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Primary meaning: life. Strong's: life (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: life (in Hom., Hdt., = βίος , q.v.; later, existence , vita quâ vivimus , as distinct from βίος , vita quam vivimus ; opp. to θάνατος ); of natural life: Lk 16:25 , Ac 8:33 , I Co 15:19 , I Ti 4:8 , He 7:3 , Ja 4:14 ; πνεῦμα ζωῆς , Re 11:11 ; ψυχὴ ζωῆς ( Ge 1:30 ), Re 16:3 ; of the life of one risen from the dead, Ro 5:10 , He 7:16 . Of the life of the kingdom of God, the present life of grace ...

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...

Primary meaning: skill, intelligence, wisdom, intelligence, prudence, wisdom. Strong's: wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual). Lexical nuances: skill, intelligence, wisdom , ranging from knowledge of the arts and matters of daily life to mental excellence in its highest and fullest sense;

Inward part, entrails, midst of body or community; where God renews a steadfast spirit and writes Torah.

To denounce with solemn curse, execute indignant judgment against godless defiance (Numbers 23:7, Malachi 1:4).

Primary meaning: nature, nature, origin, birth, nature. Strong's: growth (by germination or expansion), i.e. (by implication) natural production (lineal descent); by extension, a genus or sort; figuratively, native disposition, constitution or usage. Lexical nuances: nature , i.e.,

Abomination; that which is profoundly offensive to God's holy nature (idolatry, occultism, sexual perversions, dishonest scales, hypocritical worship).

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

Primary meaning: to pity, have compassion. Strong's: to exercise pity. Lexical nuances: to pity , have compassion on. c. acc. pers., Ro 9:15 (LXX) .†

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 †

Primary meaning: to delineate, an outline, sketch, a pattern, example. Strong's: typification under (after), i.e. (concretely) a sketch (figuratively) for imitation. Lexical nuances: an outline, sketch . Metaph., a pattern, example : I Ti 1:16 , II Ti 1:13 .†

Primary meaning: a servant, attendant, minister, a deacon, bondman, servant. Strong's: an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); specially, a Christian teacher and pastor (technically, a deacon or deaconess). Lexical nuances: in general, a servant, attendant, minister : Mt 20:26 22:13 23:11 , Mk 9:35 10:43 , Jo 2:5 , 9 , I Co 3:5 , Ga 2:17 , Eph 6:21 , Col 4:7 ; δ. θεοῦ , Ro 13:4 , II Co 6:4 , I Th 3:2 ; δ. Χριστοῦ , II Co 11:23 , Col 1:7 , I Ti 4:6 ; cf. ὁ δ. ὁ ἐμός , Jo 12:26 ; δ. περιτομῆς , Ro 15:8 ; δ. καινῆς διαθήκης , II Co 3:6 ; δ. δικαιοσύνης , II Co 11:15 ; δ. [εὐαγγελίου] , Eph 3:7 , Col 1:23 ; δ. [ἐκκλησ...

Primary meaning: a teacher of the law. Strong's: an expounder of the (Jewish) law, i.e. a Rabbi. Lexical nuances: a teacher of the law : Lk 5:17 , Ac 5:34 , I Ti 1:7 (NT and eccl. only; cf. νομοδείκτης , -διδάκτης , Plut.).†

Cast image formed by pouring molten metal into a mold; exemplified by the Golden Calf at Sinai (Exodus 32:4).

Primary meaning: a figure, copy, example. Strong's: an exhibit for imitation or warning (figuratively, specimen, adumbration). Lexical nuances: used by later writers (Xen. onwards) for παράδειγμα (v. Rutherford, NPhr. , 62),

Primary meaning: a disposition, testament, will, a convention, arrangement, covenant. Strong's: properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will). Lexical nuances: as usually in cl., a disposition, testament, will (Plat., al.): Ga 3:15 (R, mg., but v. Lft., in l.), He 9:16 , 17 (R, txt.; MM, Exp. , xi,; Milligan, NTD , 75; Abbott, Essays , 107; Deiss., LAE , 341; but v. infr.).

Primary meaning: to pray. Strong's: to pray to God, i.e. supplicate, worship. Lexical nuances: to pray (always of prayer to God, or in cl., to gods): absol., Mt 6:5-7 , 9 14:23 19:13 26:36 , 39 , 41 , 44 , Mk 1:35 6:46 11:24 , 25 13:33 (WH, R, txt., om.) Mk 14:32 , 38 , 39 , Lk 1:10 3:21 5:16 6:12 9:18 , 28 , 29 11:1 , 2 18:1 , 10 22:44 (WH, R, mg., om.), Ac 1:24 6:6 9:11 , 40 10:9 , 30 11:5 12:12 13:3 14:23 16:25 20:36 21:5 22:17 28:8 , I Co 11:4 , 5 14:14 , I Th 5:17 , I Ti 2:8 , Ja 5:...

