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To set apart, consecrate wholly to God, treat as holy; to vindicate God's holy honor before the nations ('sanctify My great Name', Ezekiel 36:23).

Primary meaning: striking back, resisting, adverse, struck back. Strong's: corresponding ("antitype"), i.e. a representative, counterpart. Lexical nuances: act. striking back ; metaph., resisting , adverse .

Judge, magistrate administering divine and civil law in Ezra 7:25.

To pour out oil upon head of high priest or king in consecration, pour drink offerings, or cast metal for sanctuary.

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 .

Young bull; premier sacrificial victim prescribed for high priest's sin offering, whole congregation sin offering, and Day of Atonement.

Primary meaning: to act as shepherd, tend, to tend, shepherd. Strong's: to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser). Lexical nuances: to act as shepherd , tend flocks: Lk 17:7 ; c. acc., ποίμνην , I Co 9:7 . Metaph., to tend , shepherd , govern : c. acc., Mt 2:6 (LXX) , Jo 21:16 , Ac 20:28 , I Pe 5:2 , Ju 12 , Re 2:27 7:17 12:5 19:15 .†

Primary meaning: to explain, to interpret. Strong's: to translate. Lexical nuances: to explain .

Primary meaning: a flock. Strong's: a flock (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: a flock , prop., of sheep: Mt 26:31 , Lk 2:8 , I Co 9:7 . Metaph., of Christ's followers, Jo 10:16 .†

Primary meaning: an inherited property, an inheritance, a possession, inheritance. Strong's: heirship, i.e. (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession. Lexical nuances: prop., an inherited property , an inheritance : Mt 21:38 , Mk 12:7 , Lk 12:13 20:14 ; in general, a possession , inheritance : Ac 7:5 , He 11:8 ; of the Messianic Kingdom and its blessings, Ac 20:32 , Ga 3:18 , Col 3:24 , Eph 1:14 , 18 5:5 , He 9:15 , I Pe 1:4 .†

Primary meaning: to look for, expect, hope, for. Strong's: to expect or confide. Lexical nuances: to look for, expect, hope ( for ): c. acc rei, Ro 8:24 , 25 , I Co 13:7 , He 11:1 ; c. dat. rei ( τ. τύχῃ , Thuc., iii, 97, 2), Mt 12:21 ; seq. καθώς , II Co 8:5 ; c. inf., Lk 6:34 23:8 , Ac 26:7 , Ro 15:24 , I Co 16:7 , II Co 5:11 , Phl 2:19 , 23 , I Ti 3:14 , II Jo 12 , III Jo 14 ; seq. ὅτι , c. pres., Lk 24:21 ; c. fut., Ac 24:26 , II Co 1:13 13:6 , Phm 22 . As in LXX (WM, § xxxiii, d; and e...

Primary meaning: to set one's heart upon, desire, lust after, covet. Strong's: to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise). Lexical nuances: to set one's heart upon, desire, lust after, covet : absol., Ja 4:2 , Ro 7:7 13:9 (LXX) , I Co 10:6 (of. IV Mac 2:6 ); seq. κατά (against, in opposition to), Ga 5:17 ; prop. (as in cl.) c. gen., Ac 20:33 , I Ti 3:1 ; in late Gk. also c. acc (M, Pr. , 65), Mt 5:28 (Rec. αὐτῆς ; T omits; cf. Ex 20:17 , Mi 2:2 , Wi 16:3 , al.); c. inf., Mt 13:17 , Lk 15:16 16:21 17:22 , I Pe 1:12 , Re 9:6 ; c. acc...

