to delineate, an outline, sketch, a pattern, example
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 .†
Derivation: from a compound of G5259 (ὑπό) and a derivative of G5179 (τύπος);
Biblical Place • Arvad • 34.856°N, 35.858°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 27:11 (identified with Arvad ).
Biblical Place • Gibeon • 31.847°N, 35.185°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 20:29 (identified with Gibeon ).
Biblical Place • Lower Beth-horon • 31.879°N, 35.124°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 7:24 (identified with Lower Beth-horon ).
Biblical Place • Nineveh • 36.359°N, 43.153°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:12 (identified with Nineveh ).
to seek refuge, trust in divine protection
To flee for protection, take shelter under shadow of God's wings; vivid psalmic image of absolute spiritual safety.
Derivation: Primitive root.
to perceive, understand, to think
Primary meaning: to perceive, understand, to think, consider. Strong's: to exercise the mind (observe), i.e. (figuratively) to comprehend, heed. Lexical nuances: to perceive with the mind, understand (for the phrase νοῶν κ. φρονῶν , in wills, v. MM, xvii): absol., Mt 16:9 , Mk 8:17 ; c. acc., Eph 3:4 , I Ti 1:7 ; c. dat. instr., τ. καρδίᾳ , Jo 12:40 ; pass., Ro 1:20 ; seq. ὅτι , Mt 15:17 16:11 , Mk 7:18 ; c. acc. et inf., He 11:8 .
Derivation: from G3563 (νοῦς);
the Most High (Aramaic Elyon)
Most High, Supreme Deity; sovereign title of God celebrated by Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel (Daniel 4:17, 34).
Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to עֶלְיוֹן (H5945).
to reverence, show piety towards
Primary meaning: to reverence, show piety towards. Strong's: to be pious, i.e. (towards God) to worship, or (towards parents) to respect (support). Lexical nuances: to reverence, show piety towards ; c. acc (elsewhere more freq. seq. εἰς., περί, πρός ): οἶκον , I Ti 5:4 ; θεόν , Ac 17:23 (Cremer, 525).†
Derivation: from G2152 (εὐσεβής);
a supply
Primary meaning: a supply. Strong's: contribution. Lexical nuances: a supply : Eph 4:16 , Phl 1:19 .†
Derivation: from G2023 (ἐπιχορηγέω);
badness, wickedness, sorrow
Badness, wickedness of heart, sorrow of countenance; describes fallen corrupt imagination of human heart (Jeremiah 4:4).
Derivation: From רָעַע (H7489).
to deliver, snatch away, rescue, strip
To snatch away from danger, pluck out of burning, liberate from power of oppressors (Hiphil: hitsil).
Derivation: Primitive root.
Genesis • Chapter 47 (31 verses)
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan ; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen . And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them ... Mentions: Joseph , Canaan , Jacob/Israel , Goshen 1 , Egypt , Rameses .
Genesis • Chapter 39 (23 verses)
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt ; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither. And the Lord was with Joseph , and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his ... Mentions: Joseph, Egypt .
Job • Chapter 29 (25 verses)
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Job • Chapter 30 (31 verses)
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the w...
to rebel, be contentious, disobey
To be contentious, resist authority, rebel against divine command; chronic sin of Israel in wilderness (Meribah).
Derivation: Primitive root.
Ecclesiastes • Chapter 4 (16 verses)
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already...
formlessness, confusion, wasteland
Formlessness, unformed state, wilderness, void, nothingness; primeval condition of cosmos before God's ordering fiat (tohu va-bohu).
Derivation: From an unused root meaning to lie waste.
2 Chronicles • Chapter 18 (34 verses)
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria . And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth –... Mentions: Jehoshaphat , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Amon , Samaria , Ramoth 3 , Syria .
The Distribution of Grace, Edification of the Church, and Cessationist vs Continuationist Debates
The existence and divine distribution of spiritual gifts for building the Church is biblical-primary ( Rom 12 , 1 Cor 12 -14, Eph 4 ). However, whether miraculous sign gifts (tongues, prophecy, apostolic miracles) ceased with the apostolic age (Cessationism) or continue today (Continuationism) is a primary scholarly debate.
Numbers • Chapter 34 (29 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Command the children of Israel , and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan ; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) Then your south quarter shall be from t... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Canaan, Esau ( Edom ), Reuben , Zin 1 , Edom, Akrabbim , Kadesh 1 .
to bow down, prostrate, worship
To prostrate oneself in complete submission and awe; primary Old Testament physical and spiritual posture of true worship before holy God.
Derivation: Primitive root.
1 Chronicles • Chapter 24 (31 verses)
Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron . The sons of Aaron ; Nadab , and Abihu , Eleazar , and Ithamar . But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. And David distributed them, both Zadok of th... Mentions: Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar, Jeshua , Immer , Hebron , Shamir 2 , Eder 1 .
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).
Derivation: Primitive root.