Primary meaning: gracefulness, grace, loveliness, graciousness, grace, graciousness, kindness, goodwill, favour, favour, grace. Strong's: graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude). Lexical nuances: objectively, that which causes favourable regard, gracefulness, grace, loveliness of form, graciousness of speech (cl.; Ec 10:12 , Si 21:16 , al.): Col 4:6 ; λόγοι τ. χάριτος (gen. qual.), Lk 4:22 . Subjectively, on the part of the giver, grace, graciousness, kindness, goodwill, favour : Lk 2:52 , Ac 7:10 , al.; esp. in NT of the divine favour, grace , with emphasis on its freeness and universa...

Primary meaning: to interpret, to explain, expound, to translate. Strong's: to explain thoroughly, by implication, to translate. Lexical nuances: intensive of ἐρμηνεύω , to interpret ;

To bend down, show unmerited favor, pity; heartfelt petition of psalmist ('Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness', Psalm 51:1).

Death, physical expiration, pestilence, personified power of darkness and the grave; the ultimate enemy swallowed up in divine victory (Isaiah 25:8).

Queen, queen mother who reminds the king of Daniel's God-given wisdom (Daniel 5:10).

Meek, pious humble one who submits to God's will; applied to Moses ('very meek', Numbers 12:3) and eschatological inheritors of the land (Psalm 37:11).

Primary meaning: a setting forth, a purpose. Strong's: a setting forth, i.e. (figuratively) proposal (intention); specially, the show-bread (in the Temple) as exposed before God. Lexical nuances: a setting forth (Plat., Plut., al.): οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. (cf. LXX, Ex 40:4 , 23 , I Ch 9:32 , II Ch 4:19 , I Mac 1:22 , II Mac 3:8 , elsewhere ἄρτοι ἐνώπιοι , Ex 25:29 ; οἱ ἄ. τοῦ προσώπου , Ne 10:33 ), Mt 12:4 , Mk 2:26 , Lk 6:4 ; ἡ π. τῶν ἄρτων , He 9:2 .

Dwelling place, tabernacle, portable tent-sanctuary constructed at Sinai; God condescending to pitch His tent among His redeemed pilgrim people.

To prostrate in worship, pay religious homage (tested in the fiery furnace, Daniel 3:5, 12).

To become empty, follow idols into delusion; 'they followed vanity and became vain' (2 Kings 17:15, Jeremiah 2:5).

Proverb, riddle, comparison, poetic aphorism; core literary genre of Old Testament wisdom condensing life principles into memorable parallelisms.

To wait with patient longing, hope amidst affliction; trustful surrender to divine timing (Psalm 130:5).

Primary meaning: simplicity, sincerity, liberality, graciousness. Strong's: singleness, i.e. (subjectively) sincerity (without dissimulation or self-seeking), or (objectively) generosity (copious bestowal). Lexical nuances: simplicity , sincerity : Ro 12:8 , II Co 11:3 , Eph 6:5 , Col 3:22 ; as manifested in generous, unselfish giving, liberality , graciousness : II Co 8:2 9:11 , 13 (v. ICC , Ro. , 12:8 ; Hort, Ja. , 1:5 , and v.s. ἁπλῶς ).†

Primary meaning: a choice, selection. Strong's: (divine) selection (abstractly or concretely). Lexical nuances: a choice, selection ; in NT, always of the Divine choice (EV, election): σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς , gen. qual., a chosen vessel; κατ ἐ. , Ro 9:11 11:5 , 28 ; c. gen. pers., I Th 1:4 , II Pe 1:10 ; by meton., ἡ ἐ. = οἱ ἐκλεκτοί , Ro 11:7 .†

Primary meaning: only, only begotten. Strong's: only-born, i.e. sole. Lexical nuances: only , only begotten ( DCG , ii, 281), of sons and daughters: Lk 7:12 8:42 9:38 , He 11:17 ; of Christ, Jo 3:16 , 18 , I Jo 4:9 ; μ. παρὰ πατρός , Jo 1:14 ; μ. θεός , Jo 1:18 .†

Drink offering, libation of fermented wine poured out at base of altar alongside daily burnt offerings, typifying complete self-emptying devotion.

Gracious, showing unmerited favor; used almost exclusively of God in the liturgical confession of divine character (Exodus 34:6).

Primary meaning: slanderous, accusing falsely, a slanderer, false accuser, Satan, the Accuser, the Devil. Strong's: a traducer; specially, Satan (compare H07854). Lexical nuances: slanderous, accusing falsely . As subst., ὁ, ἡ, δ. ;

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