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

Primary meaning: a flock. Strong's: a flock, i.e. (figuratively) group (of believers). Lexical nuances: a flock , prop., of sheep. Metaph., of Christians: Lk 12:32 , Ac 20:28 , 29 , I Pe 5:3 ; τ. θεοῦ , I Pe 5:2 .†

Primary meaning: to make haste, to be zealous, eager, to give diligence. Strong's: to use speed, i.e. to make effort, be prompt or earnest. Lexical nuances: to make haste ; hence, to be zealous or eager, to give diligence : c. inf. (v. M, Pr. , 205 f.), Ga 2:10 , Eph 4:3 , I Th 2:17 , II Ti 2:15 4:9 , 21 , Tit 3:12 , He 4:11 , II Pe 1:10 3:14 ; c. acc. et inf. (on this construction v. Mayor in l.; MM, xxiii), II Pe 1:15 (for other constructions v. LS, s.v.).†

Primary meaning: to cut around, to circumcise, to be circumcised, receive circumcision. Strong's: to cut around, i.e. (specially) to circumcise. Lexical nuances: to cut around (Hdt.), hence, to circumcise ( π. τὰ αἰδοῖα , Hdt.): Lk 1:59 2:21 , Jo 7:22 , Ac 7:8 15:5 16:3 21:21 . Pass. and mid., to be circumcised , receive circumcision : Ac 15:1 , I Co 7:18 , Ga 2:3 5:2 , 3 6:12 , 13 . Metaph. (cf. De 10:16 , Je 4:4 , al.), Col 2:11 (v. Deiss., BS , 151 f.; MM, xix).†

Primary meaning: an heir, a possessor. Strong's: a sharer by lot, i.e. inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor. Lexical nuances: (as in cl.) an heir : Mt 21:38 , Mk 12:7 , Lk 20:14 , Ga 4:1 ; of those who as sons of God inherit the privileges of the Messianic Kingdom; of Christ himself, He 1:2 ; of Abraham, Ro 4:13 , 14 ; of Christians, Ro 8:17 , Ga 3:29 , Tit 3:7 , Ja 2:5 .

Dream; legitimate channel of divine communication to patriarchs and prophets (Jacob, Joseph, Solomon, Daniel).

Mortal man, human race; mortal frailty contrasted with heavenly power.

Primary meaning: to have faith, to believe, to believe in, on. Strong's: to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ). Lexical nuances: intrans., to have faith (in), to believe ; in cl., c. acc., dat., in NT also c. prep. (on the significance of the various constructions, v. M, Pr. , 67 f.; Vau. on Ro 4:5 ; Ellic. on I Ti 1:16 ; Abbott, JV , 19-80): absol., Mt 24:23 , 26 , Mk 13:21 , I Co 11:18 ; c. acc. rei, Ac 13:41 , I Co 13:7 ; c. dat. pers. (to believe what one says), Mk 16:[13 , 14] , I Jo 4:1 ; τ. ψεύδει , II Th 2:11 ; π...

Primary meaning: priesthood. Strong's: sacredness, i.e. (by implication) the priestly office. Lexical nuances: priesthood : He 7:11 , 12 , 24 .†

Famine, starvation; divine chastening withholding rain and fertility, and prophetically a famine of hearing God's words (Amos 8:11).

Primary meaning: to suffer, be acted on. Strong's: to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful). Lexical nuances: to suffer , be acted on , as opp. to acting, often limited by a word expressive of good or evil; of misfortunes (most freq. without any limiting word): absol., Lk 22:15 24:46 , Ac 1:3 3:18 17:3 , I Co 12:26 , He 2:18 9:26 13:12 , I Pe 2:19 , 20 , 23 3:17 4:15 , 19 ; seq. ὑπό , c. gen., Mt 17:12 ; ὑπέρ , Ac 9:16 , Phl 1:20 , II Th 1:5 , I Pe 2:21 ; c. dat. ref., I Pe 4:1 ; περί , c. gen. (seq. ὑ...

Offering, sacrificial present brought near; generic term for all oblations presented at altar, reflecting worshiper drawing near to God.

