Vine's Expository Dictionary

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Brier * For BRIER see THISTLE

Bright, Brightness "bright" (from phos, "light"), is said of a cloud, Mat 17:5; metaphorically of the body, Mat 6:22, "full of light;" Luk 11:34, Luk 11:36. See…

Brim "above, on high, in a higher place," in Joh 2:7 is used to denote the "brim" of a waterpot, lit., "up to above," i.e., "up to the higher parts," i.e., "the…

Brimstone originally denoted "fire from heaven." It is connected with sulphur. Places touched by lightning were called theia, and, as lightning leaves a sulphur…

Bring, Bringing, Brought "to bear, or carry," is used also of "bearing or bringing forth fruit," Mar 4:8, Joh 15:5, etc. To bring is the most frequent meaning. …

Broad, Breadth from eurus, "broad," and chora, "a place," signifies, lit., "(with) a broad place," i.e., "broad, spacious," Mat 7:13. connected with plak, "a fl…

Broided * For BROIDED see BRAIDED

Broiled "broiled" (from optao, "to cook, roast"), is said of food prepared by fire, Luk 24:42.

Broken * For BROKEN see BREAK

Brokenhearted * For BROKENHEARTED see BREAK, A, No. 5

Brood primarily, "a nest," denotes "a brood," Luk 13:34. Some texts have nossion in the plural, as Mat 23:37, "chicken."

Brook lit., "winter-flowing" (from cheima, "winter," and rheo, "to flow"), a stream which runs only in winter or when swollen with rains, a "brook," Joh 18:1.

Brother Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H251Original Word: ’ahUsage Notes: "brother." This word has cognates in Ugaritic and most other Semitic languages. Bibli…

Brother, Brethren, Brotherhood, Brotherly denotes "a brother, or near kinsman;" in the plural, "a community based on identity of origin or life." It is used of:…

Brought * For BROUGHT see BRING

Brow "an eyebrow," stands for "the brow of a hill," Luk 4:29, from the resemblance to an eyebrow, i.e., a ridge with an overhanging bank.

Bruise see BREAK, A, No. 5. "to smite through, shatter," is used in Luk 4:18, "them that are bruised," i.e., broken by calamity.

Brute translated "brute" in the AV of 2Pe 2:12, Jud 1:10, signifies "without reason," RV, though, as J. Hastings points out, "brute beasts" is not at all unsuit…

Bud "to bud," is said of Aaron's rod, Heb 9:14; "spring up," Mat 13:26, Mar 4:27; elsewhere, in Jam 5:18. See BRING, No. 26, SPRING, No. 6.

Buffet signifies "to strike with clenched hands, to buffet with the fist" (kolaphos, "a fist"), Mat 26:67, Mar 14:65, 1Co 4:11, 2Co 12:7, 1Pe 2:20. lit., "to st…

Build (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H1129Original Word: banâUsage Notes: "to build, establish, construct, rebuild." This root appears…

Build, Builder, Building lit., "to build a house" (oikos, "a house," domeo, "to build"), hence, to build anything, e.g., Mat 7:24, Luk 4:29, Luk 6:48, RV, "well…

Bull * For BULL see OX

Bullock Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H6499Original Word: parUsage Notes: "bullock." Cognates of this word appear in Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac, and Arabic. Pa…

Bundle from deo, "to bind" (similarly, Eng. "bundle" is akin to "bind"), is used in Mat 13:30. "a great number" (akin to pleo, "to fill"), is the word for the "…

Burden, Burdened, Burdensome denotes "a weight, anything pressing on one physically," Mat 20:12, or "that makes a demand on one's resources," whether material, …

Burial, Bury, Burying lit., "an entombing" (from en, "in," taphos, "a tomb"), "burying," occurs in Mar 14:8, Joh 12:7. Cp. B.1. "a burial" (cp. No. 1, and Eng.,…

Burn (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H8313Original Word: sarapUsage Notes: "to burn." A common Semitic term, this word is found in anci…

Burn Incense (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6999Original Word: qatarUsage Notes: "to burn incense, cause to rise up in smoke." The pr…

Burn, Burning "to set fire to, to light;" in the Passive Voice, "to be lighted, to burn," Mat 5:15, Joh 15:6, Heb 12:18, Rev 4:5, Rev 8:8, Rev 8:10, Rev 19:20, …

Burning Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H2734Original Word: harâUsage Notes: to get angry, be angry." This verb appears in the Bible 92 time…

Burnished see BRASS.

Burnt (offering) denotes "a whole burnt offering" (holos, "whole," kautos, for kaustos, a verbal adjective from kaio, "to burn"), i.e., "a victim," the whole of…

Burst (asunder) see BREAK, A. No. 6. primarily, "to crack, or crash," denotes "to burst asunder with a crack, crack open" (always of making a noise), is used in…

Bury * For BURY see BURIAL

Bury (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6912Original Word: qabarUsage Notes: "to bury." This verb is found in most Semitic languages incl…

Bush denotes "a bramble bush," as in Luk 6:44. In Mar 12:26, Luk 20:37 the phrase "in the place concerning the Bush" signifies in that part of the book of Exodu…

Bushel was a dry measure containing about a peck, Mat 5:15, Mar 4:21, Luk 11:33.

Business translated "business" in Act 6:3, of the distribution of funds, signifies "a necessity, a need," and is used in this place concerning duty or business.…

Busybody lit., "to be working round about, instead of at one's own business" (peri, "around," ergon, "work"), signifies to take more pains than enough about a t…

Buy (To) Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H7069Original Word: qanâUsage Notes: "to get, acquire, create, buy." A common Semitic word, qanâ is found in ancient an…

Buy, Bought primarily, "to frequent the market-place," the agora, hence "to do business there, to buy or sell," is used lit., e.g., in Mat 14:15. Figuratively C…

By * For BY See Note +, p. 9. Note: The phrase "by and by" in the AV is in several places misleading. The three words exautes, Mar 6:25, euthus, Mat 13:21, and …

Cage from phulasso, "to guard," denotes (a) "a watching, keeping watch," Luk 2:8; (b) "persons keeping watch, a guard," Act 12:10; (c) "a period during which wa…

Calamity Usage Number: 1Strong's Number: H343Original Word: ’êdUsage Notes: "calamity; disaster." A possible cognate of this word appears in Arabic. Its 24 bibl…

Calf primarily denotes "anything young," whether plants or the offspring of men or animals, the idea being that which is tender and delicate; hence "a calf, you…

Call (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H7121Original Word: qara’Usage Notes: "to call, call out, recite." This root occurs in Old Aramaic…

Call, Called, Calling derived from the root kal--, whence Eng. "call" and "clamor" (see B and C, below), is used (a) with a personal object, "to call anyone, in…

Calm primarily signifies "calmness, cheerfulness" (from a root gal--, from which gelao, "to smile," is also derived; hence the "calm" of the sea, the smiling oc…