Ezer (Generation 25 • Child of Ephraim ): Ezer is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Ephraim . ( 1 Chronicles 7:21 ) It is closely linked with Rehob 1 (Biblical Place • Beth-rehob • 33.219°N, 35.544°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 13:21 , 2 Sam 10:8 (identified with Beth-rehob ).
Primary meaning: to make unseen, hide from sight, to destroy, to disfigure. Strong's: to render unapparent, i.e. (actively) consume (becloud), or (passively) disappear (be destroyed). Lexical nuances: to make unseen , hide from sight (Xen., al.).
Primary meaning: beloved. Strong's: beloved. Lexical nuances: beloved (v. M, Pr. , 221); by God: of Christ, Mt 3:17 ; of men, Ro 1:7 ; by Christians, of one another: I Co 4:14 ; freq. as form of address, I Co 10:14 ; opp. to ἐχθρός , Ro 11:28 (v. AR, Eph. , 229; Cremer, 17; MM, VGT , s.v.).
Help, vital rescuer; applied to woman as corresponding counterpart to man (ezer kenegdo, Genesis 2:18), and to God as Israel's sole deliverer.
Primary meaning: to destroy utterly, destroy, kill, to lose utterly. Strong's: to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively. Lexical nuances: Act., to destroy utterly , destroy , kill : Mk 1:24 , 9:22 , al.; τ. ψνχήν , Mt 10:28 , al.; to lose utterly : Mt 10:42 , al.; metaph., of failing to save, Jo 6:39 18:9 .
To be in the right, be declared innocent, vindicate, justify; forensic acquittal in judicial settings.
To fall forward, lie face down in complete security, trust unconditionally; unshakeable reliance upon God's covenant promises.
Tranquillity, prosperous peace granted by God or deceitfully enjoyed by proud rulers (Daniel 4:27).
Primary meaning: beloved, dear, loving, friendly, a friend. Strong's: actively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.). Lexical nuances: pass., beloved, dear (Hom., Eur., al.).
Primary meaning: a going aside, a deviation, an overstepping, transgression. Strong's: violation. Lexical nuances: a going aside , a deviation (Arist.).
Primary meaning: almighty. Strong's: the all-ruling, i.e. God (as absolute and universal sovereign). Lexical nuances: almighty : II Co 6:18 , Re 1:8 4:8 11:17 15:3 16:7 , 14 19:6 , 15 21:22 .†
Primary meaning: to make low, to humble, abase. Strong's: to depress; figuratively, to humiliate (in condition or heart). Lexical nuances: to make low : ὄρος ( βουνόν ), Lk 3:5 (LXX) . Metaph., to humble, abase : Mt 18:4 23:12 , Lk 14:11 18:14 , II Co 11:7 12:21 , Phl 2:8 ; pass., Mt 23:12 , Lk 14:11 18:14 , Phl 4:12 ; id. with mid. sense, Ja 4:10 , I Pe 5:6 .†
Primary meaning: an uncovering, laying bare, a revealing, revelation. Strong's: disclosure. Lexical nuances: an uncovering , laying bare (Plut.). Metaph., a revealing , revelation : a disclosure of divine truth, or a manifestion from God: Lk 2:32 , Ro 2:5 8:19 16:25 , I Co 1:7 14:6 , 26 , II Co 12:1 , 7 , Ga 1:12 2:2 , Eph 1:17 3:3 , II Th 1:7 , I Pe 1:7 , 13 4:13 , Re 1:1 .†
Primary meaning: liberty. Strong's: freedom (legitimate or licentious, chiefly moral or ceremonial). Lexical nuances: liberty : with reference to the religious life, I Co 10:29 , II Co 3:17 , Ga 2:4 5:1 , I Pe 2:16 , II Pe 2:19 ; ὁ νόμος τῆς ἐ. , Ja 1:25 2:12 ; ἡ ἐ. τῆς δόξης , Ro 8:21 ; ἐπ’ ἐ. , Ga 5:13 (on which formula, cf. Deiss., LAE , 327 ff.; Cremer, 251).†
Primary meaning: a partner, associate, companion, a partaker. Strong's: a sharer, i.e. associate. Lexical nuances: as adj., = κοινός .
Testimony, solemn covenant witness; Two Tablets of Decalogue placed inside Ark ('Ark of the Testimony', Aron Ha-Edut) testifying to God's holiness.
Primary meaning: want of faith, unbelief. Strong's: faithlessness, i.e. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience). Lexical nuances: want of faith , unbelief : Mt 13:58 , Mk 6:6 9:24 16:14 , Ro 3:3 (but v.s. ἀπιστέω ) Ro 4:20 11:20 , 23 , I Ti 1:13 , He 3:12 , 19 ( DCG , ii, 775 a ; Cremer, 492).†
Primary meaning: a missing the mark, guilt, sin, a fault, failure. Strong's: a sin (properly abstract). Lexical nuances: prop. a missing the mark ; in cl. (v. reff. to CR in MM, VGT , s.v.); guilt , sin (Plat., Arist., al.); more freq., from Æsch. down, a fault, failure . In NT (as LXX) always in ethical sense; as a principle and quality of action, = τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν , a sinning, sin : Ro 5:12 , 13 20 ; ὑφ’ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι , Ro 3:9 ; ἐπιμένειν , Ro 6:1 ; ἀποθνήσκειν, νεκρὸν εἶναι τῇ ἁ. , Ro 6:2 , 11 ; τὴν ἀ. γινώσκει...