Primary meaning: to empty, to empty, make empty, vain. Strong's: to make empty, i.e. (figuratively) to abase, neutralize, falsify. Lexical nuances: to empty . Metaph., to empty , make empty , vain or of no effect : καύχημα , I Co 9:15 ; ἑαυτόν , of Christ, Phl 2:7 (v Lft.; ICC , in l, and esp. Gifford, Incarn. , 54 ff.); pass., πίστις , Ro 4:14 ; ὁ σταυρός , I Co 1:17 ; καύχημα , II Co 9:3 .†

Primary meaning: to receive by lot, to inherit, to possess oneself of, receive as one's own. Strong's: to be an heir to (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: to receive by lot .

Wonder, miraculous display of power, portent of future redemption; paired with ot ('signs and wonders', otot u-mofetim).

Primary meaning: to minister, serve, wait upon, to do one a service, care for one's needs, to serve as deacon, to minister, supply, supply by ministration. Strong's: to be an attendant, i.e. wait upon (menially or as a host, friend, or (figuratively) teacher); technically, to act as a Christian deacon. Lexical nuances: generally, to minister, serve, wait upon , especially at table, to do one a service, care for one's needs : absol., Mt 20:28 , Mk 10:45 , Lk 10:40 22:26 , 27 , Jo 12:2 , I Pe 4:11 ; ὅσα διηκόνησεν , II Ti 1:18 ; c. dat. pers., Mt 4:11 8:15 25:44 27:55 , Mk 1:13 , 31 15:41 , Lk 4:39 8:3 12:37 17:8 , Jo 12:26 , Ac 6:2 19:22 , Ro 15:25 , Phm 13 , He 6:10 .

To make music with musical instruments, pluck strings, sing joyful lyrical praise to God (Psalm 104:33).

Primary meaning: that which befalls one, a suffering, affliction, a passive emotion. Strong's: something undergone, i.e. hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence. Lexical nuances: that which befalls one , a suffering , affliction : pl., Ro 8:18 , II Co 1:6 , 7 , Col 1:24 , II Ti 3:11 , He 2:10 10:32 , I Pe 5:9 ; of Christ's sufferings: τὰ εἰς Χ. , I Pe 1:11 ; τ. Χριστσῦ , I Pe 5:1 ; id. as shared by Christians, II Co 1:5 , Phl 3:10 , I Pe 4:13 .

Primary meaning: faith, belief, trust, confidence. Strong's: persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself. Lexical nuances: in active sense, faith , belief , trust , confidence , in NT always of religious faith in God or Christ or spiritual things: Mt 8:10 , Lk 5:20 , Ac 14:9 , Ro 1:8 , I Co 2:5 , II Co 1:24 , I Ti 1:5 , al.; c. gen. obj., Mk 11:22 , Ac 3:16 , Ro 3:22 , Ga 2:16 , Eph 3:12 , Ja 2:1 , al.; c. prep., ἐν , Ro 3:25 , Ga 3:26 , Eph 1:15 , Col 1:24 , I Ti 1:14 3:13 , II Ti 1:13 3:15 , II Pe 1:1 ; εἰς , Ac ...

Blood, lifeblood; vehicle of creaturely life ('life of the flesh is in the blood', Leviticus 17:11) given upon altar to make atonement.

Grain offering, tribute presented to sovereign; bloodless offering of flour, oil, and frankincense salted with covenant salt.

Primary meaning: lowliness of mind, humility. Strong's: humiliation of mind, i.e. modesty. Lexical nuances: lowliness of mind, humility : Ac 20:19 , Eph 4:2 , Phl 2:3 , Col 3:12 , I Pe 5:5 ; of a false humility, Col 2:18 , 23 (rare outside of NT, but found in bad sense in FlJ, BJ, iv, 9, 2; also in Epictet., v. Tr., Syn. , § xlii).†

Primary meaning: compassion, pity, a heart of compassion. Strong's: pity. Lexical nuances: compassion , pity : σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμοῦ , a heart of compassion , Col 3:12 ; in pl. (as LXX for Heb. רַחֲמִים ), οἰ. τ. θεοῦ , Ro 12:1 , He 10:28 ; ὁ πατὴρ τῶν οἰ , II Co 1:3 ; σπλάγχνα κ. οἰ. , Phl 2:1 .†

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 .†