.g., Mat 9:20, Mar 5:27, Luk 8:44, Rev 4:6; as a preposition, Mat 15:23 ("after"); Luk 23:26; in Rev 5:1, …

Behold, Beheld with its aorist form eidon, "to see" (in a few places the AV uses the verb "to behold"), is said (a) of bodily vision, e.g., Mar 6:38, Joh 1:18, …

Behove "to owe," is once rendered "behove," Heb 2:17; it indicates a necessity, owing to the nature of the matter under consideration; in this instance, the ful…

Being * When not part of another verb (usually the participle), or part of a phrase, this word translates one of the following: (a) the present participle of ei…

Belial is a word frequently used in the Old Testament, with various meanings, especially in the books of Samuel, where it is found nine times. See also Deu 13:1…

Belief, Believe, Believers "to believe," also "to be persuaded of," and hence, "to place confidence in, to trust," signifies, in this sense of the word, relianc…

Believe (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H539Original Word: ’amanUsage Notes: "to be firm, endure, be faithful, be true, stand fast, tru…

Belly from koilos, "hollow" (Lat., coelum, "heaven," is connected), denotes the entire physical cavity, but most frequently was used to denote "the womb." In Jo…

Belong * Note: This word represents (a) a phrase consisting of eimi, "to be," with or without a preposition and a noun, and usually best rendered, as in the RV,…

Beloved from agapao, "to love," is used of Christ as loved by God, e.g., Mat 3:17; of believers (ditto), e.g., Rom 1:7; of believers, one of another, 1Co 4:14; …

Bend Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H3766Original Word: kara‘Usage Notes: "to bow, bow down, bend the knee." This term is found in both ancient and modern Hebr…

Beneath signifies (a) "down, downwards," Mat 4:6, Luk 4:9, Joh 8:6, Joh 8:8, Act 20:9; (b) "below, beneath," of place, Mar 14:66; the realms that lie below in c…

Benefit, Benefactor lit., "good work" (eu, "well," ergon, "work"), is found in Act 4:9, "good deed," and 1Ti 6:2, "benefit." "a benefactor," expresses the agent…

Benevolence "good will" (eu, "well," nous, "the mind"), is rendered "benevolence" in 1Co 7:3, AV. The RV, following the texts which have opheilen ("due"), has "…

Bereaved, Bereft lit., "to be rendered an orphan" (apo, "from," with the thought of separation, and orphanos, "an orphan"), is used metaphorically in 1Th 2:17 (…

Beryl "beryl," is a precious stone of a sea-green color, Rev 21:20 (cp. Exo 28:20).

Beseech the most frequent word with this meaning, lit. denotes "to call to one's side," hence, "to call to one's aid." It is used for every kind of calling to a…