Primary meaning: to bring or announce glad tidings, to be proclaimed as glad tidings, to have glad tidings proclaimed, to proclaim glad tidings. Strong's: to announce good news ("evangelize") especially the gospel. Lexical nuances: to bring or announce glad tidings ;
Primary meaning: a bringing together, a gathering in, a collection, a collecting, assembling. Strong's: an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish "synagogue" (the meeting or the place); by analogy, a Christian church. Lexical nuances: prop., a bringing together ;
Shrewdness, prudence, practical craftiness; positive moral sagacity in Proverbs protecting against temptation.
Unleavened bread eaten during Passover week, signifying hasty departure from Egypt and moral sincerity free from corrupting leaven.
Deceit, craftiness, fraud, false balances; moral treachery condemned in wisdom literature and absent from the Suffering Servant (Isaiah 53:9).
Primary meaning: the prepuce, foreskin, uncircumcision, the uncircumcised. Strong's: the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person. Lexical nuances: the prepuce , foreskin (LXX), hence abstr., uncircumcision : Ac 11:3 , Ro 2:25-27 3:30 4:10-12 , I Co 7:18-19 , Ga 5:6 6:15 , Col 2:13 3:11 . By meton., the uncircumcised : Ro 4:9 , Ga 2:7 , Eph 2:11 .†
Primary meaning: free from ceremonial defilement, holy, sacred, venerable. Strong's: properly, clean, i.e. (figuratively) innocent, modest, perfect. Lexical nuances: free from ceremonial defilement , in a condition prepared for worship (for exx. of pagan usage, V. MM, VGT , s.v.). holy , sacred , venerable ( II Mac 13:8 ). As in OT (cl.), pure , chaste , undefiled , guiltless ; of persons: II Co 7:11 11:12 , I Ti 5:22 , Tit 2:5 , I Jo 3:3 ; of things: Phl 4:8 , Ja 3:17 , I Pe 3:2 .†
Primary meaning: unjust, unrighteous, wicked. Strong's: unjust; by extension wicked; by implication, treacherous; specially, heathen. Lexical nuances: unjust : Ro 3:5 , He 6:10 . unrighteous, wicked : Lk 16:11 18:11 , Ac 24:15 , I Co 6:1 , 9 I Pe 3:18 ; opp. to δίκαιος , Mt 5:45 ; to εὐσεβής , II Pe 2:9 ; to πιστός , Lk 16:10 (Cremer, 200).†
Passover, paschal lamb, festival commemorating Yahweh passing over blood-marked houses in Egypt; prime type of redemption by blood.
Primary meaning: priesthood. Strong's: sacredness, i.e. (by implication) the priestly office. Lexical nuances: priesthood : He 7:11 , 12 , 24 .†
Psalm, musical ode; title of 57 individual psalms in the Psalter designed for stringed liturgical accompaniment.
Primary meaning: gentleness, meekness. Strong's: mildness, i.e. (by implication) humility. Lexical nuances: gentleness , meekness : I Co 4:21 , II Co 10:1 , Ga 5:23 6:1 , Eph 4:2 , Col 3:12 (v. Lft., in l.), II Ti 2:25 , Tit 3:2 , Ja 1:21 3:13 , I Pe 3:15 .†
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: natural, produced by nature, innate, according to nature, governed by mere natural instinct. Strong's: "physical", i.e. (by implication) instinctive. Lexical nuances: natural
Primary meaning: soundness of mind, good sense, sanity, self-control, sobriety. Strong's: soundness of mind, i.e. (literally) sanity or (figuratively) self-control. Lexical nuances: soundness of mind, good sense, sanity (opp. to μανία , Xen.): Ac 26:25 ;
Primary meaning: incredible, without faith, trust, unbelieving. Strong's: (actively) disbelieving, i.e. without Christian faith (specially, a heathen); (passively) untrustworthy (person), or incredible (thing). Lexical nuances: of things, incredible : Ac 26:8 ;
Primary meaning: adoption. Strong's: the placing as a son, i.e. adoption (figuratively, Christian sonship in respect to God). Lexical nuances: with Israel: Ro 9:4 ;
Primary meaning: a wrong, injury, misdeed. Strong's: a wrong done. Lexical nuances: a wrong , injury , misdeed (MM, VGT , s.v.): Ac 18:14 24:20 , Re 18:5 .†
Primary meaning: goodness, excellence, uprightness, goodness of heart, kindness. Strong's: usefulness, i.e. morally, excellence (in character or demeanor). Lexical nuances: goodness, excellence, uprightness : Ro 3:12 (LXX) . goodness of heart, kindness : Ro 2:4 , II Co 6:6 , Ga 5:22 , Col 3:12 , Tit 3:4 ; seq. ἐπί , c. acc. pers., Eph 2:7 ; id., opp. to ἀποτομία , Ro 11:22 .