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Primary meaning: saviour, deliverer, preserver. Strong's: a deliverer, i.e. God or Christ. Lexical nuances: saviour, deliverer, preserver , a freq. epithet of kings in the Ptolemaic and Rom. periods (Deiss., BS , 83; LAE , 368 f.; MM, xxiv), in NT,

Retribution, divine vindication of covenant people against unrepentant oppressors (Jeremiah 51:11, Ezekiel 25:14).

Primary meaning: goodness. Strong's: goodness, i.e. virtue or beneficence. Lexical nuances: goodness (representing "the kindlier, as δικαιοσύνη , the sterner element in the ideal character," AR, Eph., 5:9 ; on its relation to χρηστότης , v. Tr., Syn ., §lxiii): Ro 15:14 , Ga 5:22 , II Th 1:11 .†

Primary meaning: a raising up, awakening, rising, a rising from the dead. Strong's: a standing up again, i.e. (literally) a resurrection from death (individual, genitive case or by implication, (its author)), or (figuratively) a (moral) recovery (of spiritual truth). Lexical nuances: a raising up , awakening , rising (in Inscr. of the erection of a monument, v. MM, VGT , s.v.): Lk 2:34 .

Primary meaning: a founding, settling, foundation, the act of creating. Strong's: original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: a founding , settling , foundation (cl.).

Visual appearance, theophanic manifestation (Ezekiel's vision of chariot, Daniel 8:16).

To gaze intently, contemplate with spiritual eyes, behold the beauty of Yahweh (Psalm 27:4) or divine prophetic visions.

Fire; physical combustion and theophanic symbol of divine holiness, presence, and consuming judgment ('consuming fire', Deuteronomy 4:24).

To fall forward, lie face down in complete security, trust unconditionally; unshakeable reliance upon God's covenant promises.

To flee for protection, take shelter under shadow of God's wings; vivid psalmic image of absolute spiritual safety.

Beginning, chief part, firstfruits, starting point in time or importance; opens canon ('In the beginning God created', Genesis 1:1).

Primary meaning: a step, stride, pace, a raised place. Strong's: a step, i.e. foot-breath; by implication, a rostrum, i.e. a tribunal. Lexical nuances: a step , stride , pace : Ac 7:5 .

Guilt offering, reparation offering; required when sacred things were violated, mandating full restitution plus one-fifth; applied to Servant (Isaiah 53:10).

Before, in the immediate presence of; standing before the Ancient of Days or earthly monarch.

Primary meaning: to people, found, to create. Strong's: to fabricate, i.e. found (form originally). Lexical nuances: in cl., to people or found a region or city ( I Es 4:53 ).

Vapor, passing breath, transient futility; leitmotif of Ecclesiastes ('Vanity of vanities, all is vanity', Ecclesiastes 1:2); mortal transience without God.

Peace offering, fellowship sacrifice; portions given to God, priest, and shared by worshiper in joyful communal meal.

Confidence, assurance, secure reliance upon God in times of crisis (Ecclesiastes 9:4, Isaiah 36:4).

Throat, neck, appetite, breath, life, living creature; in biblical anthropology, humanity was created a living soul (nephesh chayah), a psychophysical unity.

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

Primary meaning: to speak the same language, to agree with, to agree, confess. Strong's: to assent, i.e. covenant, acknowledge. Lexical nuances: to speak the same language (Hdt.).

Primary meaning: a false step, a blunder, a misdeed, trespass. Strong's: a side-slip (lapse or deviation), i.e. (unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression. Lexical nuances: a false step , a blunder (Polyb.).

To form, shape, fashion as a potter molds clay; pictures God's intimate crafting of Adam from dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7).

Primary meaning: exchange, reconciliation. Strong's: exchange (figuratively, adjustment), i.e. restoration to (the divine) favor. Lexical nuances: exchange .

Covenant loyalty, lovingkindness, steadfast love, mercy; the core relational attribute of God by which He obligates Himself in grace to sustain His covenant promises.

Prophetic nocturnal vision through which God communicated with patriarchs and prophets ('God spoke to Israel in visions of the night', Genesis 46:2).

The Sabbath day, holy seventh day of rest ordained at creation, enshrined in Decalogue, serving as perpetual sign of Mosaic Covenant.

To rub or smear with holy oil, setting persons or objects apart for holy service; typifies the impartation of the Holy Spirit for divine vocation.

Primary meaning: a going aside, a deviation, an overstepping, transgression. Strong's: violation. Lexical nuances: a going aside , a deviation (Arist.).

Musical, liturgical, and theological pause in the Psalms and Habakkuk, inviting solemn contemplation of great redemptive truths.

Wise, judicious, skilled in ethical living and practical craftsmanship, receptive to instruction.

Throne, royal chair of state; symbol of supreme sovereignty, cosmic rule ('The LORD has established His throne in the heavens', Psalm 103:19; Isaiah 6:1).

Primary meaning: to make obeisance, do reverence to, worship. Strong's: to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore). Lexical nuances: to make obeisance , do reverence to , worship ; prop. (as in cl., of the gods: Hdt., Æsch., Plat., al.), of God, Christ and supra-mundane beings: absol., Jo 4:20 12:20 , Ac 8:27 24:11 , He 11:21 (Westc., in l.), Re 11:1 ; πίπτειν καὶ π. , Re 5:14 ; c. dat. (of the significance of this constr. as compared with the usual cl., c. acc., v. Abbott, JG , 78 f.; JV , 133 ff.), Jo 4:21 , 23 , Ac 7:43 ,...

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

Earnest pleading for unmerited mercy, cry of the brokenhearted (1 Kings 8:30, Psalm 6:9, Zechariah 12:10).

Levite; member of tribe of Levi set apart in place of firstborn to guard, transport, and minister tabernacle, lacking territorial inheritance.