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face, presence, countenance. Face, presence, countenance; used of the immediate relational presence of God turned toward humanity in blessing or turned away in judgment, and intimate communion.

psalm, melody with instrumental accompaniment. Psalm, musical ode; title of 57 individual psalms in the Psalter designed for stringed liturgical accompaniment.

to breathe into, blow, inflate. To blow, breathe into; specific act of God breathing the breath of life into nostrils of Adam, animating inanimate dust into a living soul.

blameless, whole, without blemish. Complete, intact, physically unblemished (sacrificial animals), morally blameless (Noah, Abraham in Genesis 17:1); walking perfectly with God.

unclean, impure, defiled. Impure, ritually defiled, unacceptable for contact with holy things (unclean animals, corpses, skin diseases).

he-goat, hairy goat, sin offering goat. He-goat, buck; standard animal for communal sin offerings, ruler's sin offering, and the two goats on Day of Atonement.

sacrifice, slaughtered meal, oblation. Sacrifice, slaughtered animal offering followed by communal sacred meal; common term for bloody sacrifice alongside burnt offerings.

to slaughter, sacrifice, offer. To slaughter animals for cultic worship, offer sacrifice to God; strictly regulated to prevent idolatrous pagan sacrifice.

blood.. Primary meaning: blood.. Strong's: blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. Lexical nuances: blood. In the ordinary sense: Mk 5:25 , Lk 8:43 , 44 22:44 , Jo 19:34 , Ac 15:20 , 29 21:25 , Re 8:7 , 8 11:6 16:3 , 4 , 6 19:13 . In special senses: of generation, origin, kinship (cl.): Jo 1:13 (v. MM, VGT , s.v.); as in OT (AR on Eph , 6:12 ), in the phrase σάρξ καὶ αἷ. ( αἷ. κ. σ. ), to indicate human nature as opp. to God and created spirits: Mt 16:17 , I Co 15:50 , Ga 1:16 , Eph 6:12 , He...

sin offering, purification offering, sin. Sin offering, purification offering, sin itself; sacrificial animal whose blood purified sanctuary and altar from defilement.

serpent, snake, adversary. Serpent, deceptive animal adversary in Eden through whom Satan deceived humanity, destined to have head crushed by woman's seed (Genesis 3:15).

to rule, have dominion, govern. To tread down, rule, have dominion; cultural mandate given to humankind as image-bearers of God to govern animal creation and earth (Genesis 1:26).

clean, pure, undefiled, unalloyed. Pure, undefiled; used of pure gold in sanctuary, clean animals, and moral integrity ('clean hands and a pure heart', Psalm 24:4).

to cut, cut off, make covenant. To cut, sever; idiomatically 'karat berit' means to cut a covenant, derived from slaughtering animals and passing between divided halves.

horn, strength, royal dignity. Animal horn, altar corners; emblem of victorious power, regal dignity, and salvation: 'horn of David' (Psalm 132:17) and 'horn of my salvation' (Psalm 18:2).

breath, breath of life, life, the vital principle. Primary meaning: breath, breath of life, life, the vital principle, the soul. Strong's: breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151 (πνεῦμα), which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222 (ζωή), which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H05315, H07307 and H02416). Lexical nuances: breath (Lat. anima ), breath of life, life (Hom., al.; in Arist., of the vital principle ): Mt 6:25 , Mk 3:4 10:45 , Lk 12:22 , Jo 10:11 , Ac 20:10 , 24 , II Co 1:23 , Phl 2:30 , I Th 2:8 , al. the soul , as the seat of the will, desires and affections: Mt 26:38 , Mk 12:30 (LXX) 14:34 , Lk 1:46 , Jo 10:24 , Ac 14:2 , Phl 1:27 , al.; ἐκ ψυχῆς , from the heart , heartily : Eph 6:6 , Col 3:23 ; as...

flesh. Primary meaning: flesh. Strong's: flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such). Lexical nuances: flesh ; as in cl. generally, prop., of the soft substance of the animal body: I Co 15:39 , II Co 12:7 , Ga 6:13 , al.; σ. καὶ αἷμα , I Co 5:50 ; σ. καὶ ὀστέα , Lk 24:39 ; pl., of the flesh of many or parts of the flesh of one (cl.), Re 17:16 19:18 ; φαγεῖν , Re, ll. c. (cf. κατεσθίειν , IV Ki 9:36 , al., and βιβρώσκειν , freq. in l.); metaph., Ja 5:3 ; mystically, φ. (τρώγειν) τὴν σ. τοῦ υἱοῦ τ...

man, a merchant, men. Primary meaning: man, a merchant, men, people. Strong's: from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)); man-faced, i.e. a human being. Lexical nuances: man : generically, a human being, male or female (Lat. homo ): Jo 16:21 ; c. art., Mt 4:4 12:35 , Mk 2:27 , Jo 2:25 , Ro 7:1 , al; disting. from God, Mt 19:6 , Jo 10:33 , Col 3:23 , al.; from animals, etc., Mt 4:19 , Lk 5:10 , Re 9:4 , al.; implying human frailty and imperfection, I Co 3:4 ; σοφία ἀνθρώπων , I Co 2:5 ; ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαι , I Pe 4:2 ; κατὰ ἄνθρωπον περιπατεῖν , I Co 3:3 ; κατὰ ἄ...

patience, longsuffering. Primary meaning: patience, longsuffering. Strong's: longanimity, i.e. (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude. Lexical nuances: patience , longsuffering : of men, esp. in experiencing troubles and difficulties, Col 1:11 , II Ti 3:10 , He 6:12 , Ja 5:10 ; of God's forbearance, Ro 2:4 9:22 , II Co 6:6 , Ga 5:22 , Eph 4:2 , Col 3:12 , I Ti 1:16 , II Ti 4:2 , I Pe 3:20 , II Pe 3:15 .†

a son, a man. Primary meaning: a son, a man. Strong's: a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. Lexical nuances: a son ; in the ordinary sense: Mt 10:37 , Mk 9:17 , Lk 1:13 , al. mult.; omitted with the art. of origin (WM, § 30, 3; Bl., §35, 2), τὸν τοῦ Ἰεσσαί , Ac 13:22 (LXX) ; also c. gen. anarth. (cl.), Σώπατρος Πύρρου Βεροιαῖος , Ac 20:4 ; c. adj., προτότοκος , Lk 2:7 ; μονογένης , Lk 7:12 ; opp. to νόθος , He 12:8 ; in a wider sense, of posterity: ὁ υἱ. Δαυΐδ , of the Messiah (cf. Dalman, Words , 316...

of the, natural, sensual. Primary meaning: of the, natural, sensual, natural. Strong's: sensitive, i.e. animate (in distinction on the one hand from G4152 (πνευματικός), which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from G5446 (φυσικός), which is the lower or bestial nature). Lexical nuances: of the ψυχή (as the lower part of the immaterial in man), EV, natural : opp. to πνευματικός , I Co 2:14 15:44 , 46 ; πνεῦμα μὴ ἔχοντες (EV, sensual ; R, mg., natural or animal ; better perhaps, of the mind ; v. infr.), Ju 19 ; with ἐπίγειος, δαιμονιώδης , opp. to ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη ( σοψία ), of the mind (Hort, in l.), Ja 3:15 †

living, alive, life. Living, alive, vigorous; primary epithet of true God ('The Living God', El Chay) in distinction from lifeless idols.